The Restaurant Coach Podcast

Your Menu Is Programming Your Guests: The Psychology Behind Every Purchase Most restaurant owners think their menu is a list of food. It’s not. It’s the most powerful sales tool in your re...

What if your staffing problem isn’t actually a staffing problem? Every restaurant owner has experienced it. You interview someone who seems perfect. They say all the right things. They start str...

What if the biggest thing holding your restaurant back… is you? Most restaurant owners believe they’re trapped by labor shortages, rising food costs, inflation, or a lack of good employees...

Leadership Is a System With Jarred Patterson, COO — New South Restaurant Group Most restaurant owners think leadership is a personality trait. Something you’re born with.Something you either “have” or...

In Episode 180 of The Restaurant Coach Podcast, I sit down with Nick Mattia, the founder and owner of Ready Strong Meals, for a raw, honest conversation about what really happens when ambition meets r...

What happens when you refuse to let a good restaurant quietly die? In this episode of The Restaurant Coach Podcast, Donald Burns sits down with Madison Bree, a first-time restaurant owner who took a m...

What happens when a James Beard Award–winning chef looks around the modern food industry and realizes the system was never built to serve craft, soul, or truth? This episode is a WAKE-UP CALL. In Chef...

In this episode of The Restaurant Coach Podcast, I sit down with Megan Coignard, owner of Nicolo’s Pizza in Lakewood, Colorado—an independent restaurant operator who was once drowning in chaos, burnou...

In this episode of The Restaurant Coach® Podcast, I sit down with Matt & Stephanie Dunken, the powerhouse duo behind Slam Dunk Pizza. Their story is one every independent restaurant owner needs to...

Restaurants are rarely just about food. The ones that rise above the noise—the ones that dominate their markets—understand that culture drives everything. That’s the story behind The Plough @ Myrniong...