ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CHIP KLOSE is a New York City–based restaurant coach as well as the host of the Restaurant Strategy Podcast. He has amassed more than two decades of operational experience in the hospitality industry, opening Michelin-starred restaurants and collaborating with numerous James Beard Award–winning chefs. He is a contributing writer for Bar & Restaurant and travels the country as a noted public speaker, giving presentations on marketing, operations, technology, and more. He earned his MBA in Food Marketing from Saint Joseph’s University, where he frequently teaches as a guest lecturer.

As a coach he’s worked with hundreds of owners and operators in his P3 Mastermind Program, helping them with everything from budgets and forecasting to developing strategies for properly marketing their restaurants.

His mission in life is simple — to help chefs, owners, and operators build more profitable restaurants. Guests on his podcast have included New York Times bestselling author Martin Lindstrom, Wharton professor Peter Fader, founder of Cali BBQ Media, Shawn Walchef, and many, many more. The show is consistently listed on Apple’s Top 100 Marketing Podcasts, and was recently voted as a Top 20 Restaurant Podcast by Feedspot.