On this episode of Best Served Live, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with D'Andre Carter of Soul & Smoke and Feast & Imbibe to talk about talks to Jensen about Chicago foodies, farmers markets, and the time he met José Andrés. 

 Top Five Takeaways

 1. In the 2007 2008 when D’Andre was getting started in catering, catering was not considered serious cooking. Through working hard and making good food, D’Andre helped turn that stereotype around. 

2. The foodies in Chicago are super supportive. Part of being a good foodie is being open to try new foods. 

3. Cooking, being a chef, and working in a restaurant is about caring about other people.

4. “I’m not making food just to cook for people who need food. I’m making food that tastes good. I want them to feel good.” 

5. Don’t discount Chicago and Evanston. They have some of the best chefs in the world.

On this episode of Best Served Live, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with Dayanny Delacruz of Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, FL, to talk about getting her start in a farmers market in Grand Rapids, Michigan, being a Latina cooking hockey food in Minnesota, and the number of lobster tails they flew in for Super Bowl 2020. 

 Top Five Takeaways 

1. You can’t do anything alone. Everything is a group effort.

 2. Being a part of a community isn’t just for support. It is also great marketing. 

3. Stadium food is a product of the city the stadium is in and it will capture the flavor of that part of the country. 

4. “If you are going to work for me, you are going to support me and I will do the same thing for you.” 

5. Trust in your teammates, “I feel that the strength that they give me is what makes me unstoppable. That I could never do these things by myself.”

On this episode of Best Served Live, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with Adrian Miller of Soul Food Scholar, Denver, CO.

On this episode of Best Served Live, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with Tajahi Cooke of Biju's Little Curry Shop, Denver, CO.

On this episode of Best Served, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with Zuri Resendiz of Cattivella, Denver, CO.

On this episode of Best Served, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with Yume Tran of Indochine Cuisine, Parker, CO.

On this episode of Best Served, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with V Spehar of the James Beard Foundation, New York, New York.

On this episode of Best Served, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with Tory McPhail of Commander's Palace, New Orleans, LA.

On this episode of Best Served, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with Todd Leopold of Leopold Bros., Denver, CO, to talk about European communal drinking, why absinthe makes people's faces go numb, and how the Leopold Bros. switched to making hand sanitizer during COVID.

On this episode of Best Served, our host Jensen Cummings sits down with Robert Mendoza of Le Saint Sebastien, Paris, France.