A Deeper Dive

Jonathan Maze

restaurantbusiness@winsightmedia.com

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Booking Overview

This is a weekly restaurant-industry interview show focused on the operational, strategic, and growth challenges facing restaurant companies, typically featuring CEOs, founders, and senior executives of established chains. Credible pitches include restaurant brand leaders, multi-unit operators, foodservice strategists, and executives with relevant expertise in expansion, acquisitions, marketing, supply chain, or menu strategy; booking difficulty is high because recent guests hold senior positions at notable restaurant companies.

Metrics

Episodes: 415

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.0k subscribers

Instagram: 5.9k followers

Contact Information

restaurantbusiness@winsightmedia.com

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Host

Jonathan Maze - Restaurant industry journalist and host of A Deeper Dive for Restaurant Business.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
CEOs, founders, executive chairpersons, and senior leaders of established restaurant chains or foodservice companies, with direct experience operating, growing, acquiring, or strategically managing restaurant brands.
Required Achievements:  
Leading or founding a notable restaurant chain, Overseeing significant restaurant growth or expansion, Managing acquisitions, sales, or private equity-backed growth, Developing restaurant operations, menus, marketing, or supply-chain strategy

Recent Guest Discussions

Nick Marsh - Restaurant Chain Growth, Acquisitions, Shared Services, Private Equity-backed Restaurant Groups, And Expansion Strategy.

Jeff Chandler - Restaurant Company Growth, Acquisitions, Private Equity, The Sale Of Hopdoddy, And Post-acquisition Strategy.

Steele Smiley - Restaurant Entrepreneurship, Healthy Eating, Chain Expansion, Menu Strategy, Sandwiches, Supply Chain, And Operating A Growing Brand.

Recent Topics

Restaurant Operations, Foodservice, Restaurant Chains, Marketing, Menu

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
A Deeper Dive
:

Why careful growth is vital for restaurant chains

July 08, 2026

Why is careful growth more important for restaurant chains?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Nick Marsh, the CEO of Founders Table Restaurant Group.This is the second in our series of episodes exploring Founders Table’s recent acquisition of Hopdoddy Burger Bar. We wanted to talk with Marsh specifically about what his company is about. Founders Table also owns Chop’t, Dos Toros and Protein Bar, an interesting group of chains.He talks about the firm’...

Inside the sale of Hopdoddy Burger Bar

July 01, 2026

How did the sale of Hopdoddy come about?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Jeff Chandler, who is stepping aside as CEO of the fast-casual burger chain following its sale to Founders Table Restaurant Group.We wanted to talk with Jeff about the deal and about Hopdoddy itself, along with other issues.Chandler led the chain for a decade before its sale so we ask him about how he guided the company to its growth and to its ultimate sale.But we spend most ...

The story of a growing, Midwestern salad chain

June 24, 2026

Can a salad chain thrive in the ever-changing world of healthy eating?Steele Smiley is betting on it. The founder and executive chairman of the Minneapolis-based salad chain Crisp & Green joins the Restaurant Business podcast to talk about his brand’s strategies. Crisp & Green has 52 locations and dozens more under development in the U.S. Smiley talks about the brand’s founding, and how he never envisioned becoming a restaurant operator. Smiley started the chain after a career in the ...

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