Food Empires

Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: https://grocerslist.com In this episode, the host sits down with Maria Koutsogiannis, founder of @foodbymaria, to explore how she built a global food brand from personal struggle to multi-million follower platform. Maria shares her journey from accounting to content creation, detailing how a health diagnosis led her to rediscover food, and ultimately...

Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: https://grocerslist.com In this episode, Ben Jabbawy sits down with Sarah Bond, founder of Live Eat Learn, to explore how she built a food media brand reaching over 1 million monthly visitors. Starting as an SEO driven blog, Sarah scaled her business through keyword strategy before transitioning to a social-first approach driven by short-form video a...

Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: https://grocerslist.com In this episode, Ben sits down with Lexi Harrison, co-founder of Crowded Kitchen, to break down how she and her mom built one of the most recognizable food creator brands online. Lexi shares how Crowded Kitchen evolved from a college-era Instagram account into a multi-platform business with millions of followers, and how her t...

Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: https://grocerslist.com In this episode of Food Empire, I sit down with MacKenzie Smith, the creator behind Grilled Cheese Social, to break down how she turned a simple grilled cheese blog into a full-fledged food creator business. McKenzie shares the story behind starting her blog while studying counseling psychology at Columbia, when she realized t...

Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: grocerslist.com In this episode, Ben Jabbawy sits down with Erica Eckman, founder and CEO of Ecko, one of the leading creator marketing agencies in food and CPG, and co-founder of FlavCity, the fast-growing wellness brand now sold nationwide at Target. Erica shares how she went from food creator to agency founder to CPG operator, and breaks down what...

Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff, visit grocerslist.com In Episode 2 of Food Empire , Ben Jabbawy sits down with chef and creator Josh to explore how he transitioned from award-winning restaurants and celebrity private chef work (including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt ) into a full-time content business. Josh shares what it takes to win online in food content: consistenc...

This episode is presented by grocerslist.com , the growth platform for the top content creators and brands in food. In the debut episode of Food Empire , Ben sits down with Gaby Dalkin, founder of What’s Gaby Cooking , to explore the entrepreneurial journey behind her multi-platform food brand. From private-chef work to New York Times bestselling cookbooks, CPG expansion, and restaurant ownership,...

A behind-the-scenes interview series that breaks down how creators build their audience and business, beyond the highlight reel. Each guest shares the real playbook: the experiments, routines, mindset shifts, and monetization choices that got them from “a few steps behind” to massive reach.