Chef Shota Nakajima (S8/Ep.07)

Shota Nakajima is the chef/owner of Taku Seattle and Kōbo Pizza in Seattle. His restaurants have racked up a number of accolades including “Best New Restaurant” by The Seattle Times and “Top 10 Restaurant” in Seattle Magazine. You may also recognize him from Season 18 of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” where he placed as a top […]

Beyond the Drink: Vlad Novikov & the Hanky Panky (S8/Ep.06)

Vlad Novikov is the General Manager of the Silver Lyan in Washington, DC. Prior to being in DC, he spent several years in Chicago developing cocktail programs for various bars and lounges and also served as the Director of Cocktails and Culture at The Peninsula Chicago. Vlad walks us through a cocktail made famous by […]

Will Guidara (S8/Ep.05)

Will Guidara is the former owner of Eleven Madison Park, a restaurant that once held the #1 spot on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. He is often referred to as a master in hospitality – both in and out of the restaurant industry – which inspired him to write his first book, Unreasonable Hospitality; […]

Beyond the Drink: Haley Traub’s Il Porto Negroni (S8/Ep.04)d

Haley Traub was the 2018 national champion of Speed Rack, an all-female bartending competition designed to highlight up-and-coming talent in the cocktail industry. She has been bartending in New York City for a decade and is currently the GM of Lower East Side cocktail institution Attaboy, where she oversaw the team that took home the […]

Chef Yotam Ottolenghi (S8/Ep.03)

Yotam Ottolenghi is the author of nine bestselling and multi-award-winning cookbooks that have sold millions of copies around the world. He is the restaurateur and chef-patron of five Ottolenghi delis, as well as the NOPI and ROVI restaurants in London. In this episode, Ottolenghi shares why he believes people around the world are attracted to […]

Beyond the Drink: Shawn Lickliter’s Lemon Verbena (S8/Ep.02)

Shawn Lickliter is considered one of LA’s most respected, talented, and innovative wine and spirits professionals. Since 2014, he has been the Beverage Director for Chefs Walter and Margarita Manzke’s properties including République, Manzke, Bicyclette Bistro, Petty Cash Taqueria, and Sari Sari Store. Shawn often takes inspiration from the Farmers Market, which is reflected in […]

Chef Daniel Humm (S8/Ep.01)

Photo Credit: Craig McDean Daniel Humm has received numerous global accolades including multiple James Beard Foundation Awards, three Michelin Stars, and the #1 spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. He is the Chef and Owner of Make It Nice, the New York-based hospitality group behind Eleven Madison Park and Eleven Madison Home. In […]

Chef Ludo Lefebvre (S7/Ep.18)

Ludo Lefebvre is a chef, restaurateur, author, TV personality and twin dad. He is one of the most influential chefs in Los Angeles who is credited with starting the pop-up restaurant phenomenon. You may have eaten in one of his award-winning restaurants such as Petit Trois or seen him on one of the many TV […]

Chefs Bryan and Michael Voltaggio (S7/Ep.17)

Bryan and Michael Voltaggio are brothers, business partners, chefs, restaurateurs, authors, TV personalities and dads. In this episode we discuss how they went from teenagers working at a Holiday Inn in Maryland to being arguably the best known duo in the food world. We talk about the different paths each of them took to get […]

Beyond the Drink: Wine and… Honeyglow Pineapple! (S7/Ep.16)

In last week’s episode of Beyond the Plate, we talked with Chef Brooke Williamson. When we asked for her go-to snack, she shared a couple of her current favorites. We were intrigued by the honeyglow pineapple (more on that in the episode). For this week’s Beyond the Drink, ONEHOPE Wine’s Head Winemaker (Mari Wells Coyle) […]