Florida Foodie

On this episode of Florida Foodie, we talk to Thomas Ward, Owner of Pig Floyd's Urban Barbakoa...a unique BBQ restaurant in Central Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Florida Foodie, Ginger and Joe Leigh of Zymarium Meadery share their love of Fermented Honey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica Asti, a Culinary Educator with Edible Education Experience, shares what Edible Educational Experience has to offer on the latest episode of Florida Foodie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest Florida Foodie, Cathy and Robby Clay want you to get to know Central Florida’s farmers. The pair run the Farmacy, an online market that sells meat, produce and more — all of it coming from Central Florida’s farmers and growers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Henry Moso talks with the Florida Foodie podcast team about his success and the growth of his business, Kabooki Sushi. He also shares what makes the ribs at Kabooki Sushi so good and his favorite dish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suzannah Otis talks with Florida Foodie about her favorite vegan bites inside Disney’s parks and some of her recommendations around Orlando. She also shares her thoughts on the biggest innovations in plant-based food and why women are driving the push to eat less meat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Florida Foodie, Chef Mike Collantes talks about what he is hoping to accomplish inside Orlando’s food scene. He also talks about Filipino American culture and food and how he hopes to bring it to more mainstream attention.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Desiree Noisette spoke with Florida Foodie about building her business and the challenges she has faced as a woman of color in the wine industry. She also reluctantly chooses her favorite wine from Mermosa’s line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Essential workers, which includes food-service employees, have continued to work every day throughout the pandemic.  When the pandemic hit, Cristian Cardona said he started to see his coworker and his family start to struggle. From there, Cardona got in contact with Fight for $15 Florida. Cardona talks about the struggles his family has faced through the pandemic and why a $15 minimum wage may sti...

Scarfing down five 10 once burgers along with seven sides in less than an hour may sound like a good time or torture depending on your perspective, but for Randy Santel and Katina DeJarnett, it’s their job. The couple call themselves “professional eaters.” They make a living from touring around the country and filming themselves devouring massive food challenges at restaurants along the way, then...

The Florida Foodie Team Talks To Karen Zielke. Karen and her husband, Mike, are the founders of Chuluota Free Vegetable Distribution. a grassroots effort to help their community. Twice a month, the couple creates up a pop-up farmers market in front of VFW Post 10139 in Chuluota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The owners of Black Rooster Taqueria have plenty of reason to celebrate. The restaurant owners, John and Juliana Calloway, are getting ready to mark five years in business in the heart of Orlando’s trendy Mills 50 district. At the same time, the couple is working on opening up a second location in another up-and-coming part of the city, the Hourglass District. It’s a plan the pair have been workin...

Food Insecurities are a real issue for many communities right now. The need has stretched many food pantries to their limits. The Florida Foodie team talks to Stephanie Bowman, Founder and CEO of One Heart For Women and Children about what it's like to feed anyone in need right now during the Pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kwame Boakye knows that hard work pays off. He is from Akron, OH and was raised primarily by his grandmother, as his mother worked multiple jobs to support them. Boakye says, took that work ethic to school and received several degrees, included an MBA. He applied that knowledge to some previous businesses, but, a little more than a year ago, he decided to start Chicken Fire. The food cart served u...

Doug Miller is a man who appreciates what he has. He now owns three restaurants after he was able to retire early from his previous career in sales. His most recent location in just recently opened. However, his life started out far differently. Miller’s parents died when he was young, and he ended up in an abusive home. From there, he bounced from foster home to foster home. He spent 12 years in...

Chef Nick Aikens has spent much of his life in the kitchen with his family. He got his start working for his aunt in 1952. Since then, he’s served meals to Muhammad Ali and Elvis Presely, but, above all, Aikens says he is “cooking for the people.” He now runs his own restaurant with his wife and his daughter. Over the last 20 years, Nikki’sPlace has become a staple of Orlando’s Parramore neighborh...

The coronavirus pandemic has forced thousands of Floridians out of their jobs, many of whom worked in the food service industry. Chef Francisco Cortes had just started a new job in March at B Resort and Spa. Seven days later, he was laid off. What followed was a months long job search that ended up being fruitless. Then, he got a call saying a player inside the NBA bubble needed someone for meal p...

Neal Crosier has been dealing with a lot of change in the last couple of years. He and his wife moved to Central Florida from Chicago for the weather, unsurprisingly. Then, in 2017, the couple opened their business, Popcorn Junkie, in the heart of Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood, an historically black and underserved community. Since opening up their store, Parramore has gone through a lot of cha...

Bars and craft breweries have been closed across the state of Florida since June 26th, after contact tracing linked several outbreaks of the Coronavirus to bars, according the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Craft breweries are calling that move unfair. Business owners say, their breweries are distinct from bars in that most are not open late and do not cater to the same type o...

he coronavirus pandemic is leaving a devastating financial impact on Central Florida. It has forced millions of furloughs and lay offs across the state, forcing people onto unemployment, unable to make ends meet. That is forcing more people to rely on food banks to feed themselves and their families. Second Harvest Food Bank is working to help bridge the gap for those people. The food bank is seei...

An antique book became the inspiration for a growing bakery business. Gideon’s Bakehouse takes its title from a name found written in an old cookbook. Since then, it has become synonymous with cookies that tip the scales at nearly a half pound a piece. The Gothic-themed bakery currently sits in less than 300 square feet at Orlando’s East End Market. However, before the end of the year, that is goi...

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause issues across the food industry. Restaurants, resorts and bars all had to close their doors for weeks. That had a trickle down affect, ultimately hurting food supplies, especially agriculture.  These problems also affected a Central Florida company that bills itself as the agriculture of the future. Kalera(https://www.kalera.com/) grows all of its produce i...

The coronavirus forced restaurants all across Central Florida to close their dining rooms and switch to a delivery and pick-up only model. For many, this cost them a lot of their normal business, forcing some to furlough workers and others closed altogether. Even Dimov runs Too Much Sauce with his family in Orlando’s Mills 50 District. He struggled to secure a loan through the federal Paycheck Pro...

On this episode of Florida Foodie, the team discusses "clean label food" with Dale Volkert of Lake Meadow Naturals. They talk about getting connected to with your food and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Florida Foodie team spoke with the founder of Eco Strategies Group, Andrea Ruiz-Hays. She discusses reducing Food Waste impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices