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, graduating top of his class from the Haub School of Business.

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 independent restaurant owners build more profitable restaurants. Guests on his podcast have included Jon Taffer, Kevin Boehm, Katie Button, Martin Lindstrom, Peter Fader, Shawn Walchef, Rev Ciancio, 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.