All Episodes

158- Designing a clean prepared meals startup with Chris Clark of Locale

157- Live discussion on Amazon's omnichannel grocery strategy

156- Live discussion on restaurant AI agents

155- Building the infrastructure of food with Mott Smith of Amped Kitchens

154- Rewriting the meal kit with Whitney Pegden of Blue Apron

153- Using GenAI for reservations with Sagar Mehta of OpenTable

152- Centralizing restaurant comms with Randall Hom of Hostie

151- Live discussion on personalized menus with Foodini

150- Building the future of personalized nutrition with Jonathan Wolf of ZOE

149- Live discussion on $DASH X $ROO & SevenRooms

148- Fermenting the world's best teas with Young Stowe of Unified Ferments

147- Bridging the offline media gap with Tom Shea of Adgile

146- Designing next-gen packaging strategies with Delanie Thurlow of Grounded

145- Scaling from farmers markets to suburbs with Kasia Bednarz of FARE

144- Creating new social tonics with Taylor Sewell of Hippie Water

143- Transforming restaurants into memberships with Vivien Sin of The Third Place

142- Disrupting the frozen breakfast category with Ayeshah Abuelhiga of Mason Dixie

141- Leaning into online catering with Peter Venti of FamilyMeal

140- Reinventing pasta with Aaron Gatti of Brami

139- Dissecting the world of D2C food with Ellis McCue of Mealogic

138- Analyzing KFC's new Saucy offshoot with Brandon Barton of Bite

137- Streamlining digital hospitality with Avi Goren of Marqii

136- Curing loneliness over group meals with Max Barbier of Timeleft

135- Growing a regenerative poultry farm with Heidi Diestel of Diestel Family Ranch

134- Reframing the restaurant business with Eli Feldman of Shy Bird

133- Building the LinkedIn of hospitality with Alice Cheng of Culinary Agents

132- Turning cannabinoids into ingredients with Missy Bradley of Caliper Holdings

131- Building a next-gen hummus brand with Nick Wiseman of Little Sesame

130- Automating kitchen prep with Jose Alonso of Caldo

129- Cutting meat consumption in half with Drew Arentowicz of 50/50 Foods

128- Powering multi-brand experiences with Neil Thompson of NextGen Kitchens

127- Building the circular platform for beverages with John Thorp of Aerflo

126- Rethinking restaurant funding with Johann Moonesinghe of InKind

125- Building better seafood with Ofek Ron of Oshi

124- Reimagining sustainable online grocery with Cristina Berta Jones of Picnic

123- Scaling restaurant brands into suburbs with Ville Lehto of Huuva

122- Automating restaurant phones with Alex Sambvani of Slang.ai

121- Fermenting whole cut steaks with Amos Golan of Chunk Foods

120- Using potatoes as molecular bioreactors with Maya Sapir-Mir of PoLoPo

119- Gamifying restaurant loyalty with Matt Smolin of Hang

118- Building the modern platform for wine & spirits with Phil Mikhaylov of Unicorn

117- Converting traffic into customers with Abhinav Kapur of Bikky

116- Applying the scientific method to food with Nathan Myhrvold of Modernist Cuisine

115- Reversing type 2 diabetes with Sami Inkinen of Virta Health

114- Analyzing retail expansion strategies with Prime Site Construction & Advisory

113- Predicting supply chain shocks with Francisco Martin-Rayo of Helios

112- Designing trickster sugars with Ali Wing of Oobli

111- Building an AI-based restaurant GM with Matt Wampler of ClearCOGS

110- Growing a multi-dimensional booking platform with Matt Tucker of Tock

109- Bringing transparency to kitchen food safety with Christine Schindler of PathSpot

108- Automating fast casual dining with Stephen Goldstein of Kernel

107- Building intelligent machines for foodservice & CPG with Rajat Bhageria of Chef Robotics

106- Empowering CPGs to sell into foodservice with Reed McCord of First Bite

105- Curating top restaurant lists with Judy & Eliot Frost of Beli App

104- Optimizing third-party delivery with Priyam Saraswat of Voosh

103- Diving into the gut microbiome with Dr. Joseph Weiss of UCSD

102- Creating a better burger robot with Aniai

101- Designing new seafood alternatives with Anne Palermo of AQUA Cultured Foods

100- Digitizing local farms with Cole Jones of Local Line

099- Automating grocery delivery with Ellen Brune of AutoStore

098- Scaling digital hospitality with Sai Alluri of Momos

097- Decentralizing local food with Michael Robinov of Farm To People

096- Putting food and beverage on-chain with Derek G Taylor of Happy Friday Coffee

095- Scaling modern salad chains with Nick Kenner of Just Salad

094- Doubling down on natural sugar with Marcus Antebi of goodsugar

093- Using generative AI in food with Kevin Brown of Innit

092 - Building circular economies with Page Schult of Topanga.io

091- Redefining plant-based cooking with Matthew Kenney of Ascention

090- Powering next-gen CPG distribution with Arik Keller of Mable

089- Creating new alternative proteins with Martina Lokajova of Tempty Foods

088- Optimizing restaurant pricing with Colin Webb of Sauce

087- Building America's online bakery with Ismail Salhi of Wildgrain

086- Consolidating last-mile deliveries with Alex Blum of Relay

085- Building "fermentation as a service" with Edward Shenderovich of Synonym

084- Bringing local markets into the e-commerce era with Bobby Brannigan of Mercato

083- Digitizing restaurant procurement with Dante DiCicco of Zitti

082- Building the consumer frontend for future foods with Ben Berman of Tomorrow Farms

081- Uncovering the tensions in the restaurant industry with Jensen Cummings of Best Served Creative

080- Empowering the next generation of culinary influencers with Kristen Barnett & Trevor Kerin of CCW

079- Analyzing the current state of restaurant tech with Stefan Hertzberg of ItsaCheckmate

078- Leveraging AI to unlock nature’s full potential with Karthik Sekar of Climax Foods

077- Feeding good gut bugs with Marc Washington of Supergut

076- Building the plug & play online grocery platform with Brad McNamara of Morrissey Market

075- Defining table stakes for modern restaurateurs with Shawn Walchef of Cali BBQ

074- Delivering dinner from microenterprise home chefs with Morley Ivers of Cookin

073- Dissecting the robotic delivery pipedream with Dmitry Shevelenko

072- The Willy Wonka of Algae With Elliot Roth of Spira

071- Building the world’s first caffeine replacement with Jeffrey Dietrich of Rarebird Coffee

070- Reimagining microwave cooking and frozen foods with Steph Chen of Anyday

069- Fixing the broken incentives of our food system with Justin Mares of Kettle & Fire

068- Democratizing the private chef with Carlos Ventura Jr. of Feast & Fettle

067- Breaking down Amazon’s fulfillment network with Marc Wulfraat of MWPVL

066- Arming the coffee rebels against Starbucks with Dane Atkinson of Odeko

065- Engineering a pre-alcohol probiotic with Zack Abbott of ZBiotics

064- Prescribing food as medicine with Josh Hix of Season Health

063- Democratizing investment in agricultural land with Tim Luckow of Farm

062- Taking the "ice cream truck" approach to delivery with Baris Karadogan of Jingle

061- Using microalgae as a future protein source with Yonatan Golan of Brevel

060- Dissecting delivery business models with Professor Len Sherman of Columbia Business School

059- Designing innovative foodservice programs for convenience stores with Jerry Weiner