{"id":9069,"date":"2025-09-03T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/?post_type=chef&#038;p=9069"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:00:07","slug":"ben-leventhal","status":"publish","type":"chef","link":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_hk\/chef\/ben-leventhal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Leventhal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Leventhal has spent the last two decades shaping the future of hospitality through innovation, technology, and a deep love for restaurants. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Resy, the restaurant reservation and technology platform acquired by American Express in 2019, and a two-time honoree on <em>Fast Company<\/em>\u2019s \u201cMost Innovative Companies\u201d list. Before that, Ben co-founded <em>\u98df\u5ba2<\/em>, the groundbreaking digital media brand that transformed how people discover and engage with restaurants\u2014acquired by Vox Media in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>A proven entrepreneur, strategist, investor, and tastemaker, Ben has consistently been at the forefront of hospitality\u2019s most transformative shifts. With his latest venture, Blackbird, he\u2019s building the next great restaurant platform\u2014one that reconnects independent restaurants with their most loyal diners by combining payments, loyalty, and access through cutting-edge technology.<\/p>\n<p>Backed by a16z, Amex Ventures, Coinbase, and Spark Capital, Blackbird empowers restaurants to thrive on their own terms\u2014and redefines loyalty as something earned, not bought. Through this work, Ben continues to elevate hospitality, champion restaurateurs, and set new standards for what modern dining can be.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":9070,"template":"","class_list":["post-9069","chef","type-chef","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chef\/9069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chef"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chef"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}