Andrew Talks to Chefs
Our top chefs, as you’ve never heard them before. Author Andrew Friedman, one of the nation's chief chroniclers of professional kitchen life, interviews a diverse cross-section of the best and biggest names in the business, bringing his personal relationships and industry knowledge to bear in coaxing personal and professional revelations from his guests.
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Episodes (833)
SPECIAL REPORT #37: Preeti Mistry on the Larger Lessons of Alison Roman's Very B...
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SPECIAL REPORT #36: David Nayfeld on the Changes that Need to be Made
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SPECIAL REPORT #35: Jodi Liano (San Francisco Cooking School) on the Surprisingl...
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SPECIAL REPORT #34: "Shelter en Place" Theater presents Hannibal with Guest Crit...
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SPECIAL REPORT #32 & 33: Scott Varricchio, Ian Boden, and Craig Melillo on the 3...
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SPECIAL REPORT #31: Lisa Abend (author and Vanity Fair contributor) on a Global...
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SPECIAL REPORT #30: Darren Underway, sous chef & author of The Stay-Put Cookbook
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SPECIAL REPORT #29: "Shelter en Place" Theater presents Dinner Rush, with Guest...
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SPECIAL REPORT #28: Jose Arroyo on Clearing the Board
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SPECIAL REPORT #27: William Sitwell on the Past, and Future, of Restaurants
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SPECIAL REPORT #26: Dan Kluger on Quarantine Lessons & Remembering Floyd Cardoz
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SPECIAL REPORT #25: "Shelter en Place" Theater presents Demolition Man (1993) wi...
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SPECIAL REPORT #24: Edouardo Jordan on Being Resilient & Why People Visit Seattl...
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SPECIAL REPORT #23: Jeff Gordinier on That Esquire Piece & Hugh Acheson on (not)...
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SPECIAL REPORT #22: Caroline Glover on Climbing Up the Hill
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SPECIAL REPORT #21: Celia Sack (Omnivore Books) on Why We Cook at Times Like Thi...
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SPECIAL REPORT #20: Shelter en Place Theater presents a review of Jon Favreau's...
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Special Report #19: Robert Simonson on the Cocktail Hour Renaissance in the Time...
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Special Report #18: John Winterman on Using the Right Glassware During a Pandemi...
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Special Report #17: Ned Baldwin on How to Dress an Egg
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Special Report #16: Amanda Cohen on What Kind of Restaurants We're Going to Have
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SPECIAL REPORT #15: Shelter en Place Theater presents a Review of Burnt, starrin...
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SPECIAL REPORT #14: Ashtin Berry on Evolving Toward a More Equal & Inclusive Ind...
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SPECIAL REPORT #13: Katherine Miller (James Beard Foundation) on Helping the Ind...
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SPECIAL REPORT #12: Matt Sartwell (Kitchen Arts & Letters) and Ken Concepcion (N...
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Episode 114: Iliana Regan (chef & Burn the Place author)
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SPECIAL REPORT #11: John Currence on Optimism in a Time of Pandemic
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SPECIAL REPORT #10: Erick Williams on Slowing Things Down & Short-Term Wins
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SPECIAL REPORT #9: Jacques Pépin & Rollie Wesen on Culinary Frugality & the Powe...
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SPECIAL REPORT #8: Dan Jacobs on the Zen of Clean Kitchens & Being a Chef with K...
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SPECIAL REPORT #7: Brandon Jew on Imagining & Adjusting to the Ever-Changing Fut...
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SPECIAL REPORT #6: Farmer Lee Jones on Shifting Gears & Servicing Home Cooks
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SPECIAL REPORT #5: Kat Kinsman on Putting on Your Kitchen Pants, and Rememberin...
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SPECIAL REPORT #4: Los Angeles Check-In (Part 2) with Nyesha Arrington, Dave Ber...
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SPECIAL REPORT #3: Phil Rosenthal Just Wants Chefs to Know He Loves Them
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SPECIAL REPORT #2: Naomi Pomeroy on Balancing Grief & Silver Linings
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SPECIAL REPORT: Gavin Kaysen on the Restaurant Industry's Unique Challenges
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Episode 113: Philly Chef Conference with Antonio Bachour, Chelsea Gregoire, Jaso...
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Episode 112: Will Guidara & Kevin Boehm: A Conversation about Hospitality
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Episode 111: Rocco DiSpirito, part 2; filmmaker Joanna James (A Fine Line docume...
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Episode 110: Rocco DiSpirito (Chef and Author), Part 1; Scott Varricchio (Citrus...
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Episode 109: Emily Luchetti (Bay Area pastry chef, author)
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Episode 108: Francisco Migoya (Modernist Cuisine)
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Episode 107: Erick Williams (Virtue Restaurant, Chicago, IL)
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Episode 106: Jean-Louis Palladin and the Young Americans, with special guest Jac...
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Episode 105: Talking Cookbooks with Paul Kahan, Jamie Feldmar, Raquel Pelzel & R...
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Episode 104: Our Best (sound) Bites of 2019
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Episode 103: Nick Muncy (Toothache magazine founder & pastry chef, Michael Mina)
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Episode 102: Suzanne Cupps (232 Bleecker, New York City)
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