Restaurant Owners Uncorked

Schedulefly

Booking Overview

Restaurant Owners Uncorked spotlights independent restaurant owners and hospitality operators as they share the real lessons behind running (and scaling) a hospitality business. For PR teams, it’s a strong fit for guests with credible ownership/operator narratives—especially those who can talk operations, hiring, brand building, and community impact.

Metrics

Episodes: 666

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

30s Ad: 56 - 67, 60s Ad: 65 - 77

Contact Information

wbrawley@schedulefly.com

Host

Schedulefly - Schedulefly is a hospitality employee scheduling business offering simple scheduling software with customer service, serving thousands of restaurant and hospitality clients. In this podcast context...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Independent restaurant owners, multi-unit operators, or hospitality franchise executives; founders/owners with a credible operating track record and a practical “lessons learned” narrative (often including staffing/hiring, systems/process, and scaling). Guests may also include closely related hospitality leaders (e.g., distillery/bar hospitality operators) when their story is clearly hospitality-centric.

Required Achievements:

Built or scaled an independent hospitality business (often multi-unit), Demonstrated operational innovation (commissary models, staffing solutions, technology adoption), Achieved strong brand traction (reviews/followers, digital distribution, regional-to-national growth), Built community ties or local impact initiatives, Sustained leadership through major startup/expansion challenges

Recent Guest Discussions

Garrett Henderson - Transition From Staff To Co-owner; Front-of-house/bar Operations; Hospitality/community Connection; Building A Loyal Team And Customer Base

Tammy Henderson - Restaurant Ownership Journey; Staffing Solutions; Technology/communication Tools; Community Investment; Leadership And Team Retention; Scaling From A Chaotic Opening

Brandon McCraney - Extreme Ownership Leadership; Regulated-industry Diligence; Funding Persistence; Creating Autonomy With Clear Boundaries; Scaling And Team Trust; Blending Vs. Distilling

Ali Chetkof Rhodes - Founding-to-growth Journey From Corporate Careers; Operational/financial Transition; Maintaining Quality During Expansion; Culture And Team Systems

Jeremy Rhodes - Scaling A Multi-unit Food Concept; Product Differentiation (stuffed Bagels); Operational Simplicity; Commissary/quality Control; Digital Distribution And Shipping

Recent Topics

Hospitality, Restaurants, Entrepreneurship, Operations, Leadership, Hiring, Franchising, Brand Building, Supply Chain, Community

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Restaurant Owners Uncorked

Episode 667: The Art of Intentional Hospitality with Dave Chicane of Artusi

May 05, 2026

Dave Chicane, chef and owner of Artusi in Eggertsville, New York, to discuss the deeply personal motivations behind his 30-year career in hospitality. Chicane shares his journey from an investment broker to a seasoned restaurateur, detailing how a chance reunion with a past love brought him back to Buffalo to open a unique, neighborhood-focused "piega" shop during the post-COVID era. The conversation explores the "80/20" reality of restaurant ownership, where 80% of the day involves managing ...

Episode 666: All In: A Mother, Her Son, and the Restaurant They Almost Didn't Open - Sweet Southern Comfort

April 29, 2026

Tammy Henderson and her son Garrett, co-owners of Sweet Southern Comfort Restaurant in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Tammy shares her winding journey into the restaurant industry — from a career in real estate, to brief stints with a boutique restaurant, a gas station deli, and a music venue, before finally landing in their current sit-down restaurant in a historic district. After a chaotic opening and a staffing crisis, she found her solution in J1 Jamaican workers who have since become a loyal...

Episode 665: From 12 Bank Rejections to Old Raleigh Distillery: A Masterclass in Extreme Ownership

April 28, 2026

Brandon McCraney, the owner and master blender of Old Raleigh Distillery in Zebulon, North Carolina. Brandon details his diverse career journey. from working in hospitality during college to serving as an Air Force officer and a corporate executive—before a pivotal "failure" to secure a VP role led him to pursue his passion for bourbon. He describes the grueling four-year process of opening his distillery, which involved navigating the intense regulations of the spirits industry, facing twelv...

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