Pod Chef

This week we receive an anonymous email from a potential investor, react to some criticism, and talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 10 - "Lock Down" Top Chef talk starts at 31:12 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. 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 song was prod...

This week two of your best friends pitch some new ideas to Peacock and recap Top Chef Season 8, Episode 9 - "Feeding Fallon". Top Chef talk starts at 30:20 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. 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 song was produced and performed by Jef...

This week your best friends talk about grills, stone fruit, and Top Chef Season 8, Episode 8 = "An Offer They Can't Refuse" Top Chef talk starts at 27:25 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. 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 song was produced and performed by Jeff...

This week Bryan and Reaves tell you why Jamal isn't here and travel back in time to pick up where we left off with Top Chef - Season 8, Episode 7: "Restaurant Wars: One Night Only" Top Chef talk starts at 34:00 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. 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. Th...

This week the three amigos are joined by fan and friend, Rachel Gluckstern (@rgluckst) to help us discuss the Top Chef Finale. Top Chef Season 21, Episode 14 - "Cruisin' to a Win". We also read an edited review, scold Tom for blaming it on the edit, and all the fun stuff you love about Pod Chef Top Chef talk starts at 35:00 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 sta...

This week Bryan and Jamal discuss a few holidays, cruises, and part 1 of the Top Chef Season 21 finale - "Set Sail". Top Chef talk starts at 20:00 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. 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 song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray.  P...

This week your best friends are joined by new friend and brother of former guest Charlie, Matt Visconage (@mattvisconage, UCB, The Day Job Survival Handbook), to talk about improv, his brother, and Top Chef Season 21, Episode 12 "Goodbye, Wisconsin". Top Chef talk starts at 36:00 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner la...

This week dos amigos are here and it's not the two you think it is. Or maybe you do, I don't know how your brain works... yet. Bryan and Reaves reveal our placement in the Top 10 Top Chef Podcasts list, give advice to the podcasts we beat, and give respect to the ones that beat us. And then it wouldn't be a Pod Chef without talking Top Chef, so we discussed Top Chef Season 21, Episode 11 "Lay it A...

This week your best friends welcome back our good friend and Door County expert, Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms), to talk about food, life, yucky fish, and Top Chef Season 21, Episode 10 - "Door County Boil" Top Chef talk starts at 37:00 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by...

For all you nerds who say we don't talk about Top Chef enough, this episode is for you! Your three amigos are joined by Top Chef SUPER FAN, Bethany Coan, to actually talk quite a bit about TC. Specifically Top Chef Season 21, Episode 9 - "The Good Land" Top Chef talk starts at 34:44 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner...

This week Bryan and Jamal share a letter Tom sent his mother from the front lines of Restaurant Wars to celebrate Mothers Day and we talk about a pretty mediocre episode of Top Chef: S21, E8 - "Restaurant Wars". War, war never changes... but maybe it should. Top Chef talk starts at 28:43 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for d...

This week two out of the three amigos are here and they are joined by the theme song king and mango hunter himself, Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms). We read some reviews from our fans (we love our fans) and chat about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 7 - "Sausage Race"Top Chef talk starts at 31:45Editor's note - I edited some stuff even though Jamal and Reaves didn't think I would, and the episode didn't come...

This week your three best friends deal with some chaos of their own before giving you the in-depth analysis you expect from on us on Top Chef Season 21, Episode 6 - "Chaos Cuisine".Top Chef talk starts at 33:00Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. 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...

Sorry for the delay! This week your best friends are joined by comedian, guy from Philly, and coach of some kind John Carroll. Jamal tried to replace Bryan and Reaves and we talked about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 5 - "Supper Club"Top Chef talk starts at 25:00----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night...

This week Reaves and Bryan are joined by our good friend Audrey Mattaino (Audrey's website) to discuss Top Chef Season 21, Episode 4 - "The Wright Way" as well as the usual shenanigans and monkey shines. Top Chef talk starts at 36:00----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode...

Reaves had to miss the recording, but he sent us his recap of Top Chef Season 21, Episode 3 - "Takin it Cheesy" which we read word for word in his honor. Top Chef talk starts at 20:50----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. 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...

This week the three amigos are very funny all by themselves. We unveil our new theme song, come up with a great business idea, and take a shallow dive into Top Chef Season 21, Episode 2 - "Livin the High Life"Top Chef talk starts at 24:35----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This ep...

This week your three best friends are joined by their one best friend, Annie Barry (Bandit Theater), to crack open an all new season of Top Chef! Tom wrote a sketch, so we read it and then we talked about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 1 - "Chef's Test", some things never change. Top Chef talk starts at 36:30----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and...

This week your three best friends utilize their Top Chef expertise and extensive research to hold their Top Chef Season 21 Fantasy Draft. And then they talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 6 "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat" because that's what we get paid to do. NEW SEASON NEXT WEEK!Top Chef talk starts at 38:00----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 sta...

We've got all three amigos talking about the cooking show this week. The laughs are abundant, unlike the food served during Top Chef Season 8, Episode 5 - "Dim Sum Lose Sum".Top Chef talk starts at 31:00----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. 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...

This week Bryan and Jamal are joined by their good friend and filmmaker, Tony Lazzeroni (@bearded_comedy) to talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 4 - "Advantage Chef".Top Chef talk starts at 31:50----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. 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 P...

This week Bryan and Jamal watch the Top Chef Season 21 Trailer for the first time and give their live reactions.----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. 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 song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal,...

This week Bryan and Reaves see what it would be like to host solo and talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 3 - "New York's Finest".Top Chef talk starts at 26:21----more----Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. 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 song was produced and...

The three amigos discuss Top Chef Season 8, Episode 2 "Night at the Museum". Top Chef talk starts at 33:10----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday or Tuesday sometimes. 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 song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef LinksFollow us on Ins...

New year, new season! Pretty cool how that worked out huh? To help us break off a brand new (old) season of Top Chef, we're joined by Rachel Gluckstern (DC Entertainment, SuperStarEditor). Rachel is a Top Chef superfan and real like Pod Chef fan (they exist!) and she was super excited to talk with us about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 1 - "History Never Repeats". We learn what an editor does and Tom...