Chef's Table: Talks

This week Alvaro Clavijo, head chef at El Chato (named 2025’s Best Restaurant in Latin America by World's 50 Best) sits down with David to share the roller coaster journey that led him into fine dining. He talks about his beginnings as a dishwasher in Paris, lying to his mother about going to culinary school, accidentally giving his family food poisoning, serving “ants cream”, purple potatoes, how to cook termites, and so much more.

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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks, hosted by Chef’s Table creator David Gelb.

Actress, comedian and filmmaker Olivia Sui joins David on the show this week! They talk about Olivia’s first food memory, trying blowfish, the best restaurant to have a birthday dinner, improv, wigs, the true meaning of life, and so much more.

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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks, hosted by Chef’s Table creator David Gelb.

Jason Stewart is here this week! David and Jason talk veganism, discovering weed, Kraft Mac n’ Cheese, what’s in Jason’s fridge right now, failing to remake Del Taco at home, being a frequent music video extra, their favorite types of sushi, and so much more.

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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks, hosted by Chef’s Table creator David Gelb.This week, Alice Waters joins the show to talk about pioneering the “farm to table” restaurant philosophy, her Chef’s Table: Legends episode and what it was like bringing a film crew into her restaurant, why it’s so important to teach people how to grow their own food, falling in love with her classmate in school, parties at Chez Panisse, the Baguette Quartet, cooking nettles, and so much more.Alice IG: https://www.instagram.com/alicelouisewaters/?hl=enSubscribe to Chef’s Table on Youtube for full video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial

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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks! This week, Rudy Mancuso joins the show to talk about growing up with a fusion of Brazilian and Italian cooking, synesthesia, getting your first feature film made, Rudy composes theme music for this episode live on piano, and so much more.

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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between.

This week, Wolfgang Puck (Spago, CUT) joins David to talk about his history with Wiener schnitzel, how the kitchen became his sanctuary from a difficult home life, how to eat a steak correctly, the Old Hollywood celebrities who dined at Spago, and so much more.

Wolfgang IG: https://www.instagram.com/wolfgangpuck/

Wolfgang TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wolfgangpuck?lang=en

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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between.

This week, Jessica Barden joins David to talk about her childhood Heinz tomato soup obsession as a kid, filming Dune: Prophecy and how the Harkonnens and English people are similar, the work ethic that comes with growing up as a woman in Northern England, the meal that changed her life, and so much more.

Jessica IG: https://www.instagram.com/jessybarden/?hl=en

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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between.

This week, benny blanco joins David to talk about how his cooking obsession started with a George Foreman grill, getting fed Toro while DJing, why he can’t stop eating linguini with clams, how being a music producer is like being a therapist, and so much more.

benny IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsbennyblanco/?hl=en

benny TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itsbennyblanco?lang=en

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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between.

This week, Phil Rosenthal (Somebody Feed Phil) joins David to talk about tasting garlic for the first time at 19, Fruit of the Month club, why pizza is a universal food, Phil’s new restaurant, and so much more.

Phil IG: https://www.instagram.com/phil.rosenthal/?hl=en
Phil TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@phil.rosenthal?lang=en
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Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between.This week, Chef Evan Funke (Funke, Mother Wolf) joins David to talk about his early career at Spago under Wolfgang Puck, crafting the perfect burger, dealing with celebrities at his restaurant, what meal to cook to make someone fall in love with you, and so much more.Evan Funke IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/evanfunke/⁠Follow Chef’s Table on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chefstableofficial/reels/⁠Subscribe to Chef’s Table on Youtube for full video episodes: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial

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