The Simmer

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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

Episode Date
Maddy Shannon, Head of Product, SpotOn
Jul 28, 2026
Randall Hom, Co-Founder & CEO, Hostie
Jul 14, 2026
Reservations Wars, June Edition
Jun 23, 2026
Joshua Sharkey, Founder & CEO, Meez
Jun 16, 2026
The Simmer Live: Judy Thelen, Co-founder and CEO, Beli
Apr 14, 2026
Noah Glass, CEO, Olo (Round 2)
Apr 07, 2026
Sam Bakhshandehpour, President, Local Merchants, Bilt
Mar 31, 2026
Ben Leventhal, Founder & CEO, Blackbird
Mar 10, 2026
Pablo Rivero, CEO, Resy (round 2)
Feb 25, 2026
Maxx Freedman, Founder of Spice
Feb 10, 2026
Welcome, 2026!
Jan 08, 2026
Jill Adams, Chief Marketing Officer, El Pollo Loco
Dec 16, 2025
Avi Goren, Co-founder and CEO, Marqii
Dec 09, 2025
Chris DeSaye, VP of Information Technology, Gibson’s Restaurant Group
Dec 02, 2025
Rachael Nemeth  Co-founder & CEO, Opus Training 
Nov 04, 2025
Elizabeth Tilton, Founder & CEO, Oyster Sunday and OS Benefits
Oct 21, 2025
Justin Falciola President, Americas, Deliverect 
Oct 07, 2025
Eli Feldman, Co-Founder & Partner, Shy Bird
Sep 23, 2025
The Simmer’s Summer Wrap-Up
Aug 19, 2025
Cindy Klein Roche, Chief Growth Officer, ezCater
Jul 22, 2025
Rob Edell, GM & Head of DashPass, DoorDash
Jul 18, 2025
Ilir Sela, Founder & CEO, Slice
Jul 01, 2025
Fred LeFranc, CEO, Results Thru Strategy
Jun 17, 2025
Kelly Esten, CMO, Toast
Jun 03, 2025
Lindsey Irvine, CMO, Square
May 27, 2025
Krystle Mobayeni, Head of Restaurants, Fiserv
May 21, 2025
DoorDash buys SevenRooms for $1.2 billion
May 07, 2025
Niko Papademetriou SVP, Qu POS
Apr 22, 2025
Tammy Billings, Business Development, SignalFlare.ai
Apr 08, 2025
Suzie Tsai, CEO, Bonchon
Mar 25, 2025
Tom Cortese, Chief Operating Officer, Kernel Foods
Mar 11, 2025
Michael Osanloo President & CEO, Portillo’s
Feb 25, 2025
Abhinav Kapur Co-founder and CEO, Bikky
Feb 11, 2025
Pablo Rivero, CEO, Resy
Jan 28, 2025
Zach Goldstein Founder and CEO, Thanx
Jan 14, 2025
2024 Year in Review
Dec 30, 2024
Geoff Alexander, President & CEO, Wow Bao
Dec 17, 2024
Christine Schindler, Co-Founder and CEO, Pathspot
Dec 03, 2024
Lisa Grimm Co-founder and CEO, Roux
Nov 19, 2024
Sam Bernstein Founder & CEO, Table22
Oct 30, 2024
Alice Cheng Founder & CEO, Culinary Agents
Oct 22, 2024
Aaron Noveshen Founder & CEO, Starbird
Oct 08, 2024
Robert Sietsema Senior Restaurant Critic, Eater New York
Sep 24, 2024
Tracy Kim, CEO, Dig
Sep 11, 2024
Debby Soo, CEO, OpenTable
Aug 27, 2024
Gregg Majewski CEO, Craveworthy Brands
Aug 20, 2024
Matt Tucker, CEO, Tock
Aug 14, 2024
Nancy Luna, Restaurant Industry Journalist
Jul 10, 2024
Chip Wade, CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group
Jun 18, 2024
Kyle Norton, Chief Revenue Officer, Owner.com
Jun 04, 2024
Noah Glass, founder and CEO, Olo
May 21, 2024
Will Guidara, restaurateur and author of Unreasonable Hospitality
May 14, 2024
Katie Fogertey, CFO, Shake Shack
Apr 30, 2024
Alex Sambvani, CEO, Slang.ai
Apr 23, 2024
Joseph Unger, COO, Gosh Enterprise
Apr 09, 2024
Camilla Opperman Morse, CEO, Nimbus
Apr 02, 2024
Savneet Singh, CEO, PAR Technology
Mar 20, 2024