Launched in 2024, The OysterLink Podcast features uncensored interviews with chefs, restaurateurs, and hospitality leaders who share their insights with a US-based audience of hospitality job seekers, employers, and business owners.
- 80+ interviews
- 400,000+ monthly website visitors
- 2000+ subscribers on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube
- Featured guests from food TV and Michelin-starred restaurants
Our interviewees include two-Michelin-star chef Paul Liebrandt, MasterChef Season 6 winner chef Claudia Sandoval, Hilton NYC Complex General Manager Chintan Dadhich, and Andres Goeta, General Manager of the SERENA Hotel Aventura. The list goes on with top level hospitality experts in the US.
In 2026, we're focused on the hospitality industry in Miami and throughout South Florida, with plans to expand into NYC by the end of the year.
Our team produces Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn videos, full interview features, and the accompanying articles published in our website’s Celebrity Interviews section.
Some of the interviews have gone so well that other media outlets ended up picking them up or quoting them.
The OysterLink Podcast goes deep with the people who actually run the kitchens, manage the chaos, and make the tough calls. Hosted by Mathew Zein and the OysterLink team, we bring focus on:
- Raw, unfiltered conversations with industry experts
- Career advice from people who've been dishwashers
- The failures nobody talks about and what they learned
- Tactical strategies our audience can use in their kitchen
We interview working chefs, not influencers. Our guests have scars, stories, and strategies from real kitchens. Every episode is designed to help our audience level up, from a prep cook to an executive chef.
Who We Interview
We're looking for hospitality professionals who:
- Have built something from scratch (restaurants, concepts, teams)
- Have survived significant challenges (failures, industry changes)
- Have unconventional perspectives that challenge industry norms
- Are willing to talk about money, mistakes, and the messy middle
- Lead teams and want to share what actually works (not theory)
- Have deep expertise in a specific area (pastry, wine, operations)
- Represent diverse backgrounds and approaches to hospitality
We interview:
- Executive Chefs & Culinary Directors
- Restaurant Owners & Operators
- Sommeliers & Beverage Directors
- Hospitality Consultants & Advisors
- Hotel Managers & Directors
- Food & Beverage Entrepreneurs
- Industry Veterans with Battle Scars & Wisdom
- Hospitality Recruiters
Hosted by Mathew Zein
Mathew Zein is an international journalist, interviewer, and podcast host specializing in the restaurant and hospitality industry, with a portfolio of over 400 interviews worldwide.
As the voice of the OysterLink Podcast, he has interviewed everyone from dishwashers to Michelin-starred chefs, to give listeners the unfiltered truth about building a career in this industry. When he's not recording, you'll find Mathew exploring restaurants, talking to line cooks, and hunting for the next great story.
Would you like to be featured on the OysterLink Podcast?
If you're interested in a 30-minute relaxed, no-cost chat about the industry, contact the OysterLink Podcast host, Mathew Zein
- [email protected]
- +1-239-361-8402
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