Restaurant Hoppen

Dan Hoppen

Booking Overview

This regional food interview show focuses on Nebraska cuisine, restaurants, food entrepreneurship, and the connection between food and local culture and sports, typically featuring local chefs, restaurant owners, food business founders, culinary educators, and hospitality executives. PR agencies could credibly pitch Nebraska-based chefs, restaurateurs, food entrepreneurs, culinary educators, and hospitality leaders with a compelling local story; booking difficulty is low because the show favors accessible local professionals over nationally prominent figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 382

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 527 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

pat@hurrdat.com

dhoppen45@yahoo.com

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Host

Dan Hoppen - Nebraska food media personality covering the local restaurant and culinary scene, including its connections to sports and community life.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Nebraska-based restaurant owners, chefs, food entrepreneurs, culinary educators, hospitality executives, or other established local food professionals with a relevant business or community story.

Required Achievements:

Owning or operating a recognized restaurant, bakery, café, or food brand, Launching or expanding a food or hospitality business, Leading a culinary education or workforce-development program, Developing distinctive food products, dining concepts, or hospitality experiences

Recent Guest Discussions

Abby Jordan - Food Entrepreneurship, Product Innovation, Creative Ice Cream Flavors, Customized Food Gifting, And Sustaining A Long-term Business Partnership.

Todd Lindberg - Scratch Cooking In Entertainment Venues, Hospitality Operations, Culinary Career Development, And Food Strategy.

Emma Oblender - Hands-on Culinary Education, Student-run Restaurant Operations, Hospitality Training, And Workforce Development.

Katina Talley - Growing Bakery And Breakfast Concepts, Handmade Pastries And Bagels, And Developing A European-style All-day Café.

Clare Bartolomei - Building All-day Café And Bakery Concepts, Scratch-made Sourdough, Local Ingredients, And Restaurant Growth.

Recent Topics

Food, Restaurants, Nebraska Cuisine, Food Entrepreneurship, Culinary Education

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Restaurant Hoppen

Pizza Science and the Evolution of Restaurant Hospitality w/ Tim Maides (Dolomiti)

September 24, 2026

Few people in Omaha's restaurant scene are more fun to chat with than Tim Maides, the co-owner of Dolomiti, and unpacking his brain on pizza is a true delight. We nerd out on ovens a dough a bit, but we also talk a lot about Dolomiti's approach to treating guests and how expectations, from both restaurant and guest, can affect a dining experience. This is a fun one, and very educational! 🍕 Dolomiti Pizza 🌐 https://www.pizzadolomiti.com/ This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrda...

The Omaha Ice Cream Shop You Can Ship Anywhere in America

September 21, 2026

What if you could send someone a pint of Omaha's best ice cream no matter where they live? In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Abby Jordan, co-founder of eCreamery, to talk about nearly 20 years of ice cream, creativity and entrepreneurship. eCreamery began in 2007 and has evolved from an ice cream shop into a business that blends gelato-style ice cream, sorbets, seasonal flavors and a nat...

She Dreamed of Becoming a Chef as a Kid. Now She Owns a Bakery.

September 21, 2026

What happens when a childhood love of baking turns into a career, then a business, then a bakery of your own? In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Elana Crum, owner of Crum Cakes Bakery, to hear the story behind her journey from childhood baking dreams to one of Omaha's growing bakery businesses. Elana says she was helping in the kitchen and asking to bake cookies from a young age. After hi...

Publicly listed emails

pat@hurrdat.com

dhoppen45@yahoo.com

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