You cannot miss this episode. Max and Matt ventured to the Windy City in order to bring you behind the scenes of the 2018 James Beard Awards! This episode takes you into the press room in order to hear from the likes of Dominique Crenn (winner for best chef West region) and her love for North Carolina. Actress Zooey Deschanel chats about her efforts to end food waste with The Farm Project, oh and rapping with Justin Timberlake. The vivacious Vivian Howard makes her 3rd appearance on the show. Max caught up with his old client and newly dubbed Restaurateur of the year Caroline Styne. After Rodney Scott picked up his best chef southeast award he stopped by to talk with us about his brother from another mother Sam Jones and his love for NC! Finally, we got close to canonization when we spoke with José Andrés and he discussed what he does for humanity. Chef José humbly attributes much of his success to simply being at the right place at the right time.

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Hosts: Matthew Weiss & Max Trujillo

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