Beyond the Plate

Haley Traub was the 2018 national champion of Speed Rack, an all-female bartending competition designed to highlight up-and-coming talent in the cocktail industry.  She has been bartending in New York City for a decade and is currently the GM of Lower East Side cocktail institution Attaboy, where she oversaw the team that took home the coveted #1 spot on North America’s 50 Best Bars 2022 list...

Yotam Ottolenghi is the author of nine bestselling and multi-award-winning cookbooks that have sold millions of copies around the world. He is the restaurateur and chef-patron of five Ottolenghi delis, as well as the NOPI and ROVI restaurants in London. In this episode, Ottolenghi shares why he believes people around the world are attracted to his food, how and why he has learned to balance home a...

Shawn Lickliter is considered one of LA’s most respected, talented, and innovative wine and spirits professionals. Since 2014, he has been the Beverage Director for Chefs Walter and Margarita Manzke’s properties including République, Manzke, Bicyclette Bistro, Petty Cash Taqueria, and Sari Sari Store. Shawn often takes inspiration from the Farmers Market, which is reflected in the cocktail he shar...

Daniel Humm has received numerous global accolades including multiple James Beard Foundation Awards, three Michelin Stars, and the #1 spot on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list. He is the Chef and Owner of Make It Nice, the New York-based hospitality group behind Eleven Madison Park and Eleven Madison Home. In this episode, Humm reflects on the pandemic, and how opening up his fine dining kitche...

Ludo Lefebvre is a chef, restaurateur, author, TV personality and twin dad. He is one of the most influential chefs in Los Angeles who is credited with starting the pop-up restaurant phenomenon. You may have eaten in one of his award-winning restaurants such as Petit Trois or seen him on one of the many TV shows he’s hosted. In this episode we discuss his childhood in Burgundy, France as a young c...

Bryan and Michael Voltaggio are brothers, business partners, chefs, restaurateurs, authors, TV personalities and dads. In this episode we discuss how they went from teenagers working at a Holiday Inn in Maryland to being arguably the best known duo in the food world. We talk about the different paths each of them took to get to where they are today, the moment they realized they had made it as che...

In last week’s episode of Beyond the Plate, we talked with Chef Brooke Williamson. When we asked for her go-to snack, she shared a couple of her current favorites. We were intrigued by the honeyglow pineapple (more on that in the episode). For this week’s Beyond the Drink, ONEHOPE Wine’s Head Winemaker (Mari Wells Coyle) drops some knowledge about pinot grigio and why this dry wine pairs so well w...

Brooke Williamson is a chef, restaurateur, TV personality and mom. She was the youngest female chef to cook at the James Beard House at 22 years old, was crowned the winner of “Top Chef” Season 14, and was the first winner of Food Network’s “Tournament of Champions.” Brooke and her husband/business partner, Nick Roberts, own Playa Provisions in Playa Del Rey, CA. In this episode we discuss what it...

In last week’s episode of Beyond the Plate, we talked with Chef Kristen Kish. When we acknowledged summer grilling season is upon us and asked her favorite thing to put on a bun, she through us a curveball; ice cream in a sweet brioche bun. For this week’s episode of Beyond the Drink, ONEHOPE Wine’s Head Winemaker (Mari Wells Coyle) tackles which wine she’d pair with this sweet, ice cream sandwich...

Kristen Kish is a chef, author and TV personality. She was born in South Korea and grew up in Kentwood, MI. You may know her from Bravo’s “Top Chef” (or one of her many other TV shows), and you will soon see her as Alton Brown’s co-host on Netflix’s new “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend.” In 2018, she partnered with The LINE Hotels to open her first restaurant, Arlo Grey,  in Aus...

This week, we’re taking a short break from our regularly scheduled episode to bring you a bonus cookalong featuring our partner at Martin’s Famous Potato Rolls. Join host, Kappy, in his kitchen (and at the grill) as he cooks up a burger he created for Martin’s called, “That Spicy Burger, on a Big Marty Roll with Wicked Pickle Chips, Calypso Sauce and Provolone Piccante Cheese.” He’ll walk you step...

Joshua Weissman is a chef and best-selling cookbook author. He grew up in Los Angeles and at age 18 moved to Austin, Texas where he started his professional career in some of Austin’s most prominent kitchens. At age 22, he started making YouTube videos about food with the goal of providing as much value as possible to people. He soon became one of the most recognized chef/content creators and has...

In last week’s episode of Beyond the Plate, we talked with Chef Maneet Chauhan of Morph Hospitality Group in Nashville, TN. She is an award-winning chef, author, TV personality and mother. When we asked Maneet her favorite snack, without hesitation, she held up a bag of an Indian-Spiced Trail Mix. For this week’s episode of Beyond the Drink, ONEHOPE Wine’s Head Winemaker (Mari Wells Coyle) shares...

Maneet Chauhan is an award-winning chef, author, TV personality, mother, and Founding Partner and President of Morph Hospitality Group in Nashville, Tennessee. She’s worked in some of the finest hotels in the world and some of the greatest restaurants across the US. Maneet competed AND WON Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions where she donated her winnings of $40,000 to help different restaurants s...

In last week’s episode of Beyond the Plate, we talked with Chef Phil Tessier of Press Restaurant Napa Valley. When we asked him his favorite snack, he said it’s usually something he can walk around eating like peanuts or almonds. For this week’s episode of our Beyond the Drink series, ONEHOPE Wine’s Head Winemaker (Mari Wells Coyle) shares why compounds such as tannins in wine pair well with diffe...

Phil Tessier is an award-winning chef, father, author, coach and innovator. In 2015, he became the first ever American chef to place on the podium at what is considered the Olympics of cuisine, the biennial Bocuse d’Or Competition in Lyon, France. Tessier took home the Silver medal… and two years later, he coached the 2017 U.S. Team to win the gold. In this episode, we discuss his journey from Wil...

In last week’s episode of Beyond the Plate, we talked with Mexican chef, businesswoman, TV personality and author, Marcela Valladolid. She shared one of her favorite snacks: dehydrated fruit with chile lime powder. In this week’s episode of our Beyond the Drink series, ONEHOPE Wine’s Head Winemaker (Mari Wells Coyle) shares which wine she believes pairs best with Marcela’s go-to snack. Similar to...

Marcela Valladolid is a CEO, chef, entrepreneur, teacher, Emmy-nominated TV personality, author, businesswoman, designer, Founder at Casa Marcela and the proud mother of three children. She grew up in Tijuana, Mexico and later attended culinary school in Los Angeles and Paris before beginning her professional career as a Food Editor for Bon Appétit Magazine . She then moved into television, publis...

In last week’s episode of Beyond the Plate, J. Kenji López-Alt shared one of his favorite snacks: salt & vinegar potato chips. For this week’s episode of our Beyond the Drink series, ONEHOPE Wine’s Head Winemaker (Mari Wells Coyle) is sharing which wine she believes pairs best with Lopez-Alt’s favorite snack. Mari talks us through how the flavors of the chips complement some of the flavors in...

J. Kenji López-Alt is a chef, dad, NY Times best-selling author of The Food Lab , NY Times food columnist and the host of “Kenji’s Cooking Show,” a YouTube show with over a million subscribers. He’s an MIT graduate who parlayed his education into a career in the kitchen. We discuss how he made his way from working in science labs to some of the best kitchens in Boston, his process in testing recip...

For the season premiere of our Beyond the Drink series, we sat with Head Winemaker of ONEHOPE Wine, Mari Wells Coyle. Like all of the chefs featured on Beyond the Plate, ONEHOPE’s award-winning wine supports a plethora of meaningful causes. To date, they have donated over $8 million to organizations around the world. In this episode, Mari walks us through some of her favorite wines to pair with di...

Jonathan Waxman is one of the most highly regarded chefs in the US and a pioneer of California cuisine. He is most known as the chef/owner of Barbuto in Manhattan’s West Village. We discuss his time as a Ferrari salesman, how he finds his zone in the kitchen, his dream restaurant, how he was instrumental in helping Thomas Keller find the original French Laundry and more. Throughout his career, he...

Marcus Samuelsson is a chef, restaurateur, author, TV personality and philanthropist. He is behind a number of acclaimed restaurants around the world, including his flagship, Red Rooster Harlem. He’s won multiple James Beard Foundation awards, was champion of Top Chef Masters and Chopped All-Stars and is the head judge of the new show Top Chef Family Style. In this episode, we discuss his journey...

Omar Yeefoon is a Dallas, TX-based bartender, teacher and mentor of the bar industry. His simple, yet nuanced approach to cocktail creation and service has left a mark on many notable bar programs throughout Dallas and beyond. He’s managed award-winning bars, worked in sales and advocacy and opened his own cocktail bar and restaurant, Shoals Sound & Service. Shoals has earned awards such as “B...

Tony Abou-Ganim is one of the pioneering and leading bar professionals in the world. He has two cocktail books, hosted TV shows and has his own signature branded line of Modern Mixologist bar tools. Tony has designed signature craft cocktails for multiple stadiums and arenas around the country, most recently Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders. In this episode, we discuss the cocktail...