10 Engaging Podcasts Every Restaurateur Should Listen To

With constantly changing technologies and industry trends, it can be tricky to find the best ways to help your restaurant succeed. 

Luckily, there are plenty of successful restaurateurs who already know the industry inside-out and are eager to share their expertise.

The best podcasts for restaurateurs feature expert interviews that deliver insights into a broad array of issues facing hospitality. These podcasts give you a thorough perspective of factors that could affect your business, and actionable tips you can use for your venue.

Here are ten podcasts we believe every restaurant owner should be listening to.

10 restaurant podcasts to add to your playlist:

1. Tech on Toast

If you want to understand the latest technology trends impacting the hospitality industry and how to expertly apply them, check out Tech on Toast with Chris Fletcher. Covering topics from delivery optimisation to the role of AI in hospitality, it offers a complete overview of the restaurant technology you need to thrive in the market.

An episode that we recommend is Building Memories: The Role of Technology in Hospitality, with Champa Magesh, Managing Director of The Access Group. This episode discusses the role of technology in hospitality, including the use of AI, and the importance of creating a lasting impression.

Interested in how the newest technology can help your business flourish?

It may not be a podcast, but we do have a comprehensive guide to the must-have tech tools your restaurant needs and how to properly use them.2. The Digital Restaurant

Carl and Meredith Osborn, authors of “Delivering the Digital Restaurant”, give you the latest info on tech trends and provide crucial insights into the evolving state of the hospitality industry.

Get the inside scoop on factors affecting your business, both within and without the restaurant industry. When you listen to The Digital Restaurant, you’ll hear about topics you may never have considered before, such as why venue music might affect your sales, diner preferences around food ordering, or if the growth of Ozempic could affect your business.
3. Principle of Hospitality

Focusing on the Australian market, the Principle of Hospitality podcast features real-time tips told with engaging style. One of the goals of this podcast is to build a community of like-minded hospitality professionals who want to improve their businesses.

Hosted by Renee Buckingham, the podcast uses a storytelling format to share insights into the challenges and successes of the restaurant industry. You’ll get advice and inspiration from unique stories told by veteran chefs and restaurateurs like Michael Lambie and Adrian Richardson. 

Hear what the best of the best wish they knew when they started out and how they overcame their trials to find success. 

Want a little more info on what your venue needs? Check out ResDiary’s tips for 7 must-have features in your restaurant booking system.

4. Deep in the Weeds

Tune in as Anthony Huckstep sits down with some of the most decorated and diverse voices in the food industry. You’ll hear raw, unfiltered and honest perspectives on hospitality, along with advice gained through lived experience in the food industry.  

The Deep in the Weeds podcast is a large podcast network offering many different shows you won’t want to miss, focusing on unique aspects of the food world. Top podcasts in the network include:

• Dirty Linen, which goes behind the scenes in restaurants, cafes, and bars, addressing issues that the hospitality industry often finds challenging to discuss publicly.
• The Producers, where each episode showcases the journey of a different producer that supplies top quality ingredients. 
• Fishtales, which tells the stories of those who catch, grow, sell, and serve seafood globally. 

Be sure to give some of the shows a listen to gain more insights into parts of the hospitality world that you may never have considered. 

For more unique perspectives on the restaurant industry, check out our range of Success Stories and how ResDiary has helped different businesses thrive.5. Travel Market Life

Let host Ryan Haynes take you through the many ups and downs of the hospitality industry. Travel Market Life features expert panel discussions, quick-fire quizzes and practical advice with case studies from hospitality and travel businesses across the world.

Panel guests include figures like Claire Steiner, UK Director for the Global Travel and Tourism Partnership, Will Plummer, CEO of Trust My Group, and an upcoming appearance from Andrew Metcalfe, CTO at Guestline. These experts cover key perspectives and hot-topic issues in the hospitality industry, such as how digitalisation can affect your business and what an effective marketing strategy looks like in hospitality. 

Once you’ve gained valuable insights from this podcast, level up your marketing with ResDiary’s integrations. Let customers book directly through Facebook and Instagram with our Meta integration. You can automate SMS marketing to confirm bookings or advertise special deals with Silverstreet.

When you integrate these tools with the ResDiary table management system, you get to incorporate your booking data for even better results. Find out more in our complete guide to attracting customers to your venue.6. Digital Hospitality

Curious about whether your business could benefit from an increased focus on social media and other sites? Digital Hospitality is one of the excellent shows from Cali BBQ Media, along with the popular video series Restaurant Influencers. 

With Digital Hospitality, you can stay updated on new trends in hospitality marketing and the best practices you need to know. Host Shawn P. Whalchef takes you through practical advice on mastering digital marketing for your business, and expert insights into how successful people have harnessed the power of the internet and social media.

Plus, learn about the psychology behind adopting new technologies and discover how to use QR codes to increase customer engagement. 

Check out our complete guide to social media marketing in hospitality for more inspiration.7. The Restaurant Guys

Liven up your day with Stage Left Steak owners Mark Pascal and Francis Schott on The Restaurant Guys. This pioneering restaurant podcast recently returned from hiatus, which means you can get back to hearing their humorous perspective on all things food, wine and finer things.

The Restaurant Guys give you an on-the-ground perspective of running a restaurant from people passionate about the industry. You’ll hear entertaining behind-the-scenes stories and learn the secret sauce for what makes a restaurant successful. 

We recommend this podcast if you want a good laugh, and some relatable stories from like-minded restaurateurs!

8. Restaurant Marketing Secrets

Join host Matt Plapp for a restaurant podcast that gets straight down to business. Restaurant Marketing Secrets uses real world examples to help listeners avoid common mistakes that arise when running a business. 

Plus, discover:

•  Actionable marketing strategies to improve your business and engage customers more effectively
• How to ask for customer feedback
• What a solid restaurant marketing funnel should look like
• How to use community marketing strategies and create promotional events for your business 

Looking to create your own events or connect with your customers more directly? With ResDiary’s  email marketing tools, you can reach out to customers to confirm a booking, engage them after dining and offer them personal deals like birthday specials. You can also use ResDiary promotions to more easily attract customers to your events.

With integrations like Acteol and TalkBox, you can also analyse the behaviour of your customers and tailor personalised marketing campaigns.

9. A Deeper Dive

Go deeper into the nitty gritty details of how to run a restaurant with Restaurant Business Magazine’s podcast. A Deeper Dive features weekly updates of what industry giants like Chipotle or McDonalds are up to and what can be learned from their strategies. 

Topics include how successful companies have taken advantage of social media, the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak and what private equity thinks of the restaurant business. If you want to stay up to date on the latest developments in the industry and answer burning industry questions, A Deeper Dive could be just what you need. 

We recommend this podcast if you want to steal the strategies of big restaurant corporations and apply them to your business growth plan!10. Restaurant Rockstars

Learn how to live your dreams and make a profit with host Roger Beaudoin. On Restaurant Rockstars, decorated hospitality industry veterans share the tips and tricks they believe will help listeners the most to succeed in business and achieve their ambitions. 

Restaurant Rockstars is a perfect choice for owners just starting out as Roger shares decades of experience in the industry and provides great, actionable advice for improving restaurant operations. 

Each of his guests also offers a unique perspective on how to learn from their experience and steer clear of the most common pitfalls in the industry. Topics vary from the broad (the secrets to restaurant longevity) to the specific (how to craft a non-alcoholic beverage program). Each episode will give you new insights into hospitality. 

You can also check out ResDiary’s step-by-step guide to opening a restaurant if you are struggling to take the first step into your dream industry.

How to apply restaurant podcast learnings in your business

Some ways to apply restaurant podcast learnings in your venue include:

• Use marketing insights: Restaurant podcasts are an amazing way to learn more about marketing your business. Adopt a marketing strategy you know could work for you based on what you’ve heard helped other venues succeed.

• Understand industry trends: Podcasts are a great way to learn about industry trends, from technology to menu engineering. This will help you determine if a new innovation can help bring more revenue to your restaurant.
  
  
• Create long-term strategies: With the insight gained for industry veterans, you should create a long-term strategy that is guided by other restaurants' successes and failures. In combination with data your business collects, you’ve got a great recipe for success. You can use ResDiary’s restaurant analytics suite to harness restaurant data and level up your growth.

More great ways to learn about the restaurant industry

Outside of podcasts, other great ways to learn about the restaurant industry include:

• Industry reports: Sources like ResDiary’s 2025 Industry Trends Reports for Australia and New Zealand, as well as the UK and Ireland, can be a great help for your business. They offer  actionable data and information to gain a better understanding of successful trends, the current health of the industry and incoming challenges.

• Read blogs and case studies: Other businesses have come before yours, and each of them experienced ups and downs that you can learn from. Check out ResDiary’s case studies for our biggest success stories. These are a great source of inspiration on where your venue could be improved. We also offer further industry advice in our regular blog posts.
  
  
• Community networking: Network with other professionals in the hospitality industry to gain insights from fellow operators and engage with a wide and incredibly varied community.

Elevate your hospitality business with ResDiary

Put the expertise of restaurant podcasts into action by using ResDiary. Whether you’re looking to create a long-term marketing campaign or to optimise your daily operations, ResDiary has the tools and integrations your venue needs.

Help your business operate more efficiently by stepping away from pen-and-paper booking systems. With ResDiary’s quick and easy booking management tools, staff can find vital information with ease. ResDiary also has features and integrations to help with marketing, data analytics and much more. 

Book a demo with ResDiary and hit the ground running with your industry insights today