Latest Chef's story Podcast Episodes
Episode 68: Thomas Keller
Chef's Story - February 26, 2014 17:23 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsRenowned for his culinary skills and his impeccable standards, Thomas Keller has established a collection of restaurants that set a new paradigm within the hospitality industry. In 1994, he opened The French Laundry in Yountville, a wine country landmark that has been widely hailed as the finest...
Episode 67: Michael Tusk
Chef's Story - February 05, 2014 18:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsOn this week’s episode of Chef’s Story, Dorothy interviews Michael Tusk in California. Michael tells us about the things in his childhood that inspired him to get into the food world and become a chef. Later, he describes what it was like to open Quince in San Francisco. Tune in to hear the full...
Episode 66: Daniel Patterson Pt II
Chef's Story - January 22, 2014 17:48 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story, we hear the second half of Dorothy’s interview with chef Daniel Patterson, owner of Coi and author of Coi: Stories and Recipes. In this episode, Daniel talks about his passion for opening restaurants and working through the obstacles of maintaining a warm, intimate env...
Episode 65: Daniel Patterson Pt. 1
Chef's Story - January 15, 2014 17:50 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story, host Dorothy Cann Hamilton travels to San Francisco to interview chef Daniel Patterson about his restaurant: Coi, and his new book: Coi: Stories and Recipes. Dorothy and Daniel got into such an interesting conversation that we had to split it up into two segments! So s...
Episode 64: Joel Viehland
Chef's Story - January 08, 2014 18:52 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsJoel Viehland is combining Southern flavors with Nordic precision at Community Table in Washington, CT. Born in Chicago and raised in Milwaukee, Joel cut his teeth in a number of kitchens before making is way to Gramercy Tavern. Tune into this edition of Chef’s Story to hear why Joel was fired f...
Episode 63: Alain Sailhac
Chef's Story - December 11, 2013 17:10 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsIn this episode of Chef’s Story, host Dorothy Cann Hamilton asks French chef Alain Sailhac, Executive Vice President and Dean Emeritus at The International Culinary Center, about the food scarcity problem throughout his remarkable upbringing in southwest France during World War II. After the bre...
Episode 62: Clayton Miller
Chef's Story - November 13, 2013 18:59 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsSeven months after opening Trummer’s on Main, Clayton Miller received a call from Food & Wine notifying him that he was nominated for Best New Chef. It wasn’t a short and easy road for Clay. This week on Chef’s Story, Dorothy Cann Hamilton sits down with Clay to discuss his path to chef fame and...
Episode 61: Joshua Skenes
Chef's Story - November 06, 2013 16:57 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsJoshua Skenes is the Executive Chef, and Co-Owner of two-Michelin-star Saison in San Francisco’s Mission District. At Saison, Skenes takes a holistic approach to cooking by crafting food that allows diners to experience the natural sensibility of each ingredient’s origin, and layering flavors to...
Episode 60: Bobby Flay
Chef's Story - October 30, 2013 15:37 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsOn today’s episode of Chef’s Story, the guest is none other than Bobby Flay – food personality, celebrity chef, and restauranteur. Host Dorothy Cann Hamilton takes us through the beginnings of Flay’s career, from working as a busser, to getting his first start in the kitchen, going to the French...
Episode 59: Charles Phan Pt. 2
Chef's Story - October 23, 2013 15:41 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story, Charles Phan, owner and executive chef of The Slanted Door in San Francisco, joins host Dorothy Cann Hamilton for part two of a conversation about Charles’ special memories, beliefs, inspirations, and passions of his craft. Part two explores deeper into Charles’ life, ...
Episode 58: Charles Phan Pt. 1
Chef's Story - October 16, 2013 15:43 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story, Charles Phan, owner and executive chef of The Slanted Door in San Francisco, joins host Dorothy Cann Hamilton for a conversation about Charles’ special memories, beliefs, inspirations, and passions of his craft. Charles Phan was born in South Vietnam, but when his home...
Episode 57: Daniel Humm
Chef's Story - October 09, 2013 15:44 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsDaniel Humm is the Executive Chef and Co-Owner of Eleven Madison Park, in New York City. Eleven Madison Park expresses the spirit of grand New York dining, with executive chef Daniel Humm’s masterfully prepared pure, market-driven cuisine. A native of Switzerland, Daniel began his culinary train...
Episode 56: Shaun Hergatt
Chef's Story - September 25, 2013 15:48 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsShaun Hergatt is the executive chef of Juni, a boutique restaurant which celebrates the height of the season. An intimate affair between the guest and Chef Hergatt, the 50-seat restaurant offers an evolving menu that showcases the bounty of the seasons and ingredients when they are at their fres...
Episode 55: Chris Cosentino
Chef's Story - September 18, 2013 16:38 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsGrowing up in Rhode Island, Chris Cosentino spent his time clamming, commercial fishing, and cranking the pasta machine in his great-grandmother’s kitchen. He was raised on a cuisine particular to parts of New England where Atlantic seafood, Yankee fare and classic Italian cooking fuse into one ...
Episode 54: Gary Danko
Chef's Story - September 11, 2013 16:52 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story, host Dorothy Cann Hamilton is in the San Francisco Bay Area to speak with Gary Danko, executive chef his own personal restaurant, Gary Danko, located in Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco. Born and raised in the small town of Massena in upstate New York, he credits his p...
Episode 53: Jair Tellez
Chef's Story - September 04, 2013 16:22 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story, Jair Tellez joins host Dorothy Cann Hamilton to talk about his story to becoming a chef at MeroToro, and opening his first restaurant, Laja, located in Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California. After trying to study anthropology and law, he made his first jump into cooking ...
Episode 52: The Lee Brothers, Matt and Ted Lee
Chef's Story - August 28, 2013 16:57 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsSiblings Matt and Ted grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. When they left to attend colleges in the Northeast, they so missed the foods of their hometown that they founded The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue, a mail-order catalogue for southern pantry staples like stone-ground grits, fig pr...
Episode 51: Laurent Tourondel
Chef's Story - July 31, 2013 17:06 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story, Laurent Tourondel comes into the studio to tell us his story! A native of France, Chef Laurent Tourondel parlayed his love of food at an early age into a four year program at Saint Vincent Ecole de Cuisine in Montlucon, France where he earned a “d’Aptitude Professionne...
Episode 50: Dominique Ansel
Chef's Story - July 24, 2013 16:46 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsOn this special episode of Chef’s Story, host Dorothy Cann Hamilton speaks with Dominique Ansel, executive pastry chef of the Dominique Ansel Bakery, and the maker of the world famous Cronut. Speaking about his history working as an apprentice at the age of 16, he explains how he left school and...
Episode 49: Brooks Headley
Chef's Story - July 17, 2013 16:57 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story, Dorothy speaks with Brooks Headley, Head Executive Pastry Chef at Del Posto in New York City. Tying together his early passion for music and drumming with food and dessert, he talks with Dorothy about performing as both a musician and a chef, finding his start reading ...
Episode 48: John T Edge
Chef's Story - July 10, 2013 17:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsThis week on Chef’s Story we have John T Edge, who actually, (for the first time in this show’s history) is not a chef! Nonetheless, Mr. Edge is known throughout the food industry as a writer and educator, especially within southern culture. Edge holds an MA in Southern Studies from the Universi...
Episode 47: Michelle Weaver
Chef's Story - June 19, 2013 16:41 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsToday on Chef’s Story Michelle Weaver comes to us from Charleston Grill in Charleston, South Carolina to talk with us about her chef’s story! A native from the south and growing up in Alabama, Chef Michelle Weaver was raised with a passion for cooking, from learning at an early age the importanc...
Episode 46: Matthew Lightner
Chef's Story - June 12, 2013 16:52 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsToday on Chef’s Story, Matthew Lightner comes in to talk about his journey to becoming an executive chef at Atera, New York City. Together with host Dorothy Hamilton, Matthew takes us through his journey growing up in the Midwest, moving to Portland, Oregon at the age of 18, looking for work in ...
Episode 45: Sean Brock
Chef's Story - June 05, 2013 17:02 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsSean Brock is the executive chef of Husk, based in Charleston, South Carolina, with a new location also opening in Nashville, Tennessee. Born and raised in rural Virginia, the experience of growing his own food with his family sparked his interest in becoming a chef. Growing and cooking everythi...
Episode 44: Sara Moulton
Chef's Story - May 29, 2013 16:45 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsSara Moulton, a once reluctant on-air personality, is now one of the preeminent chefs on television. From behind the scenes with Julia Child, to being Gourmet magazine’s in-house chef, and correspondent to Good Morning America, Sara has shaped the way of our American palate, both visually and vi...
Episode 43: Marc Vidal
Chef's Story - May 22, 2013 17:26 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsChef Marc Vidal is bringing a history of Catalan and French food to Boqueria. On this week’s episode of Chef’s Story, Dorothy Cann Hamilton is joined in the studio by Marc to talk about the original Boqueria- a vibrant market in Barcelona. How did the market influence Marc’s culinary senses at a...
Episode 42: Alex Guarnaschelli
Chef's Story - May 15, 2013 17:36 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsAlexandra “Alex” Guarnaschelli is an Iron Chef, Food Network celebrity chef and the world-renowned executive chef at both New York City’s Butter restaurant and award-winning The Darby restaurant. She is also a television personality on the Food Network shows Chopped, Iron Chef America, All Star ...
Episode 41: Daniel Boulud
Chef's Story - May 08, 2013 17:28 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsDaniel Boulud is a world renowned chef and restauranteur hailing from a farm just outside Lyon, France. He is chef and owner of several of the top restaurants around the globe, including Daniel, the 3 Michelin Star New York City restaurant. Daniel has been in the restaurant industry since he was...
Episode 40: Kenny Callaghan
Chef's Story - May 01, 2013 16:54 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsWith summer quickly approaching, get into the spirit of the barbecue season! Hear the story of pit-master Kenny Callaghan of Blue Smoke, one of the premier BBQ restaurants in New York City on this week’s Chef’s Story. Kenny’s story is an unconventional one: after starting work at the age of 14 c...
Episode 39: Francois Payard
Chef's Story - April 24, 2013 17:46 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 66 ratingsChef Francois Payard is one of the most highly regarded and critically acclaimed pastry chefs in the world. Hear him recount his culinary journey this week on Chef’s Story. After moving to New York City in 1990 from traveling around Paris honing his skills in three-star Michelin rated pastry kit...
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