Pod Chef

This week we're joined by improviser and friend Taylor Kniffin (@tkniffin) to talk about sailing, play a game of mind meld, and recap Top Chef S06, E03 "Thunderbirds".The Top chef talk starts at 33:30.----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 s...

Let's get two things out of the way real quick - 1 - Jamal isn't here this week.2 - Bryan's mic sounds bad, even though Reaves told him it sounded ok. Now that we've got that out of the way. The Top Chef talk starts at 27:05, sort of. This week you got two amigos, Bryan and Reaves, as Jamal misses his first recording ever, but don't worry we're still doing what we love to do watch Top Chef and tal...

If you don't like when we chop it up at the beginning... you're gonna wanna jump ahead to 37:40 when the Top Chef talk gets going. We're joined by our good and very funny friend, Annie Barry (@barryisscary), who helps us bust open a new season of Top Chef as we talk about Top Chef Season 6, Episode 1 - "Sin City Vice". We also spend... too much time talking about prom, we go over last season's rep...

The Top Chef starts at the 30 minute mark. We're back in NOLA BABY!We read two more excerpts from Tom's travel journal, we all take turns doing Christian Bale's Batman voice... pretty good, explore the inherent and outwardly spoken classicism in Top Chef, and we all wish Carla had won.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last...

The Top Chef talk starts at the 28 minute mark. We're talking Top Chef Season 5, Episode 13 "Season Finale Pt 1".In this episode Bryan shares about his struggles with curry, we read another insert from Tom's walkabout journal, and we get a drop in visit from our favorite white pastor the good reverend Han Gary.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know wha...

It's episode 100 of Pod Chef! And to help us celebrate this momentous occasion, some of our closest friends called into our voicemail box and left us VERY NICE MESSAGES! And even though we are celebrating, we're still talking about Top Chef, because we know you Top Chef heads NEED IT and IT starts at 41:45.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what yo...

Reaves is back!! So if you stopped listening because Reaves was on his walkabout with Tom, you can come back baby! We kept your room just as you left it. We're at full strength! Three amigos! We're talking about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 11 and we start doing it at 37:00!Reaves tells us about his time in the bush with Tom, we read a page from Tom's travel journal. we check out a new room, and REA...

Just in time for football season, we're talking about a 16 year old episode of TV...Top Chef Season 5, Episode 9 "Super Bowl Chef Showdown". Which starts at 17:30.We make our long awaited return to the writer's room which has the Black Phone guy in it... and this is episode 98... 100 coming soon!----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for d...

Restaurant war... Restaurant war never changes. Suit up soldier, you've been drafted into the Restaurant War! Two Amigos is better than zero amigos so shut up. We're talking about Top Chef which starts at 24:45. We do a new segment called Food News (clever), we listen to a voicemail from Reverend Han Gary of The Church of Food and Wine Magazine who’s a white man, and more stuff happens. as always....

Top Chef talk starts at 19:20.Still just Jamal and Bryan, are you ok with this yet? We watched Top Chef Season 5, Episode 8 - "Down on the Farm" and we just had to get on here and tell ya'll about it. Then the Spam Man made an appearance after we invoked him during the Quickfire discussion, Bryan is trying to be the white Jamal, and we get a little explicit about the pork.----more----Subscribe for...

We might have done this episode before. Have we? We're too afraid to look. Either way the Top Chef talk starts at 28:35.This week it's just your two best friends again, but we got a voicemail from Reaves updating us on his walkabout with Tom, we talk about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 7 "Focus Group", and we learn about the difference between being risky and being stupid.----more----Subscribe for ne...

The Top Chef talks at 22:00It's just Jamal and Bryan again but ISN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU PEOPLE? We're talking about not having sex in the kitchen and how people need to stop sexualizing "Yes, Chef", Bryan learns how time works, we update "12 Days of Christmas", and remember when Nancy Pelosi wore kente cloth?----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what...

Sorry this is late, but Bryan had surgery last week and he's been going through it. This week we're joined once again by our good friend Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms) to talk about Top Chef Season 05, Episode 05 - "Gail's Bridal Shower". The Top Chef talk starts at 35:00.Jeff thinks steak is overrated.  Cream of wheat - black | Oatmeal - white.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate u...

This week we are not reviewing an episode of Top Chef. Instead we are reviewing our trip to Dale Talde's restaurant - Goosefeather! Spoiler alert... we loved it! We'll be back to talking Top Chef next week, but for now please enjoy us talking about food and if you get the chance to sit it out or dance, we hope you go to Goosefeather.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 st...

It's just your two best friends, Bryan and Jamal, this week. No guest... even though Rosie got fired because she was too busy. But we carry on and talk about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 4 - "The Today Show". And we sort of start doing that around... 21:15.We also did a lot of hat talk this week, some rambling about the Supreme Court and brussels sprouts... it's a wild one with just two best friends...

Well... Vic is out as our new cohost, but Rosie Grant (TikTok graveyard famous) is in! And she is a woman and she wants to talk about Top Chef Season 5, Episode 3 "Foo Fighters Thanksgiving". And we start talking about it at 35:12.Also - Rosie tells us about recipes on gravestones, we all share our love for topless restaurants (we love small plates), and we give advice to aspiring improvisers. Che...

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...