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Rags To Dishes

109 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratings

Traumatized by the service industry, two former co workers (Max Messier Richter & Dan Cotter) reminisce over the war stories and horrors of kitchens they've worked in. From drug ridden dishwashers to mentally ill line cooks and everyone and thing in between Rags To Dishes dives deep into the shadows of the culinary/service industry

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Episodes

Rags To Dishes 9: "Snatched Up By An Owl"

December 28, 2020 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MB

Got Yeast? In this installment of R2D our hosts discuss holiday baking, and how fucking good everyone got at baking this year. We dive back into the expo station this week but branch out to the line and wait staff and the do's and dont's of working in between them. Introducing some of the supporting cast of next weeks episode Dan & Max compare the line cooks to their NBA Player comparison. Lots of laughs and heated debates this week... whos ready for next?

Rags To Dishes 8: A Christmas Special

December 21, 2020 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

In this weeks episode of Rags To Dishes, Max & Dan throw a wildcard episode out as they stray a bit from the normal focus of the show by trading their best and worst christmas party stories. Max goes into detail about his Mews Tavern beef as well as a quick lead up to next weeks exposode 3

Rags To Dishes 7: Exposode 2

December 14, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

In this weeks installment of R2D Max & Dan continue their comparisons of expo workers to NBA players... They continue on about the expo station and the annoyances that came with the job. We introduce the villain to this series THE INFAMOUS JOC. Thats right and they are just getting started! 

Rags To Dishes 6: Exposode 1

December 07, 2020 05:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

This week our hosts discuss some deeper questions... like is 2 ounces of sauce per meal enough? and Should Max make an only fans?  In Exposode 1 Max & Dan introduce you to their bread and butter, The EXPO station and all that comes with it. Cutting pickles, Burning croutons, Sauce portioning and all the good juices to build up for more expo stories from the vault. Is Dan Cotter the Kevin Garnett of Expediting??? Tune in and find out. 

Rags To Dishes 5: Prepisode 2

November 16, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

In this weeks episode of Rags To Dishes Dan & Max show us an inside look at the establishments prep kitchen along with its daily tasks. We talk about the legend of the stolen dogged, acid laced, insanity that was Julie as well as the slow work of Julien. Stories are shared of our time prepping along with tales from the fry shed and the agony of days in the prep kitchen... well not really

Rags To Dishes 4: Prepisode 1

November 09, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MB

In this weeks edition of Rags To Dishes our hosts talk about their experience in the prep kitchen of the infamous establishment they worked at together. They talk Dave Chapelle for far too long.. or not long enough? R2D reviews over the 4 horsemen of the prep kitchen while sharing stories of the day to day life of a prep cook. The advantages it brought as well as the frustrations...

Rags To Dishes 3: CLEAN STEEL PART TWO

November 02, 2020 05:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB

In episode 3 of Rags To Dishes, Max & Dan return to the crash continuing the conversation from episode 2. They discuss the various Pandora stations that played at the establishment as well as some of the all time pranks the dishwashers had to endure. While talking about the remaining Dish Warriors touching stories and gruesome falls the boys set up for the next topic of discussion. 

Rags To Dishes 2: CLEAN STEEL

October 26, 2020 04:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MB

In episode 2 of Rags To Dishes Max & Dan take you through the world of dishwashing and the warriors that man the pit. From Anatoly to Loyalty they talk about the some of the disasters and some of the great players of the sport. The Mantra of "Clean Steel" and the legendary end of the night crash will set you back a few laughs... 

Rags To Dishes 1: Origins

October 19, 2020 03:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

In the Intro episode to Rags To Dishes, Max & Dan talk about how they got involved in the service industry. They reminisce to how they met at the job that took them on a wild ride in their tenure of service.