Pod Chef

This week the three amigos handed the reins over to our good friend and returning horny guy, Charlie Visconage (@cavisconage). Charlie came up with an idea for a show and we said... why not? Well, we got shown up... Charlie invited Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms) and Matt Chaconas (@mattchaconas) on to the show to battle it out in a contest of original music and holy shit did they bring it! We were blown...

WARNING - The audio for this one is REAL bad. Sorry about that. We had some serious technical difficulties even getting this bad boy recorded, but we hope that doesn't stop you from listening to our FABULOUS conversation with Avishar Barua (@avishar) from Top Chef Season 18!Avishar was a total blast to chat with. He was super down to clown and was extremely patient with the issues we had at the be...

We're taking a little break from interviewing Top Chef contestants to do a good old fashioned rewatch episode with our friend Farshad Khansari (Boogiemanja). Farshad wanted to watch and talk about Top Chef Season 06, Episode 07 "Dinner Party", so that's what we did! And we start doing it at 37:15.We share Tom's latest idea for breaking into Hollywood (we wants us to write a sitcom pilot for him),...

This week we're joined by Roscoe Hall from Top Chef Portland! Roscoe shares what it was like to be sent home first the show, his journey to the kitchen, and his recent success in the world of art. Roscoe was an absolutely killer guest and great dude! Top Chef robbed the world of getting to know 'Scoe by sending him home too soon, so make sure you check out this episode! Also, Reaves had to miss th...

You know the three amigos had to bring it to you AGAIN with another FIRE interview with a chef from your favorite show, Top Chef! We were joined by the injury prone, "Dominican Don" himself - Chef Nelson German from Top Chef Portland! Nelson gives us the scoop about his time in the Top Chef bubble, what he's been up to since the show, and what it's like having to cook for the Top Chef judges with...

First off - apologies if you wanted to hear Jamal talk about kale for 5 minutes because I cut it from the episode because the episode went long. But if I didn't cut it I might have put bird noises behind it anyway... It involved talk of broccoli and worms. With great power, comes great responsibility. The Top Chef talk starts at 36:00! And we watched Top Chef Season 6, Episode 6 "Penn and Teller"...

This week you're rocking with all three amigos and no one else. It's a boy'sode! We're talking about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 5 "Camping"... and we start doing it at 36:00.Also - we have our closest game of "Chefs I Prepared For You" ever, Mike Isabella forces us to talk about the monkey again, we do cowboy voices, and we wonder why the audience picked cactus... instead of KANGAROO! CACTUS... IN...

We have a real 3 Michelin Star episode for you this week, pod chef heads. This week your amigos are joined by tiny fish enthusiast and Top Chef contestant - Sara Hauman (@chefsara_h) for a good old fashioned interview. Sara was on Top Chef Portland - where she was known for her big laugh, love of yogurt, and tiny fish. We share an excerpt from Tom's Travel Journal, get the scoop about her time on...

This week the three amigos are joined by our good friend Lauren Gabel who can't wait to talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 4 "Vivre Las Vegas" with us, but we make her wait until 29:15. We also learn at the end of the record that Lauren has a bunch of food experience we didn't talk about, Jamal can quote the movie "Troy", Reaves can't talk, and Bryan shares some very funny Daniel Boulud facts h...

This week we're joined by improviser and friend Taylor Kniffin (@tkniffin) to talk about sailing, play a game of mind meld, and recap Top Chef S06, E03 "Thunderbirds".The Top chef talk starts at 33:30.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme s...

Let's get two things out of the way real quick - 1 - Jamal isn't here this week.2 - Bryan's mic sounds bad, even though Reaves told him it sounded ok. Now that we've got that out of the way. The Top Chef talk starts at 27:05, sort of. This week you got two amigos, Bryan and Reaves, as Jamal misses his first recording ever, but don't worry we're still doing what we love to do watch Top Chef and tal...

If you don't like when we chop it up at the beginning... you're gonna wanna jump ahead to 37:40 when the Top Chef talk gets going. We're joined by our good and very funny friend, Annie Barry (@barryisscary), who helps us bust open a new season of Top Chef as we talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 1 - "Sin City Vice". We also spend... too much time talking about prom, we go over last season's rep...

The Top Chef starts at the 30 minute mark. We're back in NOLA BABY!We read two more excerpts from Tom's travel journal, we all take turns doing Christian Bale's Batman voice... pretty good, explore the inherent and outwardly spoken classicism in Top Chef, and we all wish Carla had won.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last...

The Top Chef talk starts at the 28 minute mark. We're talking Top Chef Season 5, Episode 13 "Season Finale Pt 1".In this episode Bryan shares about his struggles with curry, we read another insert from Tom's walkabout journal, and we get a drop in visit from our favorite white pastor the good reverend Han Gary.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know wha...

It's episode 100 of Pod Chef! And to help us celebrate this momentous occasion, some of our closest friends called into our voicemail box and left us VERY NICE MESSAGES! And even though we are celebrating, we're still talking about Top Chef, because we know you Top Chef heads NEED IT and IT starts at 41:45.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what yo...

Reaves is back!! So if you stopped listening because Reaves was on his walkabout with Tom, you can come back baby! We kept your room just as you left it. We're at full strength! Three amigos! We're talking about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 11 and we start doing it at 37:00!Reaves tells us about his time in the bush with Tom, we read a page from Tom's travel journal. we check out a new room, and REA...

Just in time for football season, we're talking about a 16 year old episode of TV...Top Chef Season 5, Episode 9 "Super Bowl Chef Showdown". Which starts at 17:30.We make our long awaited return to the writer's room which has the Black Phone guy in it... and this is episode 98... 100 coming soon!----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for d...

Restaurant war... Restaurant war never changes. Suit up soldier, you've been drafted into the Restaurant War! Two Amigos is better than zero amigos so shut up. We're talking about Top Chef which starts at 24:45. We do a new segment called Food News (clever), we listen to a voicemail from Reverend Han Gary of The Church of Food and Wine Magazine who’s a white man, and more stuff happens. as always....

Top Chef talk starts at 19:20.Still just Jamal and Bryan, are you ok with this yet? We watched Top Chef Season 5, Episode 8 - "Down on the Farm" and we just had to get on here and tell ya'll about it. Then the Spam Man made an appearance after we invoked him during the Quickfire discussion, Bryan is trying to be the white Jamal, and we get a little explicit about the pork.----more----Subscribe for...

We might have done this episode before. Have we? We're too afraid to look. Either way the Top Chef talk starts at 28:35.This week it's just your two best friends again, but we got a voicemail from Reaves updating us on his walkabout with Tom, we talk about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 7 "Focus Group", and we learn about the difference between being risky and being stupid.----more----Subscribe for ne...

The Top Chef talks at 22:00It's just Jamal and Bryan again but ISN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU PEOPLE? We're talking about not having sex in the kitchen and how people need to stop sexualizing "Yes, Chef", Bryan learns how time works, we update "12 Days of Christmas", and remember when Nancy Pelosi wore kente cloth?----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what...

Sorry this is late, but Bryan had surgery last week and he's been going through it. This week we're joined once again by our good friend Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms) to talk about Top Chef Season 05, Episode 05 - "Gail's Bridal Shower". The Top Chef talk starts at 35:00.Jeff thinks steak is overrated.  Cream of wheat - black | Oatmeal - white.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate u...

This week we are not reviewing an episode of Top Chef. Instead we are reviewing our trip to Dale Talde's restaurant - Goosefeather! Spoiler alert... we loved it! We'll be back to talking Top Chef next week, but for now please enjoy us talking about food and if you get the chance to sit it out or dance, we hope you go to Goosefeather.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 st...

It's just your two best friends, Bryan and Jamal, this week. No guest... even though Rosie got fired because she was too busy. But we carry on and talk about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 4 - "The Today Show". And we sort of start doing that around... 21:15.We also did a lot of hat talk this week, some rambling about the Supreme Court and brussels sprouts... it's a wild one with just two best friends...

Well... Vic is out as our new cohost, but Rosie Grant (TikTok graveyard famous) is in! And she is a woman and she wants to talk about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 3 "Foo Fighters Thanksgiving". And we start talking about it at 35:12.Also - Rosie tells us about recipes on gravestones, we all share our love for topless restaurants (we love small plates), and we give advice to aspiring improvisers. Che...