Frankly Speaking with Gunawan Woen

From learning to cook at 7 to building one of Indonesia’s leading restaurant technology platforms, Gunawan Woen has always connected deeply to the world of food and business. Today, he is the Co-Founder & CEO of ESB, a company redefining how restaurants operate—helping F&B businesses streamline their operations, optimize supply chains, and access new growth opportunities. In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Gunawan shares his journey: what sparked his early passion for F&B, how he spotted the gap in restaurant operations, and the challenges of building an end-to-end tech platform for one of the toughest industries. We dive into how ESB evolved from a simple idea to a game-changing ecosystem for restaurants of all sizes, and what the future of F&B could look like in Indonesia and beyond.