Master Pastry chefs Jane Gibson and Antoine Rondenet return to talk to about restaurant road trips, what makes pastry chefs so strange and all things corn.  Along the way they and Chef Jeremy reminisce about a bunch of their favorite restaurants and meals while Hammer takes a quick nap.  Enjoy this corniest of episodes.

Hammer and Chef go through some rough stuff to give you the gift of laughter! We try 5 different malt liquors in this podcast and boy do we have fun!
Old English 800, 211 Steel Reserve, and many more crazy ones!

We also discuss the hazard pay for grocery workers in Seattle and welcome Stephanie to help or hurt us with our podcast. The jury is still out! Ha HA

Enjoy!

Have you ever wanted to start a food truck? Stephanie is here to give you the ups and downs to building a food truck with 4 easy steps.
1) Know your demographic
2) Choose the right truck for what you need
3) Use food truck booking companies like our friends at Seattlefoodtruck.com
4) Be a strong community with other food trucks to share knowledge

Steph also brings her smokey voice and crazy stories to the podcast.

This one got so out of control we put the unedited version of me trying to close the show after the credits.

We love you Sir Mix-a-lot and Jon Favreau

ENJOY!

Hammer and Chef taste three different bitters
Jagermeister
Fernet-Branca
Underberg
See which one is their favorite!
We also talk about how to pour a beer properly, our love for Weird Al, Hammers homemade kombucha, micro business' in neighborhoods and virtual cooking classes.

ENJOY!!!

Do you like IPA? Hammer does not but I try to convince him with three of my favorites!
Pelican Brewing Updrift
Pfriem Citrus Zest IPA
Georgetown Meowza Double IPA

We also discuss if delivery apps are F*$@king restaurants, how kids don't play outside anymore, cruise ships, ghost kitchens and the closures of restaurants locally and around the world.

ENJOY!!!

Hammer and Chef Jeremy go over our inspiring clips from the last 14 shows. A great showing of all the passion our guests have exuded over the past shows. Enjoy!

Chef Derek displays his passion for food and everything restaurants by sharing some of the high end restaurants he has worked in. Chef has a cookbook called Charred and Smoked and all the profits go to Ballard Food Bank. Chef Derek currently is a B.O.H. restaurant consultant for Harbor Food Service. Chef has worked in some of the most sought after restaurants in the city including Ascend and 2120.

Chef Derek Bugge has also won Guy Fieri's grocery games and has a fun story about that.

If you want an extra chuckle here is a link to Shane Torres asking the poignant question... What the hell Guy Fieri ever did to anyone?

ENJOY!!!

Welcome the first of many female guests on our podcast. The mighty Jane Gibson is known throughout Seattle as one of the best pastry chefs. Jane brings a tough no B.S. style to her kitchens with a ton of charm and respect. Chef Jane will also give you some insight in how to really drive your passion and career. ENJOY!!

Andy Cook is a restaurant consultant with Harbor Foods. Andy shares with us his crazy adventures throughout the industry and world. He goes from East coast to West Coast and then to Australia with his adventures. Andy brings a fun perspective on the current situation with COVID that really inspired Hammer and Jeremy. ENJOY!

Wild Frenchman Antoine Rondenet has been teaching and cooking pastries throughout the world from the young age of 12. Antoine brings a zealous love for the industry and wonderful stories of his upbringing. ENJOY!