Pod Chef

For those of you who doubt that Pod Chef is the official Top Chef podcast, tell us how we got Chef Nick Wallace from Top Chef season 19 on the show... That's right, in this special BONUS EPISODE we're not reviewing an episode of the show, but your best friends are in full force and we're joined by their newest best friend, Nick Wallace from Top Chef Houston. Nick talks to us about his time in Top...

Still no Jamal, but two amigos is better than none! We also don't have a guest this week... it's just Bryan and Reaves chopping it up like only the Pod Chef boys can. We talk about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 6 - "Top Chef is No Picnic" and we do some other funny stuff like always. Top Chef talks starts at 28:00.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know w...

This week your least favorite amigos (Bryan and Reaves) are joined by our good friend and hilarious human woman, Katy Berry (Baby Wants Candy, Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy). Katy told us she'd only come on the podcast if we talk about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 5 "Holiday Vacation" so we did that for her and we did lots of other fun stuff with her as well. Top Chef talk starts at 37:30Check out...

Apologies up front for the lack of Jamal, but you still get two amigos and a fantastic returning guest - Monique Moses (Astronomy Club, Human Resources, A Black Lady Sketch Show). To thank Monique for taking time out of her busy LA lifestyle, we talked about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 4 "Spurred Lines".Follow Monique on social media - @nutellacartel----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Mon...

This week your best friends are joined by mango hunter and theme song producer, Jeff Ray. Jeff talks to us about our update theme song, mango hunting, and Top Chef Season 20, Episode 3 "Cheeky Pints and Pub Bites"Top Chef talk starts at 41:00Follow Jeff's mango hunts at - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know wh...

This week we started with only two amigos, but then were joined by our  amiga buena, Ginnie (Cherry Swamp) after the break! She really wanted to talk about Top Chef Season 20, Episode 2 "Rice, Rice Baby" so we did it for her. AND Guess who's back, back again LAST CHANCE KITCHEN is back... tell a friend! Editor's note - I heard the part they wanted me to cut, but I left it in because they told me I...

This week your three best friends are joined by your fourth best friend, Annie Barry (Bandit Improv Theater), to help us crack open a fresh, brand new season of Top Chef! We have some fun talking about Creed 3 and then we get down to business and give you our thoughts on Top Chef Season 20, Episode 1 "London Calling"Top Chef talk starts around the 26 minute mark. Check out Annie's improv theater -...

In this special minisode, the three amigos prepare for Season 20 of Top Chef World All-Stars by drafting their TC Fantasy Teams.----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 A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef LinksFollow us on In...

This week your three amigos do a live reaction to the Top Chef Season 20 trailer. The all new season of Top Chef starts next week! We'll also be dropping a BONUS episode later this week with our Top Chef fantasy draft.----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 A Jackson. The...

On this week's Pod Chef we're joined by our good friend and thespian, Caroline Yates! Caroline helps us beat out a Top Chef musical idea that Tom can pitch to Broadway and of course she REALLY wanted to talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 14 "Finale Part 2" so we did that too. Top Chef talk starts at 35:30.Check out Caroline in "Betty Blum" at the Flea Theater in NYC on March 18th. TICKETS ON SA...

Jamal had a little aviation accident the other day so you only get two amigos this week, but we've invited our good friend and person who has been to Awesome Con before, Steve Brown (Two Guys Into Fridays podcast) to help us finish filling out the application to Awesome Con. He also said he'd only help us with the form if we talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 13 "Season Finale Pt 1".Check out t...

This week the three amigos are joined by our good friend and human woman... in your face, haters... Ashley Everhart (Character's Welcome, Boogiemanja, Toronto Sketch Fest). Ashley couldn't wait to tell us about her Groundhog's Day Hog Feast during Chef's I Prepared For You and really wanted to recap Top Chef Season 6, Episode 12 - "Culinary Olympics" so we did that too. The Top Chef talk starts at...

This week your three amigos are all by themselves, which is just the way we like it. Bryan shares the story of why we didn't put out an episode last week, we spend 5 minutes talking like a dolphin, and we recap Top Chef Season 6, Episode 11 "Strip Around The World".The Top Chef talk starts at 28:45.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had fo...

This week the three amigos invite our good friend Dillon Diatlo (Boogiemanja, College Humor, Above Average) to play a little Price is Right and talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 10 - "Top Chef talk starts at 32:45.Be sure to celebrate MLK Day and Jamal's birthday by heading over to colicchiocollection.com and using our EXCLUSIVE promo code PODCHEF10 (then delete the POD) to get 10% off your fi...

The three amigos fill out the first part of the 2023 Awesome Con application and recap Top Chef Season 6, Episode 9 - "Restaurant Wars".----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 A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef LinksFollow...

It's a brand new year and we're doing the same old podcast... the one where we watch Top Chef and then talk about. But we're doing something a little different this week, we have our good friend Casey Hogan (Boogiemanja) on to help us talk about Top Chef S06, E08 "Pigs and Pinot" - you get it, right? Top Chef talk starts at 39:10!Also - Bryan continues his journey to being an anti-racist, we do th...

This week the three amigos handed the reins over to our good friend and returning horny guy, Charlie Visconage (@cavisconage). Charlie came up with an idea for a show and we said... why not? Well, we got shown up... Charlie invited Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms) and Matt Chaconas (@mattchaconas) on to the show to battle it out in a contest of original music and holy shit did they bring it! We were blown...

WARNING - The audio for this one is REAL bad. Sorry about that. We had some serious technical difficulties even getting this bad boy recorded, but we hope that doesn't stop you from listening to our FABULOUS conversation with Avishar Barua (@avishar) from Top Chef Season 18!Avishar was a total blast to chat with. He was super down to clown and was extremely patient with the issues we had at the be...

We're taking a little break from interviewing Top Chef contestants to do a good old fashioned rewatch episode with our friend Farshad Khansari (Boogiemanja). Farshad wanted to watch and talk about Top Chef Season 06, Episode 07 "Dinner Party", so that's what we did! And we start doing it at 37:15.We share Tom's latest idea for breaking into Hollywood (we wants us to write a sitcom pilot for him),...

This week we're joined by Roscoe Hall from Top Chef Portland! Roscoe shares what it was like to be sent home first the show, his journey to the kitchen, and his recent success in the world of art. Roscoe was an absolutely killer guest and great dude! Top Chef robbed the world of getting to know 'Scoe by sending him home too soon, so make sure you check out this episode! Also, Reaves had to miss th...

You know the three amigos had to bring it to you AGAIN with another FIRE interview with a chef from your favorite show, Top Chef! We were joined by the injury prone, "Dominican Don" himself - Chef Nelson German from Top Chef Portland! Nelson gives us the scoop about his time in the Top Chef bubble, what he's been up to since the show, and what it's like having to cook for the Top Chef judges with...

First off - apologies if you wanted to hear Jamal talk about kale for 5 minutes because I cut it from the episode because the episode went long. But if I didn't cut it I might have put bird noises behind it anyway... It involved talk of broccoli and worms. With great power, comes great responsibility. The Top Chef talk starts at 36:00! And we watched Top Chef Season 6, Episode 6 "Penn and Teller"...

This week you're rocking with all three amigos and no one else. It's a boy'sode! We're talking about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 5 "Camping"... and we start doing it at 36:00.Also - we have our closest game of "Chefs I Prepared For You" ever, Mike Isabella forces us to talk about the monkey again, we do cowboy voices, and we wonder why the audience picked cactus... instead of KANGAROO! CACTUS... IN...

We have a real 3 Michelin Star episode for you this week, pod chef heads. This week your amigos are joined by tiny fish enthusiast and Top Chef contestant - Sara Hauman (@chefsara_h) for a good old fashioned interview. Sara was on Top Chef Portland - where she was known for her big laugh, love of yogurt, and tiny fish. We share an excerpt from Tom's Travel Journal, get the scoop about her time on...

This week the three amigos are joined by our good friend Lauren Gabel who can't wait to talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 4 "Vivre Las Vegas" with us, but we make her wait until 29:15. We also learn at the end of the record that Lauren has a bunch of food experience we didn't talk about, Jamal can quote the movie "Troy", Reaves can't talk, and Bryan shares some very funny Daniel Boulud facts h...