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What's Cooking? | A Podcast from Nory

by Nory · English

What's Cooking? is the podcast for hospitality operators scaling smart. Hosted by Conor Sheridan – CEO and co-founder of Nory, and a former operator who built and ran multi-site restaurant brands himself – each episode goes behind the scenes of fast-growing restaurant groups to explore the operational challenges that actually matter - like disconnected systems, staffing chaos, and margin pressure. Through honest conversations with industry leaders you’ll get practical insight into what’s working on the ground right now - from automation and AI to culture, data, and waste reduction. No fluff. No forecasts. Just the blueprint for better hospitality operations at scale. New episodes every two weeks.

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Bite-Size: How to Create Real Value with AI in QSR, with Sophie Buresi

How QSRP is using AI in quick-service restaurants to improve EBITDA and support growth without expanding HQ teams, emphasizing data foundations, process transformation, and careful ROI testing.

28 Oct 2026 · 14m · 7 chapters

1,300 Restaurants, Six Brands, One AI Roadmap

QSOP (Burger King, Quick, Dunkin’, etc.) AI roadmap for 1,300 restaurants: build foundations (data, technical harmonization, governance, process redesign) before scaling AI; prioritize EBITDA impact;…

21 Oct 2026 · 48m · 15 chapters

TASTE bite-size: You can still open in New York

New York restaurant survival amid rising costs, plus how operators should market, build community ties, and adapt to changing media (TikTok/influencers, cookbooks).

15 Oct 2026 · 15m · 8 chapters

"You Can Still Open": Matt Rodbard On What New York Operators Are Getting Wrong

New York restaurant economics and market entry—“you can still open,” but high costs (CapEx/OpEx, especially real estate and payroll taxes) raise failure risk, narrowing who can open and pushing menus…

8 Oct 2026 · 41m · 25 chapters

Emmy Squared Pizza Bite-size: Operational Reality of a Post-Covid Rebuild

Post-COVID restaurant rebuilding at Emmy Squared Pizza, focusing on operational discipline, slim margins, real-time data accountability, staffing “bench” development, and cleanliness/pride standards.

2 Sep 2026 · 13m · 6 chapters

How to Rebuild a Struggling Restaurant Region with the VP of Operations of Emmy Squared Pizza

How to rebuild a struggling restaurant region by tightening operations post-COVID—especially labor acquisition, real-time data sharing, and restoring pride through cleanliness and service “steps.”

20 Aug 2026 · 41m · 14 chapters

Hart's Group Bite-Size: Scale Without Standardising

How Hart’s Group scales restaurant concepts without standardising, staying anchored in “lived experience” and uncompromised ingredient quality, while adapting to rising UK labor costs through leaner…

29 Jul 2026 · 14m · 6 chapters