IRATE with Katherine Sprung

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, and insight into the world of hospitality and its customers. 

Katherine Sprung, a 5 year business owner in the food industry, with 4 additional years of hospitality experience, working in restaurants and bars, invites a guest on the show, to go ...

Catch Yann Rey of Unframed Ice Cream, where we talk about starting in banking with the belief in business cycles and an obsession with food and ice cream, kite boarding, flipping 1 star ratings into 5 starts, and the feeling that everyone should scoop ice cream once in their life.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open c...

Catch Ethan Frisch of Burlap and Barrel, where we talk about starting as a chef and traveling the world to discover amazing spices and turning it into a business, where cinnamon comes from, hand pollinating vanilla, and understanding rating scales.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, come...

Catch Jamie Kim of Bumble and Butter, where we talk about making granola for fun in high school to launching a business while in college, passion for hospitality and wooden spoon carving, Wegmens, and not meeting strangers in the Home Depot plaza.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comed...

Catch Courtney Boyd Myers of AKUA, where we talk about going from marketing and media to starting a kelp jerky business, Kickstarter challenges, the magic of the sea, and letting someone know when they have something in their teeth.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, and insight ...

Catch John Belesis and Steve Ioannou of Nounos Creamery, where we talk about growing up Greek with the harshest critics, to going all in and becoming Greek yogurt manufacturers, truffles, and bird murdering cats.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, and insight into the world of ho...

Catch Lily Walla of Spotsnyc, where we talk about going from turning down an internship at Shake Shack to start a customized mini cupcake business, the advantages of being "young and dumb" and faking it until you make it, and Bravo-lebrities.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, an...

Catch Farhan Akbar of Restaurant Associates, where we talk about going from host at Applebees to finding a love and calling in hospitality and service, appreciating good food, guests vs customers, and mozzarella sticks.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, and insight into the worl...

Catch Dara Pollak of @skinnypignyc, where we talk about going from dancer and Food Network fan to starting a popular food account, Instagram being a frustrating place, building up a thick skin, and not feeding the trolls.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, and insight into the wo...

Catch Amy Rothstein of Drink Dona, where we talk about going from coffee shop customer to noticing the void in natural chai offerings, understanding artisanal products, educating on spiced soda, and solving that chai smell confusion in Brooklyn.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy,...

Catch Chelsey White of @chelsweets, where we talk about going from Public Accounting to cake hobbyist to building a cake content empire, not taking comments on platforms seriously, and the importance of not leaving out ingredients.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, and insight i...

Catch Pooja Bavishi of Malai, where we talk about going from Urban Planning to wanting to have a dessert business, debunking the idea that long food lines equals the best food, and gracefully combatting the worst fake reviews.

Katherine Sprung goes through the good, bad, and ugly online ratings and reviews of guest business owners in the food and beverage industry, in an open conversation. Expect honesty, comedy, and insight into t...