Pod Chef

This week your best friends watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 14 "Manhattan Project" and talked about it in a funny way. Also - Bryan gave his report card grade for his dinner at Tom's restaurant Craft, Jamal shares the latest pages from the Top Chef Movie that Tom is writing, and they all reveal that they were in high school bands and want to share the music with you if you send us $15.This week...

This week your three best friends had a grand ole time talkin about Top Chef Season 3, Episode 13 - "Snacks on a Plane" (decent title). Bryan updates the amigos about his trip to the White Mountains, Reaves gets an unboxing video from Tom, and Jamal is the host. This week's episode has a REAL AD! Make sure you check out OhHeyFckYou.com and be sure to use the promo code PODCHEF at checkout when buy...

Sorry this episode is late, but Bryan (me) is on vacation and I'm on island time so it's on time for me. (I'm on the lovely island of New Hampshire). This week the three amigos are joined by their number one fan Shelley Granger (Annie Barry) to discuss her fandom for the boys and Top Chef Season 3, Episode 12 "Chefs Overboard".  Things get weird and stay weird, but isn't that how it always goes? A...

The b-b-b--boys are back in town and they're talking about Top Chef! This week we watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 11 - "Second Helping" and talked about it. We also had a spirited discussion about the important of youth sports, Jamal got a voicemail from Tom, we read more pages from the Top Chef Movie, and there's a lot more but I cut A LOT from this one and don't remember what made the episode...

Just when I thought I was out... Pod Chef pulled me back in! This week the three amigos watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 10 "Restaurant Wars". We also got a some exciting new content from Tom in the Top Chef Cinematic Universe, Jamal tells us he saw Zebras in the wild, and WE TALK ABOUT THE MONKEY. All of that a whole lot more behind the paywall of this week's POD CHEF!----more----Subscribe for...

Celebrate Labor Day the Pod Chef way (by listening to Pod Chef? I don't know)! This week your THREE BEST FRIENDS watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 9 - "Guilty Pleasures" (another boring title). We got a new scene from Tom's Top Chef movie, we heard about Reaves' trip to Hawaii (involving toe talk for the feet freaks!), chat about AR's hot dog party, and you better believe we're talkin monkeys aga...

Sadly this week it's only two amigos in the kitchen... But thankfully it's your two favorite amigos - Bryan and Jamal! (we miss you Reaves). This week we watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 8 - "Freezer Burn". We got some new pages from Tom's Top Chef Movie, Bryan tells us about a Billy Idol wedding he went to, we finally call out Dwight Howard for fleecing the Wizards (NBA), We give Hamburger Help...

Three amigos... full strength... UNDEFEATED! This week your best friends watched a weird reunion episode of Top Chef... season 3, episode 7 "What What Happens Special". We also got a new scene from Tom's Top Chef movie, Bryan and Jamal share some BIG hollywood news, we almost conjure Bloody Mary AND Candyman, Reaves time travels, and Jamal is very angry at Bryan for being a sleepy boy. All this an...

This week the three amigos watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 6 - "Latin Lunch" (another boring title). We get another scene from Tom's Top Chef movie, Bryan made THE PIE, we sneak a little more monkey talk into the episode, and Jamal tries out a new segment to end the show called "Bryan's Dying To Give You His Opinion And He's Not Lyin". ALL THIS AND MUCH MUCH MORE SO STICK AROUND! ----more----Su...

Your three best friends in the whole world watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 5 - "Cooking By Numbers". Jamal tells a riveting story about his trip to the zoo, Reaves shares the latest scene from the Top Chef movie Tom is writing, and Bryan is there too.----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 episod...

Oh you didn't know? Yo ass betta call somebodaaaaayyyyyyyyy!!!! And if you ain't down with that, we got two words FOR YA - POD CHEF!!! (wrestling)Well it's everybody's favorite podcast (Pod Chef) and their three best friends (Bryan, Jamal, and Reaves) talking about their favorite tv show (Top Chef). This week we watched season 3, episode 4 - "Family Favorites" and had a grand ole time chattin abou...

This week the THREE amigos are back at full strength and talking about Top Chef Season 3 Episode 3 "Sunny Delights". We get Reaves' review of his trip to Bryan's hometown - Chincoteague Island, we reveal that the contestants have to fight one of the judges to avoid getting eliminated, and we discuss the troubled rise and fall of the middle finger. If I had to describe this episode in three words i...

Reaves didn't show up to another record, but Bryan and Jamal were there and even though they missed their amigo, they still had a freakin BANGARANG episode! That's right, your two best friends watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 2 "First Impressions". And oh boy did we have a lot of fun. Here are some alternate episode titles I almost used - "Charity Chicken" / "It's Not Tom Ford, It's Tom For-ward...

NO DAYS OFF! Just because a new season of Top Chef just ended, doesn't mean the three amigos are going on vacation. We are headed to Miami to watch Top Chef Season 3 and we are starting with episode 1 - "4-Star All Stars" - which is the all stars from season 1 and 2 for some reason... So all of our old friends are back and they are back to their old tricks - and we love to see it, we missed them e...

This week the three amigos say ADIOS to another season of Top Chef. We watch Top Chef Season 18, Episode 14 "The Next Top Chef Is..." (GREAT episode title...) and then talk about it like the best friends we are. Also - Tom gave us our report cards, we reveal who won our fantasy league, and we decide not to watch Top Chef Amateurs because it looks like shit. See you on season 3!----more----Subscrib...

This week our record was infiltrated by Chet Montgomery who forced Bryan and Reaves to play The Top Chef Newly Wed Game with their wives - Ginnie and Kerry. Once we figured out how the game worked, we ended up having a pretty good time. And then after Chet fled the recording and Jamal came back, our wives stuck around and helped us discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 13 - "Shelfishly Delicious". ...

We are BACK AT FULL BEST FRIENDS STRENGTH and are joined by our friend and social media marketing mogul Charlie Visconage who gives us some FREE tips to help us market the podcast and get those coveted 5 stars! We watched Top Chef Season 18, Episode 12 - "The Cheesier, The Better". We each take turns saying Oregon a couple of times, hit the writer's room to punch up a joke for Padma, and try to fi...

Well folks you only get TWO AMIGOS again this week because Bryan had to miss the record, but he did edit the episode so it's sort of like he was there. We had the pleasure of being joined by Jeff Ray (Jeff Ray Films, guy who made our theme song!) as we watched Top Chef Season 18, Episode 11 - "Blind Ambition". We learn about Jeff's process for coming up with our amazing theme song, talk about the...

This week there are only TWO BEST FRIENDS as Reaves was busy celebrating his birthday and couldn't make the record, but we powered through and had a killer episode with a KILLER guest - Monique Moses (Astronomy Club). We discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 10 "Tournament of Tofu". We speculate that Dawn "cheated" off Byron even though we love her and we love Shota vs. Maria. We also learned that b...

This week it's just your best friends and we're talking Top Chef Season 18, Episode 9 - "Portland-ia"! It was Bryan's birthday during the record so he gets the guest treatment as we take you through another forgettable episode of this season of Top Chef... This episode is full of old hipster tropes, a terrible elimination challenge, and a chef who can't stop making bad pasta... And then Tom stole...

It's the most wonderful time of the year - Restaurant Wars! Your three best friends are joined by their friend and actor/improviser Casey Karaman to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 8 - "Restaurant Wars". Jamal tells us about his Juneteenth preparations, we awkwardly read some very nice reviews of the pod, and have a lot of fun talking about a nice, but boring episode of Top Chef. Also - we had...

This week your three best friends are joined by Sebastian Conelli (Loud About Nothing) for an extremely wild and loud podcast. We briefly discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 7 - "Feeding the Frontlines" but we also have a lot of fun chatting about nothing. Also Bryan ate at Tom's new restaurant, Vallata, where he ran into Tom, but Tom acted like he didn't know him....This episode goes out to every...

This week your three best friends are joined by Chef and Fanfic author Quentin Anonymous (Stephen Mann) to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 6 - "Stumptown, USA". We talk about Quentin's food truck in DC, share our thoughts on whether or not our food knows us, and BRYAN DID #THESTEW.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last...

Get in losers we're going to the drive in! This week your three best friends are joined by the extremely funny Annie Barry (Bandit Theater) to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 5 "Meet You At the Drive-In". We learn that no one wants to eat roses, being a vegan is hard, and Tom Colicchio was clearly on that PORTLAND GREEN during this episode.----more----Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. R...

The three amigos continue their streak of terrific guests with Ahsohn Williams (Ahsohn the DJ, Carl Calls his Cousin, The Weekly Regular) to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 4 - "Thrown for a Loop". We learn that a DJ is basically a music chef, re-learn that you never make risotto on Top Chef (even if you call it something Ohio-y), and that food is pretty ok without vegetables as long as you fu...