Pod Chef

We are BACK AT FULL BEST FRIENDS STRENGTH and are joined by our friend and social media marketing mogul Charlie Visconage who gives us some FREE tips to help us market the podcast and get those coveted 5 stars! We watched Top Chef Season 18, Episode 12 - "The Cheesier, The Better". We each take turns saying Oregon a couple of times, hit the writer's room to punch up a joke for Padma, and try to fi...

Well folks you only get TWO AMIGOS again this week because Bryan had to miss the record, but he did edit the episode so it's sort of like he was there. We had the pleasure of being joined by Jeff Ray (Jeff Ray Films, guy who made our theme song!) as we watched Top Chef Season 18, Episode 11 - "Blind Ambition". We learn about Jeff's process for coming up with our amazing theme song, talk about the...

This week there are only TWO BEST FRIENDS as Reaves was busy celebrating his birthday and couldn't make the record, but we powered through and had a killer episode with a KILLER guest - Monique Moses (Astronomy Club). We discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 10 "Tournament of Tofu". We speculate that Dawn "cheated" off Byron even though we love her and we love Shota vs. Maria. We also learned that b...

This week it's just your best friends and we're talking Top Chef Season 18, Episode 9 - "Portland-ia"! It was Bryan's birthday during the record so he gets the guest treatment as we take you through another forgettable episode of this season of Top Chef... This episode is full of old hipster tropes, a terrible elimination challenge, and a chef who can't stop making bad pasta... And then Tom stole...

It's the most wonderful time of the year - Restaurant Wars! Your three best friends are joined by their friend and actor/improviser Casey Karaman to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 8 - "Restaurant Wars". Jamal tells us about his Juneteenth preparations, we awkwardly read some very nice reviews of the pod, and have a lot of fun talking about a nice, but boring episode of Top Chef. Also - we had...

This week your three best friends are joined by Sebastian Conelli (Loud About Nothing) for an extremely wild and loud podcast. We briefly discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 7 - "Feeding the Frontlines" but we also have a lot of fun chatting about nothing. Also Bryan ate at Tom's new restaurant, Vallata, where he ran into Tom, but Tom acted like he didn't know him....This episode goes out to every...

This week your three best friends are joined by Chef and Fanfic author Quentin Anonymous (Stephen Mann) to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 6 - "Stumptown, USA". We talk about Quentin's food truck in DC, share our thoughts on whether or not our food knows us, and BRYAN DID #THESTEW.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last...

Get in losers we're going to the drive in! This week your three best friends are joined by the extremely funny Annie Barry (Bandit Theater) to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 5 "Meet You At the Drive-In". We learn that no one wants to eat roses, being a vegan is hard, and Tom Colicchio was clearly on that PORTLAND GREEN during this episode.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. R...

The three amigos continue their streak of terrific guests with Ahsohn Williams (Ahsohn the DJ, Carl Calls his Cousin, The Weekly Regular) to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 4 - "Thrown for a Loop". We learn that a DJ is basically a music chef, re-learn that you never make risotto on Top Chef (even if you call it something Ohio-y), and that food is pretty ok without vegetables as long as you fu...

This week the three amigos are joined by the hilarious and talented Eva Lewis (White Privilege, Black Power) to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 3 - "Pan African Portland."----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 Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and perform...

This week the three amigos sat down with their new amigo - Chef Kevin Bartelt (comedy podcast producer extraordinaire) to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 2 - "Trouble Brewing!" We get the inside scoop about what it's like to be sequestered on Hell's Kitchen from Kevin, we wonder if you're allowed to turn down hanging out with Tom on Last Chance Kitchen, and DOES IT REALLY TAKE 30 MINUTES TO MA...

Top Chef Season 18 - Portland is HERE! But before the three amigos discuss season 18, episode 1 - "First Impressions," they have a RIVETING discussion with Bertans Burton (Carl Tart) about his dinner at the Barfoot Contessa's house. ----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...

WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE PREMIER OF TOP CHEF SEASON 18 - PORTLAND! And to complete our "filler" episodes while we wait for the new season, this week your three best friends did a live watch of the New Season "First Look" Video AND we picked our teams for Fantasy Top Chef! New season of Top Chef premiers April 1st! And Pod Chef will continue to drop every Monday!----more----Subscribe for new e...

This week your three best friends continue getting pumped for the new season of Top Chef starting on April 1 by breaking down all the new chef-testants competing in Portland for that coveted, sweet sweet Food and Wine Magazine feature and a little bit of CASH. We also hear about Jamal's new bundle of joy - his sous vide... congratulations and condolences.  ----more----Subscribe for new episodes ev...

Ello Mate! This week your free best friends make a desperate attempt to lure people from the UK to listen to our podcast by watching Top Gear. Jamal told us British people love Top Gear and it's kind of the same title as Top Chef... so we watched Top Gear SERIES 9 Episode 3 - "USA Special." Apparently British people don't like Americans, but love cars and being offensive. Next week we'll be back t...

The three amigos finish strong this week and discuss Top Chef season 2 - "Hawaii Finale Part 2". More importantly; they go over Bryan's report card from Tom, debate whether or not Marcel got boned, and Reaves FINALLY gets to do his Trump impression.----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...

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season Season 2, Episode 12 "Hawaii Finale Pt 1".  We didn't like this episode so we talk about a bunch of other stuff like whether or not helicopters should exist, who Bryan looks like, and Padma's first season hazing. We also talked about the episode a bit.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what...

Love is in the air this week on Pod Chef! This week the three amigos watched Top Chef S2, E11 - "Sense and Sensuality". We talk about our valentine's day plans, discuss the "incident", and figure out what Bryan's wife really sees in him.----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 B...

It's Restaurant Wars... kind of? This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 10 - "Unhappy Campers" and we need to give you our thoughts on why they don't want to call this episode restaurant wars. We think it's because both teams did very bad! Also Jamal shares his report card from Tom (will he get to go on the ski trip?)----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday...

What up feet freaks! This week your three best friends watched Top Chef - Season 2, Episode 9 - "Seven" which is confusing because it's episode 9... Jamal tells us about his surprise visit from Tom; and Bryan and Reaves grapple with the discomfort brought on by this bully-filled episode.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner las...

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 8 - "Holiday Spirit"! We learn about the awful time Reaves had on the ski trip, that Jamal is the friend you have to make excuses for, and that Bryan can make this podcast very sexy! WHAT!----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! If you'r...

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 7 - "The Raw and the Cooked" and we can't figure out if the title is supposed to be a pun or not. Also in this episode, we share Reaves' hosting report card from Tom.----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! If you're wondering why this e...

Well your three best friends had a bunch of technical issues while recording this week's episode but we freakin did it because you love us and we know you need that FIX, BABY!!! This week we watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 6 "Thanksgiving". We have some fun talking about how we'd spice up Thanksgiving, try to figure out what a chocolate meltdown is, and Bryan incorrectly says that Seth Curry wa...

This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 5 - "Social Service." They talk about the Mandela effect, a bunch of other stuff, and are joined by Reverend Han Gary of the First Church of Food and Wine Magazine.----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! If you're wondering why this epi...

This week the three amigos watched Top Chef Season 2, Episode 4 "Less is More." Bryan shares some stuff he learned in college in a police class and Jamal and Reaves prefer the British Office.----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! If you're wondering why this episode doesn't sound as good as other episod...