S3, Episode 17: Steve Zagor, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

01/05/2025 22 min

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In this special episode, created by one of our student podcast fellows, NYU student Stella Adler interviews Steve Zagor, adjunct faculty member at the Nutrition and Food Studies Program at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Together, they discuss Steve’s career in the restaurant, hotel, and food consulting industries, tips for establishing a successful restaurant, and how the New York City food scene has changed over the years. They also answer one of the hardest questions ever: what’s the best slice of pizza in New York City?Steve Zagor’s multifaceted career has included owning a multi-concept restaurant/retail/club group, directing a $10 million NYC restaurant, serving as a regional consulting leader in food business advisory for a worldwide financial firm, and sitting on boards of businesses and non-profits. He is quoted and appears frequently in major media. Currently, Steve is a faculty member at both NYU and the Columbia Business School, where he developed courses in food/restaurants and the business side of nutrition. He has a food business consulting company and performs satirical ventriloquism on The Food Freneticks.For a full transcript of this episode, please email [email protected]