Podcasts by The Tech Chef, Restaurant, Hospitality and Hotel Technology Business Podcast

TCP077: Creating a Global Tech Stack with Troy Hooper from 2023-08-15T05:00

Joining the show today, I am excited to have Troy Hooper, Chief Executive Officer at  Listen

TCP076: The Battle for Hospitality: HITEC VS The Hospitality Show from 2023-07-18T05:00

Back with us today is Managing Director of ConStrata Consulting, Mr. Listen

TCP075: The AI Conundrum with Nabeel from Lunchbox from 2023-06-20T05:00

Joining the show today is our special guest, Nabeel, CEO and Co-Founder of Listen

TCP074: Welcome to the Future of Delivery from 2023-06-06T05:00

Joining the show today is Aaron Hoffman, Co-Founder & Head of Strategy at <...

TCP073: The Digital Restaurant with Carl Orsbourn&Meredith Sandland from 2023-04-11T05:00

Joining the show today are two individuals who I am sure you have seen all over social media and at conferences if your business is restaurants and technology.  Listen

TCP072: The Man With The Midas Touch - Chris Artinian from 2023-04-04T05:00

I have an unbelievable treat for you today with another industry rockstar; the man, that I have heard many times before, to have the Midas touch because he has the reputation that everything he ...

TCP071: The Metaverse 101 with Kevin Seo from 2023-03-28T05:00

Today, I have another special guest that I recorded while I was at MURTEC recently.  Listen

TCP070: MURTEC 2023 Recap Show with Toby Malbec from 2023-03-21T05:00

Today, as promised, is our 2023 MURTEC recap show. It was a short two weeks ago we were gathered to...

TCP069: Critical KPI Tracking with Robert Peterson from 2023-03-14T05:00

I have to say, once again, that MURTEC was amazing in many ways. As a matter of fact, I had promise...

TCP068: Crafting a Digital Palate with Scott Lawton of bartaco from 2023-03-07T05:00

For all of you that saw me speak over the past couple of days, I hope you enjoyed yourselves. You were fun and engaged audiences! Web3 and the metaverse can really stoke different thou...

TCP067: Failure is NOT an Option with Chef Robert Irvine from 2023-02-28T05:00

The conference season has officially kicked in and I will be seeing many of you this next week.  Starting off on Sunday, I will be speaking at the Listen

TCP066: Freddy's Frozen Custard&Steakburgers: What is their secret sauce? from 2022-12-12T05:00

Well, I think I am finally done traveling for business for the year AND I believe I have been to my last two conferences of the year since we last chatted. I was down the road from my home ...

TCP065: How to Build a Successful Tech Stack for Franchisees from 2022-11-29T05:00

I hope you had a FANTASTIC Thanksgiving week last week. Hopefully you were able to get some extra time off to spend with your friends and family. I know that in our industries, that ma...

TCP064: Learn How To Set Healthy Boundaries With Your Vendors from 2022-11-15T05:00

This week I am here at the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference and the  Listen

TCP063: MURTEC Executive Summit 2022 Recap from 2022-11-08T05:00

Last week’s Florida Restaurant and Lodging Associations Show was a huge success....

TCP062: Metaversal - Curators of the Metaverse for Restaurants from 2022-11-01T05:00

Happening this week is the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Associations Show as well ...

TCP 061: Menches Bros Is Now On The Blockchain! from 2022-10-25T05:00

Next week should be exciting for a couple of reasons: First, I will be speaking at the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association’s Show in Orlando, Florida. For those of you that will...

TCP 060: Make Data-Driven Decisions For Your Restaurant from 2022-10-18T05:00

It’s been a little while since we last spoke as I have been traveling around like a madman with client work and lots and lots of shows. I saw quite a few of you at FSTEC in Dallas. It ...

TCP 059: The Future of Web3 Dining Is Here from 2022-07-12T05:00

So, what are we cooking up on today’s show? We’ll be taking a look at some groundbreaking restaurant technology news that happened last week. Our special guests will discuss how they are rapidly...

TCP058: From Mainstreet to the Metaverse: Inventors of the Hamburger To Launch NFT Collection from 2022-07-05T05:00

That’s right, you have found the Tech Chef Podcast. The one show out there you can count on for weekly insight, news and guests relating to the restaurant, hotel and hospitality industries....

TCP057: Digital Entirety Featuring Noah Glass, Founder and CEO of OLO from 2022-06-28T05:00

Welcome to The Tech Chef podcast! I’m your host, Skip Kimpel, and I’m here to take you on a ride of technology news related to the restaurant, hotel, and hospitality industries.  ...

TCP056: Drone Delivery - The Facts with Ben Thein, COO of Flytrex from 2022-06-21T05:00

Hello everybody and welcome back to The Tech Chef! This is your host, Skip Kimpel and I am here to take you on a ride of technology news related to the restaurant, hotel and hospitality ind...

TCP055: Father's Day Special Featuring Al Kimpel from 2022-06-14T05:00

Well, hello strangers and welcome back for another episode of The Tech Chef. This is your host, Skip Kimpel and every week, it is my goal to bring you the latest and greatest restaurant, ho...

TCP054: Increasing Revenue by Leveraging Guest Feedback with Zack Oates from 2022-05-10T05:00

For those of you that are regular listeners to The Tech Chef, thank you for tuning in again and welcome to all new subscribers. This is your number one resource for everything related to hospita...

TCP053: Using Data to Convert Bodies Into Bits with Marcus Wasdin from 2022-05-03T05:00

Here we are, another week past and time for another edition of The Tech Chef. For those of you that are regular listeners, thank you for tuning in again and for those of you that are joinin...

TCP052: Marketing Tech Talk with Rev from 2022-04-26T15:00

Welcome to The Tech Chef! This is your host, Skip Kimpel. If you looking for ways to improve your restaurant or hospitality business, this podcast is the perfect show for you. Every we...

TCP051: Blockchain for Restaurants with Chad Horn from Devour from 2022-04-19T05:00

Welcome to another episode of The Tech Chef! This is your host, Skip Kimpel coming to you from beautiful and very warm South Florida.  Thank you for continuing to listen to this s...

TCP050: Growth Strategy with Abe Ng from Sushi Maki from 2022-04-12T05:00

Welcome to The Tech Chef! This is your host, Skip Kimpel coming to you from the Restaurant Leaders...

TCP049: Fireside Chat with Tim Tang from 2022-04-05T05:00

Welcome to The Tech Chef!  This is your host, Skip Kimpel and we are all here again today to explore the world of restaurant, hotel and hospitality technology.   I hope ...

TCP048: MURTEC 2022 Recap from 2022-03-29T05:00

Welcome to The Tech Chef!  This is your host, Skip Kimpel.   Remember me?  Well, I am back!   And I am so thankful for all of you listening to t...

TCP047: Out With The Old, In With The New from 2021-10-12T05:00

It has been a little while since we last had the opportunity to talk so I would like to start off by saying Thank you…. Thank you for continuing to support this show and tuning in today. Fo...

TCP046: Industry Rockstar, Joe Tenczar, Co-Founder of Restaurant CIOs from 2021-04-06T05:00

MURTEC is next week, April 13th and 14th. Can you believe it is here already? You can register online right now at  Listen

TCP045: Virtual Brands with Wade Allen and Pankaj Patra of Brinker International from 2021-03-30T05:00

MURTEC is less than a month away and it will be virtual this year, scheduled on April 13th and 14th. You can register online right now at Listen

TCP044: Industry Rockstar, Toby Malbec, Managing Director for Constrata Technology Consulting from 2021-03-16T05:00

As a reminder, MURTEC is only about a month away and it will be virtual this year, scheduled for April 13th a...

TCP043: Marketing Technology with Mike Vichich, CEO of Wisely from 2021-03-09T05:00

Greetings, my Tech Chef family and welcome to another weekly dose of restaurant, hotel and hospitality technology information and updates.  We talk weekly to industry influencers and v...

TCP042: Industry Rockstar, Karen Bird, CIO for Hooters of America from 2021-03-02T05:00

I don’t know if you saw it this week but the National Restaurant Association decided to postpone their show, yet again. This means that the soonest they will ...

TCP041: Industry Innovator, Alex Canter, CEO of Ordermark from 2021-02-23T02:00

For those of you joining us for the very first time, you are in the right place if you want to learn more about these industries from a technology perspective.  Season 1, we had a blas...

TCP040: What hotels can learn from restaurants - from HT Next 2020 from 2021-02-09T02:00

I made a promise to you last year about digging more into the hospitality and hotel side of the equation and today is the start of that. For those of you joining for the first time, please go ah...

TCP039: State of the Industry with Tom Bené, President and CEO of the National Restaurant Association from 2021-02-02T02:00

This is the first time we are speaking in 2021 and I am hoping you are all hanging in there. So much has happened since the last time we spoke but I am so excited you decided to join me tod...

TCP038: Year In Review - 2020 from 2020-12-29T02:00

What a year it has been! This episode covers the best of the best over the past 6 months since this podcast started. It is filled with a star studded array of industry professionals not only tal...

TCP037: The Reason for the Season with John Rivers, CEO of 4R Restaurant Group from 2020-12-22T02:00

Now, you know this show is driven by industry technology topics, today is a little step out of the ordinary as we begin to finish out this year. When I started planning a few months ago about wh...

TCP036: Powerhouse Partnerships, Hospitality Technology and Restaurant Technology Network from 2020-12-15T02:00

Strong partnerships are a hard thing to find. Today we talk with Abby Lorden, Vice President & Publisher of Hospitality and Co-Founder of the Restaurant Technology Network along with Angela ...

TCP031: What we are thankful for from 2020-11-26T02:00

This is a simple episode of reflecting on a very difficult year for many of us and hi-lighting everything positive in our lives that we might not be thinking about right now. It is so easy to lose...

TCP030: Food Lockers -2- Customer food pickup logistics - Special guest, CEO from Minnow from 2020-11-24T02:00

TCP030: Food Lockers -2- Customer food pickup logistics - Special guest, CEO from Minnow from 2020-11-24T02:00

TCP029: Food Lockers -1- The next big trend for off-premise? Special guest, CEO from Apex from 2020-11-17T02:00

Quick announcement: December 1-3, Hospitality Technology in conjunction with HTNG is presenting Hotel Next, a simulated hotel experience built for the “new normal” complete with operational area...

TCP028: Advanced Online Ordering with Shaun Shankel, CEO of ToGo Technologies from 2020-11-10T02:00

Today I have yet another trusted partner on to discuss how they can turn around your online ordering strategy to a winning and powerful relationship.  I, personally have used ToGo at t...

TCP027: The Power of POS Integrations Featuring Omnivore with Matt Haselhoff from 2020-11-03T02:00

Welcome to this weeks show, podcast family! Today is my Election version of the Tech Chef. I was looking at my podcast statistics the other day and realized we have thousands of listeners in ove...

TCP026: Bonus Episode - Motivational Speaker, Jim Knight Unplugged from 2020-10-29T02:00

Today I have Jim Knight who needs no introduction to many of you.  Motivational speaker, author and podcast host, Jim and I have a BLAST talking about things like, oh I don’t know, mul...

TCP025: Native Delivery -2- Adriana Kosiba from Bringg from 2020-10-27T02:00

Today is the second and the last part of the Native Delivery mini-series…. Hey, it’s called mini for a reason!   Today it is my pleasure to introduce you to Adriana Koshiba, Enter...

TCP024: Native Delivery -1- Ryan Pershad from GetSwift from 2020-10-20T02:00

Did you get a chance to listen to the last two episodes where I re-capped the Restaurant Next conference, if not, go back and listen.  AND if you still want access to the actual confer...

TCP023 : Restaurant Next 2020 Conference - Day 2 Recap from 2020-10-14T02:00

.Today is dedicated to coving the Restaurant Next conference held in conjunction with MURTEC and the Restaurant Technology Network. This immersive experience has tons of valuable content and wel...

TCP022 : Restaurant Next 2020 Conference - Day 1 Recap from 2020-10-13T02:00

Today is dedicated to covering the Restaurant Next conference held in conjunction with MURTEC and the Restaurant Technology Network. This immersive experience has tons of valuable content and we...

TCP021 : Food Safety -5- Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine from 2020-10-06T02:00

Today is a special day as we wrap up our five part mini series on Food Safety.  If you are a regular listener of this show, I think you have been anticipating this episode just as much...

TCP020 : Food Safety -4- Digital Checklist Technology with Manik Suri from CoInspect from 2020-09-29T02:00

Can you believe we are on episode 20 already? Thank you to all of you who have been part of this exciting journey! As your Tech Chef I am happy to have you here and If you stumbled across this s...

TCP019: Bonus Episode - Carol Dover, President and CEO of the FRLA from 2020-09-24T02:00

Today is our BONUS episode so if you were looking for our Food Safety series, don’t worry, this upcoming Tuesday we will be continuing with that.

This is a special episode I wanted to brin...

TCP018 : Food Safety -3- Intelligent video-based surveillance with Doug Smith from DTiQ from 2020-09-22T02:00

If you are listening for the first time, I am glad you found this show and hope that you hit the SUBSCRIBE button today so you don’t miss one single episode!  While you are at it, go a...

TCP017 : Food Safety -2- Hand Hygiene Technology with Christine Schindler from PathSpot from 2020-09-15T02:00

Thanks to all of you, together we are making this show grow in leaps and bounds.   Remember, if you would like to help continue this growth, leave me a 5 star review and a glowing...

TCP016 : Food Safety -1- Food Allergy Technology with Shandee Chernow from Certistar from 2020-09-08T02:00

Happy Tuesday, and I hope you all had an enjoyable, safe and relaxing Labor Day. It has been pretty rough this year so you have all deserved that extra day off.  

Today kicks off...

TCP015 : White Castle's Robotics, Drive Through Technology and a Touchless Economy from 2020-09-01T02:00

Happy Tuesday, everybody and welcome to the first day of September!  I can’t WAIT for this year to be over with.  Let’s hope things are looking up on December 31st so we...

TCP014 : NFL Super Bowl Champion, Fred Stokes from Fred Stokes Foods from 2020-08-27T02:00

Just to let you know, if you are looking for technology tips and tricks, this bonus episode does not have any.  Next Tuesday starts back in with our regular schedule where the Tech Che...

TCP013 : Digital ADA Compliancy with Jacey Kaps and Anne Sallee from 2020-08-25T02:00

Today, we will be talking about Digital ADA Compliancy and how to make your website compliant as well as what to do if you get notification you are being sued due to non-compliancy. Jacey Kaps, ...

TCP012 : Charlie Guzzetta, President of BurgerFi from 2020-08-18T02:00

Today I am honored to have Charlie Guzzetta on the show.  Mr. Guzzetta serves as President of BurgerFi, a fast-growing international better burger concept headquartered in North Palm B...

TCP011 : Contactless Payment -7- Sarah L'Heureux - ZeroContact from 2020-08-11T02:00

This is the last part, part 7 of the contactless payment series… In this episode I have the pleasure to chat with Sarah L’Heureux from TouchPoint.

Co-founder of Touchpoint Restaurant Innov...

TCP010 : Contactless Payment -6- Rom Krupp from OneDine from 2020-08-04T02:00

This is Part 6 of the contactless payment series… In this episode I have the pleasure to chat with Rom Krupp from OneDine.

Rom Krupp is a pioneer, disruptor, visionary and thought leader i...

TCP009: Bonus Episode - Brett Krueger, Boutique Hotel Developer from 2020-07-30T02:00

This is BONUS episode and a break from the of the contactless payment series… In this episode I will be having a conversation with a good friend of mine for over 25 years, Brett Krueger.

B...

TCP008 : Contactless Payment -5- Tim Lockhart from TableSafe from 2020-07-28T02:00

This is Part 5 of the contactless payment series… In this episode I have the pleasure to chat with Tim Lockhart from TableSafe. 

Tim Lockhart began his hospitality technolog...

TCP007 : Contactless Payment -4- Yale Goldberg from PopID from 2020-07-21T02:00

This is Part 4 of the contactless payment series… In this episode I have the please to chat with Yale Goldberg from PopID.. 

As Chief of Staff at PopID, a Cali Group company, Yal...

TCP006 : Contactless Payment -3- Tom Holmes from PayMyTab from 2020-07-14T02:00

This is Part 3 of the contactless payment series… In this episode I have a good friend, Tom Holmes who is the CEO and founder of DinerIQ and PayMyTab. 

Tom Holmes is CEO and Founder o...

TCP005 : Contactless Payment -2- Laurent May from Ready from 2020-07-07T02:00

This is Part 2 of the contactless payment series… In this episode I am delighted to have a special guest, all the way from Canada. Laurent May  is the Head of Ready, a fully integrated...

TCP004 : Contactless Payment -1- Dining Behaviors from 2020-06-30T02:00

Show Notes:       

This is Part 1 of the contactless payment series… more than just contactless payments.

Poll results from my social me...