A Foodie’s World is back and this time we’re bringing on two previous guests, Krista Lepore and Brian Duffy!

Listen as Krista and Brian interview each other and talk about how their management styles differ, how COVID changed the way many restaurants run, and the way to ensure great interactions between employees and customers while also ensuring greatness in the quality of your restaurant and food.

0:00-Introduction

1:08-Brian Duffy Introduction

2:55-Krista Lepore Introduction

4:13-Krista’s and Brian’s views on Front of the House

8:23-Why was there a change from employers interviewing employees to employees interviewing employers?

12:09-How did a shift from cash to credit influence how restaurants treat their employees?

14:39-How does working in restaurants usually change one’s quality of life?

16:50-How should you educate your employees?

23:18-How should you balance service and food knowledge?

27:57-How can communication in the restaurant lead to a great experience for the guest?

33:54-Why Brian doesn’t tolerate bad training

42:20-How can pricing influence sales and food quality?

45:40-Why working in restaurants is really a sales job

49:30-Why aren’t servers (usually) as good as they used to be?

51:43-What are the 5 main points for the front and back of the house?

1:06:06-What is the true meaning of a chef?

1:08:08-How do Krista and Brian’s management styles differ?

1:13:07-The Beauty of Listening to Each Other and Understanding the Consequences of Your Actions

1:18:56-Conclusion

In the season finale of A Foodie’s World, as well as the second part of the Foodie’s World interview with Krista Lepore, she dives more into the importance of being a food critic. She explains the different levels of food criticism, how food critics help explain what is really healthy and what’s really worth the price the food is marketed at, and what else food critics look for when critiquing a restaurant. It’s a season finale you won’t want to miss!

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We close out Season 1 with a two part interview with Krista Lepore, host of Travel Channel's American Roadhouse!

Listen as she discusses her journey on what made her the FOH expert and iconic TV show host she is today. This is an episode you won't want to miss!

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We have an exciting surprise at A Foodie’s World today as we have beloved chef and TV personality Brian Duffy! He talks about what it was like growing up in a family of chefs and entrepreneurs and how traveling the world influenced his skills as a chef. He also gives us a peak into the kitchen as he explains what it is like to mix being a chef with being an entrepreneur.

You can follow Brian Duffy here:

https://chefbrianduffy.com/

https://www.instagram.com/chefbriduff/?hl=en

https://x.com/Chefbriduff

https://x.com/DuffifiedLive

https://www.facebook.com/BRIANDUFFYCHEF

0:00-Introduction

1:14-How Brian’s story began

5:12-How did Brian’s Irish Italian roots influence his love for food?

7:19-Did Brian start cooking early in life?

11:37-What made Brian start his first company?

23:26-What is it like running a small company?

25:04-How do you go about helping small restaurants?

31:49-How have non-traditional cooking influenced both Anmar and Brian’s cooking styles?

40:03-How does Brian help his clients feel like “they’re winning the race”?

53:33-What is Brian’s style of food?

55:14-What does Brian think the difference between a cook and a chef is?

1:00:43-What can we expect of Brian in the future?

1:06:37-Conclusion

Cuisine by Noel’s Noel Cunningham talks about how his journey from Jamaica to Canada led him to become the chef he is today. He talks about how he realized he prefers cooking at restaurants to hotels, why he also preferred being a chef to a cook, and what the art of being a chef is like in general.

You can order his book here:

https://www.amazon.com/Cuisine-Noel-Culinary-Journey-Through/dp/1999144007

You can follow Noel here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/noel-cunningham-60ba65123/

https://www.instagram.com/iamchefnoel/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/iamchefnoel

https://www.youtube.com/c/NoelCunninghamChef

0:00-Introduction

3:50-What Restaraunt Did Noel Start At?

4:43-What Is The Difference between a Chef and Cook?

7:01-Is being a Chef like being an Artist?

7:55-Do you agree with what the 5 Basic Sources of Cooking are? And do you agree many chefs have turned it into something different? Also what are the sacred sources?

15:50-Are chefs crazy?

16:30-What would you consider a real chef?

27:03-What inspired Noel to write his own cook book? Also how it’s going with the book? And where can you buy it?

31:14-How would Noel describe the kind of cooking he does?

32:05-What are two types of foreign food Noel would combine together?

34:10-What is the most obvious Jamaican herb you would use in a regular basis?

35:25-What is one exclusively Jamaican product Noel would recommend?

38:10-If Noel would make a mystical dish what would it be?

39:55-How important is it for Noel to source his food?

42:19-Are restaurants getting lost with taste?

48:05-How does Noel design his menus?

50:07-Where can you find Noel?

51:23-Conclusion

Author of Talk to the Trees Rachel Strivelli talks about how you can be a foodie while keeping your diet from the earth to the table. She talks about how she was a foodie before anyone knew who a foodie was, why caring for the environment leads to not only tastier but more nutritious food, and why it’s always important to eat organic.

You can follow Rachel Strivelli here:

www.rachelstrivelli.com

https://www.amazon.com/Talk-Trees-Wake-Wisdom-Wonder/dp/B0BXMTJT4C

0:00-Introduction

0:52-Why did Rachel decide to be here today?

3:49-Why is gardening so important?

9:18-When growing your own food should you take the weeds out between the food?

14:06-How do you know something is organic?

22:28-How important is it to eat ground from table?

32:14-How can people use every part of the plant in their food?

46:04-What is Talk To The Trees about?

52:12-What is Rachel’s super food superhero?

53:33-What is Rachel’s favorite food?

55:18-How can they get a hold of Rachel?

57:27-Conclusion

Private chef John Cifrese joins A Foodie’s World. He talks about how not only his family but how working at an Italian Deli as well as working as a cook for the CIA started his love of cooking. He then talks about how his Italian roots influenced his cooking, the science of baking, and the ways he is always playing around with his menu.

0:00-Introduction

3:05-Did John’s Italian roots influence his cooking?

5:37-What is the science of baking like?

7:29-How does Molecular Gastronomy influence his baking?

9:22-Has John tried Molecular Gastronomy in his baking?

10:10-What is John’s speciality?

12:39-What are John’s thoughts on pre made foods?

14:17-Does John play with his food?

16:39-How does John plate?

25:21-What is John’s favorite cooking technique?

28:05-What is John’s comfort food?

33:10-What was John’s experience like cooking on a yacht?

37:49-What would John have been if he wasn’t a private chef?

45:01-Conclusion

Kadin McElwain joins A Foodie’s World to talk about his efforts to raise awareness about autism, his experience living with autism, and his relationship with food. He talks about how his family influenced his food tastes, how he developed cooking skills growing up, what he’s doing to reach his goals once he’s done with college, and why he’s trying to eat healthier.

You can follow Kadin here:

twitter.com/73TweetsStuff

instagram.com/73postshere

deviantart.com/kadin73thedeviant

discord.com/channels/1006704924144447529/1006704925151084586

kadin73.newgrounds.com

reddit.com/user/Designer-Stable-3827

tiktok.com/@73tikkytokky?lang=en

soundcloud.com/kadin-73

youtube.com/@73network83/featured

https://www.youtube.com/@Kadin73

0:00-Introduction

4:36-What Was Kadin’s Experience with Food Growing Up?

6:55-What Kind of Weird Foods Has Kadin Eaten?

8:52-What Is Kadin Studying Towards?

9:52-How Has Kadin Tried to Reach His Goals?

11:20-Who Is Kadin’s Favorite Artist?

11:59-Why Does Kadin and his generation love rap?

13:05-What is Kadin’s Comfort Food?

14:20-Why is Kadin trying to eat less fast food?

16:27-What is it like to be on the Autistic Spectrum (and how has it influenced Kadin’s life)?

22:48-What is Kadin’s special attributes on the spectrum?

24:44-Where would Kadin like to work?

26:13-What are some of Kadin’s other visions for his movement?

27:51-How does Kadin see himself running this movement?

29:09-What is Kadin’s website?

30:08-Conclusion

Caterer Crystal Harden Hill talks about her journey on A Foodie’s World. She talks about how she went from hairdressing to making steak sauce to catering. She also talks about what it is like to be a self taught cook and caterer as well as how, in general, she brings her personality to anything she does while helping out her clients.     

0:00-Introduction

9:39-What Was The #1 Dish You Made Your Own?

10:29-How Much Does Crystal Research?

15:13-What is Crystal’s favorite thing to cook?

23:11-Where do Crystal’s ideas come from?

27:21-Does Crystal dream about food?

30:04-How In Depth Do Crystal’s Client’s instructions go?

34:38-Where Does Crystal get her visions when she’s plating her food?

45:44-What is Krystal’s Food Superhero?

49:18-How can you get a hold of Krystal?

You can follow T&C Catering here:

https://www.facebook.com/tccatering.net

Today on A Foodie’s World we talk to retired chef Ben Umayum. We talk about how his upbringing traveling the world developed his love of food, how he went to cooking school late in life, why Ben doesn’t like the word foodie, and how his taste buds have developed the more he’s traveled the world in retirement.

0:00-Introduction

1:00-Ben’s life as an Army Brat and How That Led Him to Cooking School

10:30-Are Foreign Foods Americanized in American Restaurants?

13:09-Or Is There a Fusion of American and Foreign Foods?

20:49-What are Ben’s thoughts on the shifting focus between food being tasty to looking good?

36:24-What is the strangest but nice food Ben has eaten on his travels? Also what is the worst thing he’s had?

42:23-Where is Ben’s food traveling experience taking him?

50:40-Conclusion