Kristen Hawley
Founder of Expedite and Co-Host of The Simmer podcast
Kristen is the founder of Expedite, a newsletter about restaurant technology and the future of hospitality.
She has been focused on the business for close to a decade, offering pragmatic coverage and sharp analysis of the technology that’s changing our relationship with restaurants.
Her writing has appeared in Insider, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Eater, Robb Report, the San Francisco Chronicle, and more. She has appeared onstage and virtually as a moderator, interviewer, and presenter at the National Restaurant Show, CES, the Smart Kitchen Summit, the Culinary Institute of America, the Institute of Culinary Education, Skift Global Forum, and others.
Her first restaurant technology newsletter was acquired by Skift in 2016.
Kristen is also one of the two industry veterans who host The Simmer podcast. In each episode, they interview some of the smartest people in hospitality to dissect what’s happening now. Sources: The Simmer Podcast and Kristen Hawley Website
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