Tech Bites

Getting that dream restaurant job used to mean trolling through craigslist, or waiting outside chef’s office every day for a week, hoping he’d notice your dedication and give you a shot. The tech age and Culinary Agents has changed all that. In-studio guest Alice Cheng, founder of Culinary Agents talks about her website that combines professional networking and profile matching, much like online d...

PRINT v DIGITAL. For the 2016 food writer, which is better? Is print still prestigious? Has digital media commoditized and devalued content? On this episode, in-studio guests Laurie Woolever and Melissa Clark discuss the SOTU for journalists and cookbook authors. Laurie Woolever is a freelance writer and editor, and works for Anthony Bourdain under the catch-all title of “gatekeeper.” She has writ...

Potluck Video is one of the top sources for fresh culinary video content online. Founder and host Ali Rosen joins us in-studio to talk about her journey from TV to online video and back to TV, and where she thinks the future of food video is headed. “If there’s content you love creating, the barrier for entry is pretty low!” [11:00] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...

If you own a restaurant or food business and want to run your social media, marketing and PR on your own – this boot camp episode is for you. In-studio guest Eva Karagiorgas, founding partner at Mona Creative, demystifies PR and marketing with pro-tips on how to run your business media like a boss. “People need to get over the fear of social media or digital marketing – it’s a necessity.” [9:55] “...

Dine Market is an online marketplace and app designed to bring restaurants and their vendors together on one platform. The value proposition for restaurant is saving time by putting all their transactions in one place, and saving money with price comparison-shopping. How does it play out for vendors? In-studio guests Dine Market CEO Guy Praisler pitches Dine Market to Catherine Greeley of Heritage...

On the premier episdoe of 2016 we’ll talk with Mitchell Davis, chief creative officer USA Pavillion at Expo 2015 Milano, about American Food 2.0, the six million+ visitors to the USA Pavillion (including Secretary John Kerry and FLOTUS Michelle Obama) and the future of the world’s food.   “Old world and new world are just names, but they are perfect metaphors for the day to day experience.” [28:00...

For the last episode of 2015, the always brilliant Dana Cowin, of Food & Wine Magazine and Chefs Club International, joins us in-studio to talk future trends and stories for 2016. Spoiler alert for the new year? We hope so! Photo credit: John Kernick “I love the way technology can help address climate issues. The apps people are developing for saving water, reducing some stress on the planet —...

The penultimate episode of the year. _ Tech Bites _ host Jennifer Leuzzi and engineer/musical director/contributor Jack Inslee, recap the good, the bad and the selfies of 2015. Special call-in guests from episodes past: Eater’s Ryan Sutton, Yahoo Food’s Gillie Houston, and Paul K. Alexander. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

Rez Hound and Last Minute Eatin ’ are two online services, built to extract the primo reservations inside the OpenTable system. How’d they do that and why is it free? In-studio guests Reed Kavner, creator of Rez Hound and Jason Davis, creator of Last Minute Eatin’, talk coding, data and capturing that unicorn – the 8pm table at Minetta Tavern. This program was brought to you by the Christmas Tree...

Use your tech to do some good on this special holiday episode of Tech Bites. We’ll look at the transformation of the canned food collection to virtual food drives and digital philanthropy with in-studio guests Anthony Butler, Executive Director St. John’s Bread & Life. Make it a real black Friday – and keep your favorite organization out of the red. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv...

Tune in to the debut episode of The B-Side where we talk with some of our favorite people in the culinary world about the other things that make them tick. In this first episode, co-hosts Erin Fairbanks of the Farm Report and Jennifer Leuzzi of Tech Bites talk to a trio of fighting foodies about Muay Thai: Dig Inn CEO Adam Eskin, Top Bartender Joshua Brandenberg , and Personal Trainer and Pro Figh...

Technology is having a profound impact on our lives – and it’s not all good. What keep us connected and productive – is can also be the thing that makes us work 24/7, sucks up time, and isolates us from the people around us. Learn how to tame your tech with in-studio guest Paul Kemawikasit Alexander , a New York City based acupuncturist, who has created a unique wellness system based on traditiona...

Restaurants want to know what customers think to improve service– but don’t want to be held hostage by public criticism. There are a slew of new apps for customer feedback and digital comment boxes, hoping to capture the market. Today in-studio Alex Beltrani, CEO and founder of Tattle , and Rob Edell CEO and co-founder of Servy , pitch their customer feedback apps to Nate Adler, General Manager an...

This is The Story of a Start-Up: Part Deux. In June we talked with Salivation start-up founder Joseph Epstein, the day his Kickstarter project launched. He hoped to fund the proto-type of his patent-pending, learn to cook via video app. He shut it down a week later. Joseph joins us in-studio to talk about what went wrong, re-building, and the joy of doing weekend mise-en-place in a restaurant kitc...

Most restaurant owners are thinking about offering delicious food and awesome atmosphere to their customers. The last thing they consider (maybe never?) is who owns my payment token? Today business need to protect against system hacks and navigate all the new payment systems. If you don’t know what the hell a payment token is, this episode of Tech Bites with in-studio guest Phil Stead from Reliant...

Do you wonder what’s it like to be a start-up tech company inside an accelerator? Maybe you’re thinking – what the hell’s an accelerator? Find out when in-studio guest Arne Pauwels, Wakati CEO, talks about his experience going through the Food-X accelerator now in New York. “If you’re not in the same environment where the accelerator is, you are throwing away your equity.” [13:30] “In the end, if...

Tech Bites gets lots of love and support from the Full Service DJ’s Uptown Nikko and Jack Inslee, so we wanted to give them a show case shout-out. In this episode they talk about their DJ collective, the Tech Bites theme song “No Matta’ CPU Track” and put down a great set in-studio. Warning: this episode contains some adult language in the mix.   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

You phone and tech gear are dirty and you know it. Not what’s in it (that’s your business) but what is on it. Think of all the places you put your phone, like the sticky coffee shop table, the bathroom sink counter in the bar, the subway seat – and that’s just today. Clean up your gear with in-studio guest Jolie Kerr author of the New York Times best-selling book My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag...

Get more Instagram followers by building a better feed. Michael Harlan Turkell, professional photographer and host of HRN’s The Food Seen, shares his pro-tips on taking good photos and how to use all effects toolbox. Gillie Houston of Yahoo Food talks about how she got to 40.1K followers, and how to get more. Follow the feeds: @HarlanTurk @TheFoodSeen @GillieHouston @YahooFood @TechBitesHRN @Herit...

Food delivery is one of the hottest food tech categories right now – with online ordering representing about 9-billion dollars a year in the U.S. Second and third-party delivery services with easy-to-use apps and websites like GrubHub Seamless and UberEats are enjoying rapid growth. The media tells us they are great for consumers – but are they great for restaurants? Today’s episode talks with res...

There are apps for almost every piece of the dinning experience. There are apps to recommend restaurants, buy the reservations, document the experience and paying for the meal. Non-industry folks, who have the idea to build a better experience for themselves and fellow diners, are developing most of the new restaurant technology. In-studio guests Camilla Marcus and Lauren Hobbs, founder of the Tec...

The internet and social media have given people a virtual soapbox to stand-up and rant, review and critique restaurants with sites like Yelp, Trip Advisor, and Urbanspoon. The reviews are every public – and lead to mixed results and responses from businesses. BlurtBox is the next generation of reviewing platforms, where diners use an app to send businesses anonymous feedback. In-studio guest, Blur...

This week on Tech Bites Host Jennifer Leuzzi interviews Scott Reich and Mike Winik, founders of Our Harvest. Scott and Mike discuss the pros and cons of running a business that depends on long term production of products and the collection of massive amounts of data. Scott and Mike want to help people get better locally sourced food, while helping support the lives of local farmers, and they belie...

Eater, Est. in 2005 as the Blog & Bar Americain, created much of today’s requisites for online restaurant (nay – pop culture?) coverage we’ve come to expect, love and loathe on today’s internet. In-studio guest Eater founder Lockhart Steele talks about 10 years of Eater, the web and seaport living. This program was brought to you buy the International Culinary Center. “The voice of eater can b...

The restaurant industry has always managed to stay connected through a unique global network of word-of-mouth powered by purveyors that travel between kitchens, cooks with mobile phones, magazines and visiting chefs. As tech evolves so does the network. Enter Culintro, culinary + introduction circa 2009, a bid to be the comprehensive industry digital hub. In-studio guest Culintro founder Stephanie...