Stephen Yen, Executive Chef of Paige Hospitality Group and the Ainsworth, joins the show to talk about how being an executive chef is so much more than just cooking.De către Like, Bite & Share

Keizo Shimamoto, creator and found of Ramen Burger & Ramen Shack, joins the show to tell the secret story behind the success of the Ramen Burger.De către Like, Bite & Share

Greg Avola is a web-developer who turned his love of coding and scripting into become co-founder and CTO of a social network for beer lovers called Untappd. Launched in 2010, Untappd allows its users to check into beers as they drink them, and share these check-ins and their locations with their friend. The network originally launched in 2010 and n…

Kimberly J. Vallejo, Program Manager at Hot Bread Kitchen, teaches us how an incubator can help you cut costs and avoid mistakes.De către Like, Bite & Share

Like Bite & Share has now released over 50 episodes, and in that time we’ve introduced you to some expert grillers. So we’ve invited a few of them back onto the show to ask them how to fire up the Very Best Burgers at your home barbecues. The expert panel includes: George Motz, the world’s leading hamburger expert and author of Hamburger America Ch…

Janice Person works at Monsanto on their corporate engagement team. Her job duties include outreach for both agriculture and regular folks like you. She works with farmers, foodies, and bloggers on a wide range of topics all that relate back in someway to farming. Her primary function is to help people better understanding agriculture. Janice is on…

Our guests on this week’s episode bring you two very different but equally important viewpoints of the massive endeavor that is video marketing. Sahil Patel leads coverage of the video industry for Digiday, a leading modern media publication that is a go-to for tech nerds and marketing influencers. Patel was the launch editorial director of VideoIn…

As one of two marketers at the launch of LevelUp, the nation’s largest mobile payment and customer loyalty platform, Alex Shuck built the company’s digital marketing strategy from the ground up. Alex has done everything from growing LevelUp’s social channels to developing and implementing digital advertising for the company and its 14,000+ partner …

Adam Shopkorn, art consultant, documentary filmmaker, and owner of Fort Gansevoort, joins the show to talk about how art and food are coming together to create unique dining experiences.De către Like, Bite & Share

Ryan Dorchak is the General Manager/Operating Partner for the Cloverleaf Tavern in Caldwell, New Jersey, where it is the oldest business in town. Ryan is the third generation owner of the pub that dates back to 1933. Their menu boasts a little bit of everything for everyone but their most well known for their extensive craft beer program and their …

Major League Eating champion Joey Chestnut, MLE’s Sam Barclay, and American Burger Co’s Rich Adams join the show to teach us how to prepare for and run a competitive eating contest.De către Like, Bite & Share

This week, we invited two experts on the show to talk about how to utilize beer programs and work with brand managers to bring in more business to your bar or restaurant. Olivia Cerio is the Regional Brand manager and Metro NY Sales Team Leader at Empire Brewing Company, a brewery located in Syracuse, NY. She’s been with the company since 2010 wher…

Last month, the Washington Post reported on the effect that online dating apps like Tinder and Bumble have had on the restaurant industry’s ability to turn over tables. Our guest says he could write an entire book about the phenomenon. Will Civian has been both behind the scenes and at the front lines of several successful restaurant and bar openin…

Jonathan Chanti is a Senior Vice President and Partner at HYPR, a search engine for media influencers with offices in Tel-Aviv and NYC. HYPR enables marketers to target their desired demographics, while using the ever powerful voice of influencers, lowering costs and making influencer marketing a science. Prior to HYPR, Jonathan worked in talent pr…

A graduate of the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, Chef Russell Jackson’s passion for food started out like many of us, at home watching his Mother cooking family meals. He went on to become the Head Chef role at the James Beard-nominated Black Cat and eventually landed an opportunity to appear on both Iron Chef America and The Next Fo…

David Spark, VP of Marketing (Content) and Founder of Spark Media Solutions, joins the show to clue us into the secret recipe to winning at trade shows.De către Like, Bite & Share

Carlos Gil, Snapchat expert and head of Social Media Marketing at BMC Software joins the show to talk about how to get off the fence and start marketing with Snapchat.De către Like, Bite & Share

The Schweid & Sons Burger Trends Report is meticulously compiled by gathering intel from the company’s valued customers across the country about their Burgers, menus and marketing, it gives you unprecedented insight into what’s trending and what is never going out of style (spoiler alert: American cheese is still the king). This week on the podcast…

Scott Hume stops by the show to tell us how and why he started burgerbusiness.com, and why restaurants should use it to help predict trends.De către Like, Bite & Share

Jennifer Baum from Bullfrog & Baum joins the show to talk about the benefits and common pitfalls that come with leveraging social influencers in restaurant marketing.De către Like, Bite & Share

Geoff Kutnick is the co-founder of FoodBeast. If you are not familiar and you are food obsessed, go over to foodbeast.com, add their feed to your RSS and follow them on your favorite social network. They are a never ending source of highly entertaining, drool-worthy and funny food news and information. The site has been around 2008 and has since be…

There’s nothing quite as fun for burger fans as NYC Burger Week. Every year on the first week of May, Burger lovers attend daily events that put the Burger on display in various, creative ways at different venues throughout New York City. Rev and Brad host this week’s podcast live (for the first time in Like, Bite & Share history) from the Civil Wa…

Nick Solares came onto the meat radar when he launched his now-defunct blog, the “Beef Aficionado.” Since then he’s become a well-known food photographer, written for Serious Eats, is now is the Senior Editor for Eater NY, as well as Host of Eater’s “The Meat Show” — and ate the most expensive steak in the world, a 400-day dry-aged wagyu. Despite b…

This week, we go behind the scenes with all the NYC Burger Week event stakeholders. The chefs, restaurnts, brands and partners participating in the week-long event tell us what it takes to put something like this together.De către Like, Bite & Share

George Motz of Hamburger America joins the show to talk about how he turned his niche hamburger expertise into a thriving career in film, television, and other media.De către Like, Bite & Share

Jay Baer of Convince & Convert joins to the show to talk about how you can use negative reviews to help your business.De către Like, Bite & Share

Ryan Hinkson of Eat Famous joins the show to talk about engaging with your fans and customers to get strong engagement on Instagram.De către Like, Bite & Share

Tara Adams is the Director of Supplier & Account Marketing at Certified Angus Beef®. CAB® is the most recognized beef brand but we will get into that in a moment. Let’s talk about Tara. At CAB® her role is develop and innovate marketing solutions that CAB® licensed businesses can use to help educate their customers and grow sales. Tara has worked a…

Amy Kritzer is the founder of the Jewish cooking blog What Jew Wanna Eat. She is a trained personal chef who cut her teeth at Le Cordon Bleu in Austin, Texas. Her recipes have been featured on the Cooking Channel, Rachael Ray, in the Today Show Blog, Bon Appetit, the Huffington Post and Fox News Magazine. She is a go-to voice in the world of Jewish…

AJ Gilbert has been working in and managing restaurants for 2 and a half decades now and he is also the founder and CEO of ChefSheet. com. Chef Sheet is software that helps restaurants manage inventory and keep track of purchasing. Where it’s real power lies is your ability to track the prices you pay for product and analyze your plate costs. He jo…

Shari Bayer is the founder of Bayer PR, the New York city based public relations, consulting and marketing agency specializing in culinary and hospitality. Their clients include Serafina Restaurant Group, Taste of Tribeca and the Roots Conference hosted by the Chef’s Garden. Shari is also the host of her very own radio show “All in the Industry” wh…

The Wine & Food Festival’s Burger Bash event, held in New York City and South Beach every year, is the twice-annual grand daddy of Hamburger competitions. More than thirty chefs gather to compete for the People’s Choice Award and the Schweid & Sons Very Best Burger Award, decided by a panel of judges. This week on Like, Bite & Share, we gather Burg…

Tyler Anderson is a speaker, a consultant and most importantly, the Founder/CEO at Casual Fridays a social media marketing agency that primarily works with the hospitality business. Some of the their clients include Marriott International, Penske Automotive, Jersey Mike’s Subs and more. Tyler is also the host of the Social Media Social Podcast and …

David Dubois is the head Chef/Overseer of the Franklin Restaurant Group, which includes The Franklin Cafe, Citizen Public House and Tasty Burger, a Boston based fresh Hamburger restaurant with 5 locations including a stand in Fenway Park. They’ve been named the best Burger by Zagat, Boston Magazine, DigBoston, The Daily Meal and more. David joins L…

Alex Floethe is the managing partner at S’macks Burgers and Shakes, a neighborhood Burger joint in Sarasota, FL. S’Macks is part of the Gecko’s Hospitality Group; a family of Fast Casual restaurants in Sarasota and Bradenton. Alex went from being a soccer referee to distributing wine to becoming the HR director for Gecko’s before he took over as th…

Shay MacDonald is the Chef Partner at HoM in Charleston, SC. HoM is a Burger boutique, ping pong lounge and neighborhood bar located right in the middle Charleston’s dining and shopping district, King Street. Shay is also the founder of the Flag Day Burger and Beer Festival, a celebration of local Chefs, restaurants and craft beer. The festival is …

Sef “Burger Beast” Gonzalez, is a South Florida food blogger, social influencer and event producer. He’s been featured on “Burger Land” with George Motz, has curated events for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, and has also founded a calendar’s worth of well known food events like the Burgie Awards, El Main Evento, Croquettapalooza, the Burge…

This week, Like Bite & Share is being taken over by NYC food Instagrammers. Our roundtable discussion from some of New York’s most popular culinary Instagram account holders will equip you with the knowledge you need to take Inastagram by storm. Alexa Mehraban is the brains behind the Instagram account EatingNYC. In under two years she has amassed …

Frank Scibelli’s restaurant career began with Charlotte, NC’s Mama Ricotta in 1992. Since then he has gone on to found Perfect Plate Catering, Midwood Smokehouse, and Paco’s Tacos & Tequilla. He is also the founder of Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, a 16-location gourmet Burger restaurant that he sold to Good Times Restaurants in 2015. He joins Like Bite &…

As we wrap up 2015, Like, Bite & Share hosts and Hamburger experts Rev Ciancio and Brad Garoon share their predictions for the Burger scene in the year to come. So come for this 20 minute conversation, and if you so choose, stay for the rest of the podcast: a retrospective of the Burger conversations Rev and Brad had in their first 15 episodes of t…

Daniel Lemin is the founder of One Good Brand. He is a Senior Strategist at Convince and Convert. He has been on Fox News, CBS Radio, in the New York Times and USA Today. He is also the author of Manipurated, a deep dive into the online rating and review business. On the show we discuss the importance of staying on top of your customer and how resp…

Dan Pashman is a two-time James Beard Award nominee, he is the host of The Sporkful podcast, he is the author of Eat More Better, and he has a series on the Cooking Channel called You’re Eating it Wrong. He has been a guest on a number of food-related television programs, and it all started with a podcast in his basement. He joins Like, Bite & Shar…

Chef Plum is a winner of Guys Grocery Games on Food network, and has been featured on ABC’s The Taste, Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube, CBS, NBC, BET and many appearances on Food Network. He joins Like, Bite & Share to reflect on his successful career as a television chef, and how that has helped aid his career at large. ABOUT THE SHOW Like Bite & Share i…

Christian Ward is the EVP of Partnership for Yext. Yext provides digital location management software. Google maps, Yelp, Facebook, Mapquest, Foursquare — all of these sites help you to find information about local businesses. Whether it’s their phone number, directions, reviews, services or anything else, we rely on these networks and sites to gui…

Liz Bazner has a tough job; she is the Associate Manager, Digital Communications at A&W Restaurants. A&W has more than 1000 locations and the brand predates the personal computer by 56 years. Part of her role has to modernize the brand digitally and lead successful social media campaigns on a number of social media platforms. Liz is best friends wi…

Mike Tanzillo is one of the creators of Burger Lift, a device that ensures that you will never have soggy Hamburger buns again. Tanzillo, along with Matt Hureau and Jasmine Kakatikarn, started Burger Lift after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Learn how they did it, and what to avoid when crowdsourcing for your new food invention. ABOUT THE SHOW …

Joe Isidori is the mastermind behind Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer, a wildly popular burger and beer joint in New York City. The Michelin Star chef, who just opened his second Black Tap location in the Meatpacking District, joins the Like, Bite & Share Podcast to share his knowledge and best practices for building a rabid following on social media…

A 39-year veteran of the Buddy’s Pizza team, Wesley Pikula is Vice President of operations for the company. He joins the Like, Bite & Share Podcast to share his knowledge and best practices for building a successful restaurant business on the heels of tradition with a focus on consistency, community and flavor. ABOUT THE SHOW Like Bite & Share is a…

Nell Casey is the Food Editor for Gothamist, a New York City-centric news outlet featuring the top stories about all things NYC. She joins the Like, Bite & Share Podcast to share her knowledge and best practices for getting into food journalism, helpful tips on communicating with food editors to get stories featured and an explanation of frankenfoo…

Are you opening a new bar or restaurant or are you looking for ways to bring in new customers? When is the right time to bring on a publicity and marketing team? What should you be posting on your restaurant’s social media pages? If you’re like most restaurant operators, you have these questions and more. We asked Stefany Cesari & Tara Fougner from…