Can your biggest strength also be your biggest weakness? For Jodi Taffel, the answer is yes! Listen in as Neil is joined by Jodi - multiple time winner of the bacon category of the World Food Championship. They talk about her competition wins, as well as her acting career, and being unafraid to try things until they work. The conversation doesn’t end there; Neil and Jodi offer some great insights into the food industry among other things. Listen in!

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Topics:

(0:30) - Introducing Jodi

(8:58) - Jodi’s award-winning bacon dish

(10:52) - Where did you learn to cook and what motivates you to do this?

(13:19) - How closely do you pay attention to your ingredients and where they come from?

(17:45) - How do you deal with failure?

(19:50) - What do you think is the least understood thing about where food comes from?

(23:11) - Are you from the West Coast?

(24:43) - Jodi’s acting background

(29:33) - The difficulty of gaining attention and the importance of doing hard things