# Restaurant PR

Discover how restaurant PR professionals are using Featured to find and act on earned-media opportunities for restaurants and hospitality groups.

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## Restaurant PR prompts to try in Featured

Thirty real jobs, phrased the way you'd actually ask. Tap a chat to get started — edit anything before you send.

### Answer journalist requests

> Find journalist requests across HARO, Connectively, X, and LinkedIn from food writers seeking restaurant sources on labor costs, delivery economics, or dining trends.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20journalist%20requests%20across%20HARO%2C%20Connectively%2C%20X%2C%20and%20LinkedIn%20from%20food%20writers%20seeking%20restaurant%20sources%20on%20labor%20costs%2C%20delivery%20economics%2C%20or%20dining%20trends.)

### Respond to HARO queries

> Find HARO queries from the last 48 hours that a chef or restaurateur could answer about menu trends, running a kitchen, or hospitality lessons.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20HARO%20queries%20from%20the%20last%2048%20hours%20that%20a%20chef%20or%20restaurateur%20could%20answer%20about%20menu%20trends%2C%20running%20a%20kitchen%2C%20or%20hospitality%20lessons.)

### Land restaurant podcast interviews

> Find active podcasts that interview chefs and restaurant operators as guests, from restaurant business shows to culinary storytelling programs.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20active%20podcasts%20that%20interview%20chefs%20and%20restaurant%20operators%20as%20guests%2C%20from%20restaurant%20business%20shows%20to%20culinary%20storytelling%20programs.)

### Audit your AI visibility

> Do a GEO audit for my restaurant for the prompt "best restaurants in [our neighborhood]." Show how ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini describe us and who they recommend first.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Do%20a%20GEO%20audit%20for%20my%20restaurant%20for%20the%20prompt%20%22best%20restaurants%20in%20%5Bour%20neighborhood%5D.%22%20Show%20how%20ChatGPT%2C%20Claude%2C%20Perplexity%2C%20and%20Gemini%20describe%20us%20and%20who%20they%20recommend%20first.)

### Benchmark competitors in AI answers

> Compare how my restaurant and three competitors appear when diners ask AI assistants where to eat for our cuisine and occasion.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Compare%20how%20my%20restaurant%20and%20three%20competitors%20appear%20when%20diners%20ask%20AI%20assistants%20where%20to%20eat%20for%20our%20cuisine%20and%20occasion.)

### Automate your GEO tracking

> Every Monday, run a GEO audit for "best [cuisine] in [city]" and our other key dining prompts, and email me changes in how AI recommends us.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Every%20Monday%2C%20run%20a%20GEO%20audit%20for%20%22best%20%5Bcuisine%5D%20in%20%5Bcity%5D%22%20and%20our%20other%20key%20dining%20prompts%2C%20and%20email%20me%20changes%20in%20how%20AI%20recommends%20us.)

### Place a bylined article

> Find publications accepting bylined articles from restaurant operators on labor models, menu economics, and what hospitality means now.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20publications%20accepting%20bylined%20articles%20from%20restaurant%20operators%20on%20labor%20models%2C%20menu%20economics%2C%20and%20what%20hospitality%20means%20now.)

### Publish an op-ed

> Find outlets accepting op-eds on the restaurant industry, and help me build an argument about third-party delivery fees and the future of independents.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20outlets%20accepting%20op-eds%20on%20the%20restaurant%20industry%2C%20and%20help%20me%20build%20an%20argument%20about%20third-party%20delivery%20fees%20and%20the%20future%20of%20independents.)

### Land a guest post

> Find restaurant industry blogs accepting guest posts on operations, guest experience, or restaurant marketing.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20restaurant%20industry%20blogs%20accepting%20guest%20posts%20on%20operations%2C%20guest%20experience%2C%20or%20restaurant%20marketing.)

### Build a dining media list

> Build a media list of local dining critics, food writers, and national restaurant trade reporters, with their recent reviews and features.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Build%20a%20media%20list%20of%20local%20dining%20critics%2C%20food%20writers%2C%20and%20national%20restaurant%20trade%20reporters%2C%20with%20their%20recent%20reviews%20and%20features.)

### Get on hospitality stages

> Find speaking opportunities at events like the National Restaurant Association Show and local hospitality conferences — panels and demos with deadlines.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20speaking%20opportunities%20at%20events%20like%20the%20National%20Restaurant%20Association%20Show%20and%20local%20hospitality%20conferences%20%E2%80%94%20panels%20and%20demos%20with%20deadlines.)

### Catch every brand mention

> Find recent mentions of my restaurant across reviews, roundups, newsletters, podcasts, and social embeds, and flag anything needing a response.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20recent%20mentions%20of%20my%20restaurant%20across%20reviews%2C%20roundups%2C%20newsletters%2C%20podcasts%2C%20and%20social%20embeds%2C%20and%20flag%20anything%20needing%20a%20response.)

### Automate your media monitoring

> Every 2 hours, scan media for my restaurant's name and our chef's name, summarize each mention, and email me the digest.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Every%202%20hours%2C%20scan%20media%20for%20my%20restaurant's%20name%20and%20our%20chef's%20name%2C%20summarize%20each%20mention%2C%20and%20email%20me%20the%20digest.)

### Uncover every media opportunity

> Find me media opportunities for a restaurant this week — journalist requests, "best of" list windows, podcasts, and award nominations — in our market.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20me%20media%20opportunities%20for%20a%20restaurant%20this%20week%20%E2%80%94%20journalist%20requests%2C%20%22best%20of%22%20list%20windows%2C%20podcasts%2C%20and%20award%20nominations%20%E2%80%94%20in%20our%20market.)

### Win restaurant awards

> Find award opportunities for restaurants and chefs, like James Beard nominations and local "best of" awards, with nomination windows and criteria.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20award%20opportunities%20for%20restaurants%20and%20chefs%2C%20like%20James%20Beard%20nominations%20and%20local%20%22best%20of%22%20awards%2C%20with%20nomination%20windows%20and%20criteria.)

### Track competitor coverage

> Find which local restaurants got press in the past 30 days, which writers covered them, and the openings — new dishes, events, stories — we can pitch.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20which%20local%20restaurants%20got%20press%20in%20the%20past%2030%20days%2C%20which%20writers%20covered%20them%2C%20and%20the%20openings%20%E2%80%94%20new%20dishes%2C%20events%2C%20stories%20%E2%80%94%20we%20can%20pitch.)

### Partner with LinkedIn influencers

> Find LinkedIn influencers covering the restaurant business and hospitality whose audiences include operators, investors, and trade press.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20LinkedIn%20influencers%20covering%20the%20restaurant%20business%20and%20hospitality%20whose%20audiences%20include%20operators%2C%20investors%2C%20and%20trade%20press.)

### Find paid placement opportunities

> Find local dining guides and food websites offering paid placements or sponsored features, with audience data and pricing.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20local%20dining%20guides%20and%20food%20websites%20offering%20paid%20placements%20or%20sponsored%20features%2C%20with%20audience%20data%20and%20pricing.)

### Put your PR on autopilot

> Set up a daily workflow that finds restaurant journalist requests, drafts responses in our chef's voice, and queues them for approval.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Set%20up%20a%20daily%20workflow%20that%20finds%20restaurant%20journalist%20requests%2C%20drafts%20responses%20in%20our%20chef's%20voice%2C%20and%20queues%20them%20for%20approval.)

### Distribute a press release

> I'd like to send a press release about our new location opening and the neighborhood story behind it.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=I'd%20like%20to%20send%20a%20press%20release%20about%20our%20new%20location%20opening%20and%20the%20neighborhood%20story%20behind%20it.)

### Newsjack a trending story

> What food trends are viral this week? Find where our kitchen has a credible spin — a dish, a take, a stunt — and draft the pitch to local food writers.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=What%20food%20trends%20are%20viral%20this%20week%3F%20Find%20where%20our%20kitchen%20has%20a%20credible%20spin%20%E2%80%94%20a%20dish%2C%20a%20take%2C%20a%20stunt%20%E2%80%94%20and%20draft%20the%20pitch%20to%20local%20food%20writers.)

### Get featured in food Substacks

> Find local and national Substack food newsletters that cover restaurants like ours, ranked by influence with diners in our market.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20local%20and%20national%20Substack%20food%20newsletters%20that%20cover%20restaurants%20like%20ours%2C%20ranked%20by%20influence%20with%20diners%20in%20our%20market.)

### Reach Medium's food writers

> Find Medium writers covering restaurants and food culture who profile chefs and independent operators.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20Medium%20writers%20covering%20restaurants%20and%20food%20culture%20who%20profile%20chefs%20and%20independent%20operators.)

### Build your media resume

> Create a media resume of our reviews, awards, and press features to include in pitches for national coverage and TV segments.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Create%20a%20media%20resume%20of%20our%20reviews%2C%20awards%2C%20and%20press%20features%20to%20include%20in%20pitches%20for%20national%20coverage%20and%20TV%20segments.)

### Join the Reddit conversation

> Find our city's subreddit threads asking for restaurant recommendations in our cuisine, and flag where we're mentioned or conspicuously missing.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20our%20city's%20subreddit%20threads%20asking%20for%20restaurant%20recommendations%20in%20our%20cuisine%2C%20and%20flag%20where%20we're%20mentioned%20or%20conspicuously%20missing.)

### Activate Instagram influencers

> Find local Instagram food creators whose followers actually dine out in our city, for a tasting-night campaign, with engagement rates.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20local%20Instagram%20food%20creators%20whose%20followers%20actually%20dine%20out%20in%20our%20city%2C%20for%20a%20tasting-night%20campaign%2C%20with%20engagement%20rates.)

### Launch a TikTok collab

> Find local TikTok food creators who drive real foot traffic, ranked by local audience share and past restaurant collab results.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Find%20local%20TikTok%20food%20creators%20who%20drive%20real%20foot%20traffic%2C%20ranked%20by%20local%20audience%20share%20and%20past%20restaurant%20collab%20results.)

### Draft a winning pitch

> Draft a 120-word pitch to our city's dining critic about our seasonal menu, leading with the one dish that tells the story.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Draft%20a%20120-word%20pitch%20to%20our%20city's%20dining%20critic%20about%20our%20seasonal%20menu%2C%20leading%20with%20the%20one%20dish%20that%20tells%20the%20story.)

### Build a 90-day PR plan

> Build a 90-day PR plan for a restaurant opening — pre-opening buzz, critic outreach, influencer previews, opening release, and steady-state monitoring.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Build%20a%2090-day%20PR%20plan%20for%20a%20restaurant%20opening%20%E2%80%94%20pre-opening%20buzz%2C%20critic%20outreach%2C%20influencer%20previews%2C%20opening%20release%2C%20and%20steady-state%20monitoring.)

### Prep for a media interview

> Our chef is being interviewed on local TV about menu price increases. Prep likely questions and honest, sympathetic talking points.

[Open in Featured](https://featured.com/?prompt=Our%20chef%20is%20being%20interviewed%20on%20local%20TV%20about%20menu%20price%20increases.%20Prep%20likely%20questions%20and%20honest%2C%20sympathetic%20talking%20points.)

## How restaurant PR professionals use Featured

One chat, every PR job — from first pitch to placement report.

1. **Ask in plain language** — “Find journalist requests about dining trends.” “Which podcasts interview chefs?” “How does ChatGPT answer ‘best restaurants near me’ for our neighborhood?”
2. **Featured finds & acts** — The co-pilot searches journalist requests, 814K active podcasts, dining guides, awards, and AI answers — then drafts responses and pitches in your chef's voice.
3. **Approve and get placed** — Review drafts, hit send, and let always-on workflows keep hunting while you run service. Results arrive via Slack, email, or text.

## Every restaurant PR job, in one platform

Journalist requests, podcasts, dining coverage, awards, monitoring, GEO — every earned-media motion for restaurants in one place.

### [Journalist Requests](https://featured.com/product/features/journalist-requests)

Answer food writers' source requests from HARO, Connectively, X, and LinkedIn — dining trends, menus, and operator stories.

### [Find Podcasts](https://featured.com/product/features/find-podcasts)

814,000 active shows, searchable in plain language — from chef interviews to restaurant-business deep dives.

### [GEO Visibility](https://featured.com/product/features/geo-audit)

Track how ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini answer “best restaurants in [your city]” — and improve whether you're the recommendation.

### [Bylined Articles](https://featured.com/product/features/bylined-articles)

Find hospitality trades accepting contributed articles and op-eds from chefs and operators.

### [Find Journalists](https://featured.com/product/workflows/find-journalists)

Build media lists of local dining critics, food writers, and national restaurant reporters — with recent reviews.

### [Speaking Opportunities](https://featured.com/product/features/speaking-opportunities)

Panels and demos — the National Restaurant Association Show, local hospitality conferences, and food festivals.

### [Awards & Submissions](https://featured.com/product/features/awards)

James Beard nominations, local “best of” awards, and dining guides — with nomination windows tracked for you.

### [Media Monitoring](https://featured.com/product/features/media-monitoring)

Know the moment your restaurant is reviewed, listed, or mentioned — before the weekend rush it creates.

### [Competitor Visibility Watch](https://featured.com/product/workflows/competitor-visibility)

See which local spots got press this month and find the story angle they missed.

### [Workflows](https://featured.com/product/workflows)

Always-on agents that find opportunities, draft responses, and deliver results — even mid-service on a Saturday night.

### [Featured Chat](https://featured.com/)

An AI PR assistant that drafts critic pitches, preps TV segments, and builds opening-week plans on request.

## Pricing

Every plan includes journalist requests, podcasts, bylines, GEO, and monitoring. Plans differ only in usage.

- **Free** — $0. Free forever.
- **Lite** — $39. Per month.
- **Pro** — $79. Per month, billed annually at $948.
- **Pro+** — $239. Per month, billed annually at $2,868.
- **Team Lite** — $159. Per month, billed annually at $1,908.
- **Team Pro** — $399. Per month, billed annually at $4,788.
- **Team Pro+** — $1,199. Per month, billed annually at $14,388.

## Restaurant PR — frequently asked questions

**What is restaurant PR?**

Restaurant PR is the practice of earning media coverage and credibility for restaurants — getting covered by dining critics and food writers, placed on best-of lists and in dining guides, booked on podcasts and local TV, and recommended in AI-generated answers when diners ask where to eat. It combines media relations, awards, and generative engine optimization (GEO).

**How do restaurants get press coverage?**

The fastest paths are answering food writers' journalist requests on HARO, Connectively, X, and LinkedIn; pitching seasonal menus and openings to local critics; offering your chef for trend commentary; and submitting for awards and best-of lists. Featured surfaces all of these in one chat and drafts the pitches for you.

**How much does restaurant PR cost?**

PR budgets vary widely with your market and goals. Featured itself is free to start, with paid plans at $39/month (Lite) and $79/month (Pro, billed annually) — and every plan includes every capability: journalist requests, podcasts, media lists, awards, monitoring, and GEO tracking. Many restaurants and their agency partners run Featured alongside their existing PR efforts.

**What is GEO (generative engine optimization) for restaurants?**

GEO is the practice of improving how AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini recommend your restaurant. When a diner asks “best Italian in [city]” or “where should we eat near the stadium,” those answers are built from reviews, dining guides, local press, and best-of lists. Featured audits how AI answers the prompts that matter for your location and tracks changes over time.

**How do I get my restaurant recommended by ChatGPT and Perplexity?**

AI engines recommend restaurants that appear consistently across credible sources: critic reviews, local dining guides, best-of lists, Reddit threads, and food media. That means earned media is the input to AI visibility. Run a GEO audit for your neighborhood and cuisine prompts, then close the gap with press coverage and list placements — and measure monthly.

**Is HARO still active for restaurant and food sources?**

Yes. Featured owns and operates HARO (Help a Reporter Out) and Connectively, and an expert is connected with a publisher every 6 seconds across the platforms. Food and dining topics — menu trends, chef stories, hospitality operations — come up daily, and Featured matches you to relevant queries automatically.

**How do I find food journalists and dining critics to pitch?**

Ask Featured to build a media list of writers who have covered restaurants in your market in the last 90 days — critics, neighborhood food bloggers cited by press, and national writers covering your cuisine. You'll get names, outlets, and recent reviews, so every pitch references what they actually cover.

**How long does restaurant PR take to show results?**

Journalist-request responses can land placements within days. Critic reviews and feature stories typically take 2–8 weeks from pitch to publish, and award cycles run on annual calendars. AI visibility moves more slowly: expect roughly 1–3 months for new coverage to shift how AI assistants answer, which is why continuous tracking beats one-off audits.

**Who uses Featured for restaurant PR?**

Independent owners and chefs building their profile, marketing leads at restaurant groups, and hospitality PR agencies scaling coverage across client rosters. Agencies are among Featured's power users: the co-pilot handles opportunity discovery, drafting, and monitoring around the clock, so strategists can spend their time on relationships with critics and big swings.

**Which restaurant awards and lists should we target?**

Start with the recognized programs — James Beard Awards, your city's best-of awards, and major dining guides — plus cuisine-specific and neighborhood lists, then let Featured surface nomination windows that fit your restaurant. For podcasts, Featured's database tracks 814,000 active shows; describe your story in plain language and it returns culinary and hospitality shows that actually book guests.

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