The Restaurant Coach Podcast
Episodes
Episode 181 – Leadership Is a System with Jarred Patterson
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership Is a System With Jarred Patterson, COO — New South Restaurant Group Most restaurant owners think leadership is a personality trait. Somet...
Episode 180 – Why Systems Beat Passion Every Time with Nick Mattia
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 180 of The Restaurant Coach Podcast, I sit down with Nick Mattia, the founder and owner of Ready Strong Meals, for a raw, honest conversati...
Episode 179 – From Surviving to Thriving with Madison Bree
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you refuse to let a good restaurant quietly die? In this episode of The Restaurant Coach Podcast, Donald Burns sits down with Madiso...
Episode 178 – Chef Neo vs. The Matrix (with Craig Shelton)
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a James Beard Award–winning chef looks around the modern food industry and realizes the system was never built to serve craft, sou...
Episode 177 – From Firefighter Mode to Success Mode with Megan Coignard
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Restaurant Coach Podcast, I sit down with Megan Coignard, owner of Nicolo’s Pizza in Lakewood, Colorado—an independent rest...
Episode 176 – From Bleeding Cash to Banking Profit with Matt & Stephanie Dunken
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Restaurant Coach® Podcast, I sit down with Matt & Stephanie Dunken, the powerhouse duo behind Slam Dunk Pizza. Their story is ...
Episode 175 – Passion Drives Profits with Mark & Ruth Mills of The Plough
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Restaurants are rarely just about food. The ones that rise above the noise—the ones that dominate their markets—understand that culture drives eve...
Episode 174: From Cringe Posts to Killer Growth with Bruce Irving
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most restaurant owners think they’re doing “marketing.”But what they’re actually doing is noise. In this raw and real conversation with Bruce ...
Episode 173 – From Ruin to Renaissance with Lisa Gasparian
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Gasparian’s Café Cremerie Comeback She got hit.HARD. 2020 didn’t just rattle Lisa Gasparian.It tried to wipe her off the map. When COVID str...
Episode 172 – No Coach, No Chance
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast, it is the cure for the common restaurant. In this powerful episode, I’m joined once again by TRC Method™ ...
Episode 171 – Leadership Drive Profits with Bo Bryant
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Restaurant Coach™ Podcast. It is the cure for the common restaurant. I’m Donald Burns, The Restaurant Coach®, author of the Your R...
Episode 170 – The 5 F’s of Restaurant Success with Robert St. John
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this heartfelt and wisdom-packed episode of The Restaurant Coach Podcast, I sit down with the legendary restaurateur, author, and Southern hospital...
Episode 169 – From Struggling to Savage with Michael Kontras
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most restaurant owners think they can figure it out on their own… until they hit a wall. HARD. Michael Kontras from Bailey’s Seafood was grinding ...
Episode 168 – From Special Ops To Restaurant Coach
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to 4X your restaurant’s revenue? ► https://www.therestaurantcoach.com/ From combat zones to restaurant battlefields. As a former Air Force P...