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  • Chef Zak Baker on cooking in Milwaukee the way they really do in Italy

    Chef Zak Baker on cooking in Milwaukee the way they really do in Italy
    Jul 7 2026
    Chef Zak Baker cooks what he calls Midwest Italian and it's unlike anything most folks have ever had before. It began when he first went to Italy and was thrilled by the food, but also surprised. He'd never had anything like it at any Italian restaurant he'd visited in America. He returned to cook in Italy again and again. And that’s what inspires him at his Milwaukee restaurant Ca'Lucchenzo, where he’s serving dishes created with traditional Italian techniques and flavors, but using the best ingredients of the Midwest. It got him named a 2026 James Beard Awards finalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 Min.
  • Chef Kathy Fang on innovating Chinese cuisine and keeping a family legacy alive

    Chef Kathy Fang on innovating Chinese cuisine and keeping a family legacy alive
    Jun 30 2026
    Chef Kathy Fang pretty grew up in her parents’ legendary San Francisco Chinese restaurant, House of Nanking. She tried a career in business but couldn’t escape the pull of the restaurant world. So she returned to her hometown and partnered with her father to open another restaurant, Fang, where she is creating innovative dishes inspired by her childhood favorites, but pushing the traditional envelope of Chinese-American cooking that brings to mind a range of non-traditional influences, even the taste of an In-N-Out burger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 Min.
  • Chef Zach Midgett on why he left the legendary French Laundry to cook in Lincoln, Nebraska

    Chef Zach Midgett on why he left the legendary French Laundry to cook in Lincoln, Nebraska
    Jun 23 2026
    When he was in his teens, Zach Midgett found a refuge from problems at home by working in a suburban Philadelphia restaurant. He started as a dishwasher, fell in love with kitchen life, soon was promoted to cook on the line, and rose to the top of the culinary world when he was hired at legendary chef Thomas Keller’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant in northern California, The French Laundry, where he worked his way up to sous chef. Then, he made a move many in the food world might find inexplicable—he relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska where, as Executive Chef at Casa Bovina restaurant, he is bringing exquisite, elevated dining to a place where he says one of the challenges is convincing local diners to try something new. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 Min.
  • BONUS EPISODE—2026 James Beard Award Winning Chefs Sarah Thompson, Dave Baren, and Nok Suntaranon

    BONUS EPISODE—2026 James Beard Award Winning Chefs Sarah Thompson, Dave Baren, and Nok Suntaranon
    Jun 19 2026
    On this special bonus episode, we revisit great conversations with three chefs who just won James Beard awards. Nok Suntaranon’s Thai restaurant Kalaya won 2026 Outstanding Restaurant. Alinea veteran Dave Beran was named Best Chef California for what he’s doing at his L.A. restaurant Seline, and Sarah Thompson won Best Chef Southwest for her cooking at coastal Mexican restaurant Casa Playa in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 Min.
  • Chef Lonie Murdock on reimagining Caribbean cooking with dishes like Oxtail Wagyu and feeding the Obamas

    Chef Lonie Murdock on reimagining Caribbean cooking with dishes like Oxtail Wagyu and feeding the Obamas
    Jun 16 2026
    Chef Lonie Murdock learned to cook from her Jamaican grandmother. After years in other professions, she opened a Caribbean popup in Toronto, turned it into a highly successful restaurant with a menu of elevated Caribbean classics, then expanded to Washington D.C, where she’s doing Caribbean with a twist, and where the Obamas dined on date night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 Min.
  • Foraging chef /owner David Jackman of a Bon Appétit 2025 Best New Restaurant

    Foraging chef /owner David Jackman of a Bon Appétit 2025 Best New Restaurant
    Jun 9 2026
    Canadian chef David Jackman faced hurdle after hurdle getting to cook in the U.S., from being unable to afford culinary school to problems getting a visa that would allow him to work in American restaurants. But he persevered, starting a pop up with his wife and building it into a brick and mortar, Wildweed. His menu features unique and creative dishes made from what he calls “wildcrafted” local ingredients sourced from local farmers and cheesemakers, even some he forages for. Wildweed has been named a 2025 Best New restaurant by Bon Appétit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 Min.
  • Chef Ellie Parker on winning Hell’s Kitchen and her new job as an Executive Chef for Gordon Ramsey

    Chef Ellie Parker on winning Hell’s Kitchen and her new job as an Executive Chef for Gordon Ramsey
    Jun 2 2026
    Chef Ellie Parker grew up in Las Vegas where she’s had a meteoric culinary career—cooking on the strip at age 17, helping Martha Stewart open her first restaurant, Executive Chef of a celebrated steakhouse at 25, then Hell’s Kitchen champion, and now running one of Gordon Ramsey's kitchens. She talks about it all—and explains how to make the perfect steak at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 Min.
  • Chef Matthew Timoszyk on his year-long quest to cook dishes from almost every country on earth

    Chef Matthew Timoszyk on his year-long quest to cook dishes from almost every country on earth
    May 26 2026
    Chef Matthew Timoszyk first encountered global flavors while serving in the Air Force. He went on to cook in restaurants and as a personal chef before beginning a massive project he calls The Culinary Expedition. For the past year he’s been compiling and cooking recipes from as many countries as he can fit into twelve months, which he will be compiling into his third cookbook. He shares a few of them here, along with a fascinating life story that includes his personal commitment to taking the screaming and brutality out of restaurant kitchens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 Min.