Google’s Sophia Lin On The Future Of Food & Restaurant Search

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🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Google wants to make searching for your favorite food and restaurants more natural and intuitive, as the tech giant’s Sophia Lin explains on our latest episode. Sophia is the general manager of Google’s food vertical and she shares an update from the recent Google Search On 2022 presentation about food search features launching in the coming months. She and host Kerry Diamond talk about Sophia’s decade+ tenure at Google, her support of different Google employee groups, and her thoughts on how to increase the number of women pursuing careers in the tech world. Sophia also explains why those with food & drink businesses should claim their establishments via Google My Business. Thank you to Käserei Champignon, the maker of Cambozola cheese for supporting this episode. Our podcast is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here! More on Sophia: LinkedIn, Google Search On 2022, Google Business Profile

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone's listening to Radio Cherry Bombard up, coming to you from
0:07.0	up, coming to you from
0:20.9	New Stand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Each week, we feature interviews with the coolest
0:27.0	culinary personalities around. Today, we are diving into the world of tech with our first ever guest
0:33.0	from Google. It's Sophia Lynn, the general manager of the food vertical at Google.
0:38.2	Sophia and I talk about her career at The Tech Giant. She has been there for more than a decade.
0:42.9	We also talk about her school lunch situation when she was a kid and how she almost became a
0:47.1	pediatrician. We also chat women in tech, of course, and what's new in terms of food and
0:52.8	restaurant search at Google.
0:55.1	Sophia will be with us in just a moment.
0:58.1	This episode of Radio Cherry Bomb is supported by Kayserai Champignon, a 100-year-old cheese producer
1:03.7	and the maker of Cambezola.
1:06.4	This fine cheese, which I happen to like very much, is made with Bavarian Alpine
1:10.6	milk and crafted
1:11.6	by master cheese makers dedicated to using all natural ingredients and traditional methods
1:17.3	to create one-of-a-kind cheeses. Cambozola, a triple cream, soft, ripened cheese with delicate
1:23.5	notes of blue, is truly a cheese like no other. For more intense experience, try
1:28.8	Cambazola Black Label. Aged longer and colder than Camasola Classic, this bold and exceptionally
1:34.9	creamy cheese was a 2022 best-in-class winner at the renowned World Championship cheese contest.
1:42.0	To celebrate 40 years in the U.S. market,
1:44.9	Cambizola is giving way three luxurious beach vacations.
1:48.1	That is exciting, up to $10,000 in value.
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