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The Simmer

The Simmer

The Simmer explores and explains hot topics in restaurant technology and the future of hospitality. It's led by two industry veterans with a lot of opinions. Kristen Hawley has spent over a decade covering the beat for her newsletter Expedite and top titles including Fast Company, Business Insider, Bon Appetit, Eater, and Food & Wine. Brandon Barton is CEO of Bite, an industry-leading intelligent kiosk ordering software provider with nearly two decades of experience in restaurant tech. Each episode, the hosts interview some of the smartest people in hospitality to dissect what's happening now

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64 episodes

  1. A Fall News Update 44:03
  2. Danny Meyer, Founder & Executive Chairman, Union Square Hospitality Group 37:47
  3. Steve Ells, Founder, Counter Service & Chipotle 43:02
  4. Yusha Hu, Co-founder and CEO, Sightline OS 37:23
  5. Michelle Fischer, CEO, TripleSeat 37:14
  6. Adam Weisblatt, Co-Founder, Last Word Hospitality 46:06
  7. Joel Montaniel, CEO, SevenRooms 50:27
  8. Maddy Shannon, Head of Product, SpotOn 39:01
  9. Randall Hom, Co-Founder & CEO, Hostie 39:38
  10. Reservations Wars, June Edition 38:03
  11. Joshua Sharkey, Founder & CEO, Meez 50:24
  12. The Simmer Live: Judy Thelen, Co-founder and CEO, Beli 41:31
  13. Noah Glass, CEO, Olo (Round 2) 53:50
  14. Sam Bakhshandehpour, President, Local Merchants, Bilt 41:42
  15. Ben Leventhal, Founder & CEO, Blackbird 48:52
  16. Pablo Rivero, CEO, Resy (round 2) 37:14
  17. Maxx Freedman, Founder of Spice 40:54
  18. Welcome, 2026! 34:27
  19. Jill Adams, Chief Marketing Officer, El Pollo Loco 41:51
  20. Avi Goren, Co-founder and CEO, Marqii 44:35
  21. Chris DeSaye, VP of Information Technology, Gibson’s Restaurant Group 46:27
  22. Rachael Nemeth Co-founder & CEO, Opus Training 42:14
  23. Elizabeth Tilton, Founder & CEO, Oyster Sunday and OS Benefits 46:47
  24. Justin Falciola President, Americas, Deliverect 51:31
  25. Eli Feldman, Co-Founder & Partner, Shy Bird 46:51
  26. The Simmer’s Summer Wrap-Up 41:18
  27. Cindy Klein Roche, Chief Growth Officer, ezCater 43:51
  28. Rob Edell, GM & Head of DashPass, DoorDash 42:59
  29. Ilir Sela, Founder & CEO, Slice 42:48
  30. Fred LeFranc, CEO, Results Thru Strategy 36:31
  31. Kelly Esten, CMO, Toast 48:59
  32. Lindsey Irvine, CMO, Square 42:40
  33. Krystle Mobayeni, Head of Restaurants, Fiserv 42:26
  34. DoorDash buys SevenRooms for $1.2 billion 35:34
  35. Niko Papademetriou SVP, Qu POS 44:55
  36. Tammy Billings, Business Development, SignalFlare.ai 48:46
  37. Suzie Tsai, CEO, Bonchon 41:28
  38. Tom Cortese, Chief Operating Officer, Kernel Foods 46:51
  39. Michael Osanloo President & CEO, Portillo’s 45:40
  40. Abhinav Kapur Co-founder and CEO, Bikky 38:59
  41. Pablo Rivero, CEO, Resy 35:39
  42. Zach Goldstein Founder and CEO, Thanx 45:08
  43. 2024 Year in Review 33:39
  44. Geoff Alexander, President & CEO, Wow Bao 49:30
  45. Christine Schindler, Co-Founder and CEO, Pathspot 34:27
  46. Lisa Grimm Co-founder and CEO, Roux 43:34
  47. Sam Bernstein Founder & CEO, Table22 38:57
  48. Alice Cheng Founder & CEO, Culinary Agents 37:52
  49. Aaron Noveshen Founder & CEO, Starbird 44:55
  50. Robert Sietsema Senior Restaurant Critic, Eater New York 39:42