Digital Hospitality

Shawn P. Walchef

podcast@calibbq.media

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Booking Overview

A hospitality-focused interview series on how internet and social media tools drive real operational and growth wins in restaurants. Each episode spotlights a successful operator or executive explaining the specific digital/online strategy and results—making it highly relevant for brands selling technology or services to hospitality.

Metrics

Episodes: 595

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.5k subscribers

Instagram: 5.6k followers

Contact Information

podcast@calibbq.media

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Host

Shawn P. Walchef - Founder of Cali BBQ Media and host of Digital Hospitality. The show is an interview series exploring how successful people have harnessed the power of the Internet and social media in hospitality.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior executives and founders in hospitality-adjacent technology, operations, and franchise development; restaurant operators and company leaders who can tie digital/internet/social strategies to measurable hospitality outcomes.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership role at a hospitality technology company, Founder of a hospitality-focused business/platform, Franchise development/alliances experience tied to growth partnerships

Recent Guest Discussions

Jeremy Fitzgerald - Building A Restaurant-focused Marketplace; Turning Unused Restaurant Inventory Into Revenue; Operator-to-operator Community Adoption

Sam Stanovich - Why Atmosphere Became A Valuable Partner For Big Chicken; Restaurant-focused Content For Guest Engagement And Operational Consistency

Alissa Partee - Automating Cooking Oil Management; Reducing Labor And Improving Safety; Adoption Challenges And Operational Change Management

Recent Topics

Hospitality, Restaurant, Technology, Social Media, Internet

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Digital Hospitality
:

The Marketplace Every Restaurant Owner Needs: 86Deadstock

June 19, 2026

Jeremy Fitzgerald, founder of 86Deadstock, shares how his experience as a restaurant operator led him to build a marketplace designed specifically for the hospitality industry. From unused equipment and excess inventory to last-minute operational needs, Fitzgerald explains how restaurants can turn dead stock into cash, save money on supplies, and connect directly with other operators. He discusses the challenges of adoption, the importance of community-driven solutions, and why every restaura...

Sam Stanovich Explains What Made Atmosphere A Valuable Partner For Big Chicken

June 17, 2026

In this episode of Digital Hospitality, Shawn Walchef sits down with Sam Stanovich, Senior Vice President of Franchise Development and Alliances at Craveworthy Brands, to discuss why Atmosphere became a valuable partner for Big Chicken. Stanovich shares how Atmosphere's restaurant-focused content helps keep guests engaged, creates consistency across locations, and delivers an entertainment experience built specifically for hospitality environments. Entertainment Designed For Restaurants – A...

She Oversees 2 Million Pounds of Cooking Oil a Day — And Most Restaurants Never Think About It

June 15, 2026

Alissa Partee, CEO of Restaurant Technologies, shares how automating cooking oil management helps restaurants reduce labor, improve safety, and operate more efficiently. From real-time oil monitoring and just-in-time deliveries to leading a company serving more than 45,000 restaurant locations, Partee explains why some of the biggest operational challenges in hospitality happen behind the scenes and how technology can help operators focus on what matters most: serving guests. Technology Bey...

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