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The Foodfluencers: The Foodie Magician on What’s Actually Worth the Hype

The Hospitality Hangout | Hospitality Podcast

Show Notes

Josh Beckerman does not cook. He has been eating at restaurants almost every day for more than two decades.

On The Foodfluencers, the Foodie Magician talks New York restaurants, viral food trends, restaurant influencers, Taylor Swift, paid versus organic recommendations and how algorithms are changing where people eat.

Then he puts his restaurant-themed mentalism to the test live in the studio.

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