Pod Chef

This week we're joined by Vic Valderrama after Jamal had to fire Barrett for some funny business on the phone... but that's ok because Vic is here and he can't wait to talk about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 2 - "Show Your Craft" which starts around 26:15.Also we learn about the Gobbledy Gooker (not racist) from Vic and more happened but it's almost midnight and I need to go to bed."You don't unders...

We're going back into the Top Chef reserves to watch Top Chef Season 5, starting off with episode number 1 "Melting Pot" AND we're bringing our good friend Barrett Leddy (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon, Space 1969) along to help us talk about it starting at 43:45.Also - Barrett helps us plan our weekend of tv on HBO Max, we share our report card from Tom for season 6 (it's very funny and not a tired bit at al...

This week's guest is none other than Zach Cherry (Severance, You, Duncanville, Spiderman: Homecoming)! Zach was a wonderful second chair co-host and he really wanted to talk to us about Top Chef Season 19, Episode 14 "The Final Plate" so we freaking did it! The Top Chef talk starts at 44:15.Also we get a new voicemail from a fan,  Bryan went to Vegas, Jamal made a beurre blanc, and we share our ch...

The Top Chef talk starts at 42:00... yeah 42 minute intro. Deal with it. This week we welcome back our good buddy and fellow motorcycle dude, Charlie Visconage (@cavisconage) to talk to us about Top Chef Season 19, Epsiode 13 "Cactus Makes Perfect.”Also - we got a voicemail update from Reaves about his walkabout with Tom, Charlie gives us a quiz on basic motorcycle stuff, and Jamal is stepping up...

This week we are joined by improviser and friend Jonathan Murphy to help us talk about Top Chef Season 19, Episode 12 "We're On A Boat. The Top Chef talk starts at 34:06.Also Bryan got ripped off, Jamal's phone goes off in the beginning of the record, we both tell very long stories, and Jonathan won't order the same meal as anyone else at the table when he goes out to eat even if that means not ge...

This is the first week without our dear amigo Reaves while he joins Tom on a walkabout. And even though we are very sad without him, we have the pleasure of being joined by Sam Gordon and Kyle Gordon who are real life brothers and a couple of real funny dudes... but if you want to skip the fun we have with them: the Top Chef talk starts at 36:20 (sort of). Sam and Kyle help us talk about Top Chef...

It's with a heavier than usual heart that we amigos need to say see ya later to our best friend Reaves for a little bit while he goes on a walkabout with Tom to be "naked and Afraid". We do our best to make Reaves feel bad about leaving by playing him some of our favorite Reaves clips... Yep that's right folks, not even 100 episodes in and we're doing a clip show. If you want to skip saying good t...

Welcome to the party, Dale! That's right you little pod chef babies... we got a big time guest in the oven this week (is that a fun way to say this?) Top Chef contestant/judge Dale Talde is hanging out with us today! Dale was very generous with his time, he was an excellent guest, and is now our best friend and honorary amigo numero cinco! Our interview with Dale is about an hour long and then our...

Well folks we had a big guest scheduled for this record, but God laughs you make plans so we had to audible (football). And in this instance, yes God is Tom. Also if you wanna skip us waiting for the guest and having fun, the Top Chef talk starts at 25:05.Even though our guest didn't show up, we had to press on and do what we do best, watch Top Chef season 19, Episode 8 "Restaurant Wars" and talk...

The Top Chef talk begins abruptly at 21:45. So continue to live your life devoid of fun and skip ahead, or listen from the start for the good stuff. This week it's just Jamal and Bryan and we've decided to tank this episode so that Reaves doesn't have to worry about the show being good without him. We also talked about Top Chef Season 19, Episode 7 "Swallow the Competition". Also Bryan learns that...

For all you skippers... the Top Chef talk starts at 21:40This week the three amigos are joined by Bryan's good friend and one of the hosts of the Awesome Con worthy podcast "Two Guys Into Fridays- The TGIF Podcast": Stephen "Dash" Brown. Dash joins us to let us know what it feels like to be accepted into Awesome Con and helps us talk about our favorite tv show - Top Chef... Specifically Top Chef S...

This week we're joined by close personal friend, returning guest, and honorary amigo quatro - Kevin Bartelt (Hollywood Handbook, Flagrant Ones, Teacher's Lounge... basically all your favorite podcasts)! Kevin helps us recap Top Chef Season 19, Episode 5 - "Don't Mess With BBQ".  Which we start chatting about at 37:45, but then you'd miss some great small talk with our guest! Also... Jamal apologiz...

This week the three amigos are only dos as Bryan had to miss the record, but he edited the episode and wrote this blurb so it's sort of like he was there the whole time. Also Reaves and Jamal were joined by Daisy and Daffy, who from what I can gather from the episode are just random people they invited to be on the show? I don't know, but they seem fun. And at 32 minutes in I figured out they were...

The Top Chef talk kicks off at 29:35 if you don't like it when we chop it up with each other. This week we watched Top Chef Season 19, Episode 3 "Noodles and Rice and Everything Nice" and we talked about it with our friend Alex Kazanas (One Piece Podcast, Super Art Fight). But before we get a chance to settle in WE GET PROPELLED RIGHT in to the Elimination Challenge because Hung hates Quickfire Ch...

Though we don't recommend it, if you want to skip the first half of the show and go directly to the Top Chef talk, it starts at 35:40.This week we watched Top Chef Season 19, Episode 2 "Friday Night Bites" and we didn't even talk about it... SIKE! We talked about it A LOT!  Especially that insanely complicated Elimination Challenge... AND LAST CHANCE KITCHEN IS BACK, SUCKA!Also Tom gave us our rep...

Top Chef Season 19, Episode 1

If you want to skip to the Top Chef re-watch talk, it starts at 28:40, but then you'd miss our Season 19 Predictions... So don't do it. This week we give you our Top Chef Season 19 Predictions and then we talk about Season 4, Episodes 13 & 14 to wrap up our season 4 re-watch. Also - we're really good friends who like talking to each other and it shows... so maybe check out the show!----more---...

If you wanna skippa da good stuff, we start talking about Top Chef at 27:45!Honestly, this episode is chaotic... so let's get awkward! This week we REALLY DUG DEEP into everyone's favorite segment - "Chefs I Prepared For You" because we have all the time in the world. And then we talked about an episode of this show, maybe you've heard of it? It's called Top Chef, it's on Bravo. It was Top Chef Se...

What's up peapods! This week we held our 2nd Annual Pod Chef Top Chef Fantasy Draft! We watched Top Chef Season 4, Episode 11 "Restaurant Wars" and then we talked about the parts we liked the best. We also venture back into the Writer's Room... Reaves reveals (alliteration) that he was the smoke monster on Lost, Jamal got to see white people hurt themselves for his belated birthday, and we welcome...

Maybe you wanna listen to the first part of this episode because we give you the rundown of all the new cheftestants for Top Chef season 19 (which starts March 3rd) including FUN FACTS about each chef that you will only get on Pod Chef! Or you can jump ahead to the episode review at - 32:40 and make us cry. Note - We accidentally skipped our Chef I've Prepared For You segment in the intro, but we...

Alright you little Pod Chef babies, we start the Season 19 trailer watch along at 14 minutes and the re-watch segment starts 33 minutes... so go ahead and deprive yourself of joy by skipping the good stuff. This week we got a new Top Chef freakin Houston trailer!! So we gotta dissect it! Then we talked about Top Chef Season 4 Episode 9 "Wedding Wars"... Also we go into detail about how Pod Chef is...

The Top Chef talk starts at 31:30, and by that I mean the good stuff ends at 31:30.In this week's episode we watched Top Chef Season 4, Episode 8 "Common Threads" and then we sort of talked about it but mostly just said silly things and hung out on the internet like friends do these days. Also Jamal got birthday pranked,  Bryan goes to wrestling school, and we love Reaves. All of that and maybe a...

The Top Chef talk starts at 29:35 -  But honestly, this one goes off the rails pretty often in the review... but it's fun, so listen to it! This week your three best friends did something that's never been done before, they watched an old episode of a TV show and then recorded the audio of themselves talking about... we're calling it... a podcast! It was Top Chef Season 4, Episode 7 "Improv". We a...

The Top Chef talk starts at 11:34. but we talked about another food show during the opener so maybe you'll like that? It was Next Level Chef so maybe you won't like it because it kind of sucked. This week the three amigos did what we do almost every week, we watched Top Chef and we recorded ourselves talking about it. Top Chef Season 4, Episode 6 "Tailgating" to be precise. We also teach you how t...

Jump to 35:30 for Top Chef talk if you don't like fun! It's a brand new year and we're doing the same old shit! That's right, this week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 4, Episode 5 "The Elements" and now we gotta talk about it! Also - Tom gave us his new year's resolutions, we have new hosts (not really), and Reaves like books sometimes. All of that and the world's most disgusting...