Whole Foods Market: Beyond The Board

Jason Buechel, Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Booking Overview

This branded interview series focuses on food, agriculture, consumer-brand innovation, and meaningful social or environmental impact, featuring founders, chefs, suppliers, community leaders, and policymakers. PR agencies could credibly pitch food and beverage founders, prominent chefs, consumer-brand executives, agricultural innovators, and policy or community leaders with compelling impact stories; booking difficulty is medium because the show combines accessible emerging suppliers with recognized figures such as David Chang and Jay Shetty.

Metrics

Episodes: 37

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.0M followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

media@wholefoods.com

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Host

Jason Buechel - Chief Executive Officer of Whole Foods Market, overseeing the company’s grocery business and its focus on food, brands, and meaningful impact.

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk - Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer of Whole Foods Market, leading the company’s merchandising and marketing efforts across its food and consumer-brand ecosystem.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Food and beverage founders, chefs, consumer-brand executives, agricultural innovators, suppliers, community leaders, or policymakers with a credible connection to nourishing people and the planet.

Required Achievements:

Founded or led a notable food, beverage, agriculture, or consumer brand, Built a fast-growing or nationally distributed product, Published influential books or received major professional recognition, Appeared on prominent media platforms or programs, Created measurable community, environmental, or policy impact

Recent Guest Discussions

Jay Shetty - Purpose, Wellness, Brand Building, Entrepreneurship, And The Origin Of Juni.

David Chang - Home Cooking, Consumer Food Products, Entrepreneurship, And His Journey As A Chef.

Rosa Li - Functional Beverages, Cultural Heritage, Food Entrepreneurship, Wellness, And Building A Consumer Brand.

Recent Topics

Food, Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Innovation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Whole Foods Market: Beyond The Board

Beyond the Board – Fishwife Tinned Seafood

July 30, 2026

Becca Millstein, co-founder and CEO of Fishwife, joins Whole Foods Market CMMO Sonya Gafsi Oblisk on how she disrupted the tin fish aisle. We cover: How tapas bars in Spain and a pandemic-era light bulb moment led to the fastest-growing premium tinned fish brand in America The story behind the name "Fishwife" and the iconic illustrated packaging Sardine girl summer, Kitchen Couture, and how Fishwife breathed new life into the category Enjoyed this episode? Follow Beyond the Board for conver...

Beyond the Board - Jay Shetty of Juni Tea

July 09, 2026

Jay Shetty – bestselling author, award-winning host of the On Purpose podcast, and co-founder of Juni adaptogenic sparkling tea – joins host Jason Buechel, Whole Foods Market CEO, for a special live episode. Jay shares the unlikely path from stocking grocery shelves in London to living as a monk for three years – and why he believes the cure for burnout isn't slowing down, it's reconnecting with purpose. From a practical framework for staying grounded to the childhood memory of sharing tea wi...

Beyond The Board with Momofuku

June 11, 2026

Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel sits with, David Chang, chef and founder of Momofuku Goods, who shares his hacks to making home cooking easy. We also discuss: Despite being a successful chef, David's kids remain his toughest critics. David's personal journey becoming a home chef in the pandemic helping to influence Momofuku Goods. David's life as a young chef in New York. Did you enjoy listening to this episode? Don't forget to like and subscribe to hear more conversations spotlighting...

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