Musical mastermind and fashion icon Steve Lacy is a self-admitted shy boy but that doesn’t stop him from dishing about his favorite foods with his friend, Chef. In this episode, the Compton, California native talks candidly about living with acid reflux, the childhood dishes his Filipino father would cook for the family, and what meal (or, rather, bowl of cereal) he would want as his last meal.

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From meeting on the set of Moesha in the mid-90s to reuniting as successful entrepreneurs in their own creative fields, Chef sits down with her longtime pal Mara Brock Akil, an executive producer, writer, mom, tea queen, and all-around GOAT. In this lively conversation Chef, Mara reminisces about how excited they both were to order lunch while on set, how eating out of a container takes the joy out of mealtime, and why a sandwich is her go-to comfort food.

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Ras & Taj Austin arrive at the recording studio with hollow bellies, but they’re not going hungry for long. The hip hop duo from Long Beach, CA sit down with Chef and joke about their family’s carb-heavy home cooked dinners, the childhood foods that they can’t stomach anymore, and the secret to what makes for the perfect lunch when working in the studio.

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Jabari Shelton aka ASAP Bari may be an intermittent faster, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love a good meal. The clothing designer and co-founder of hip-hop collective ASAP Mob sits down with Chef and talks about his “bougie” childhood meals, his distaste for raw cheese, and why he considers his grandmother the best chef of all time.

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We’re coming back for seconds in this continued conversation with actress Maggie Q. In part two of her talk with Chef, Maggie dishes on what she eats to build muscle for movies, why she eats every two hours, and her advice for people starting out on their vegan journey.

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Actress and spokeswoman Maggie Q has been a plant-based foodie for two decades but that doesn’t mean her favorite meals lack flavor! In a special two-part episode, Maggie talks with Chef about making homemade salads from her garden, “not liking” food as a kid until she experienced top-tier dinners in Japan, and how a bag of corn changed her life.

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Director, choreographer, and Chef’s “Best Friend,” Fatima Robinson sits down with her longtime pal and dishes about her previous eating habits as a touring dancer, her favorite healthy spots near her home in Ojai, California, and the simple meal she calls the “best in the world.”

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For the owners of Union Los Angeles, streetwear runs in the family. In this episode, power couple Chris and Beth Gibbs put on the metaphorical apron to talk to Chef about everything from Erewhon to leftovers, where they went to dinner on their first date, and the Japanese meal they say is their favorite to make as a family.

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2021 was the worst year of Allie’s life: she was fired from her stupid waitressing job, dumped by a guy she was pity-f*cking, and evicted from her apartment. This is NOT how she thought life would look at 26. On New Year’s Eve, Allie heads to a party where she plans to get plastered and leave this mess of a year behind. 2022 is going to be her year, she can just feel it! Spoiler: it’s definitely not going to be her year. But this party is still important: Gabe — Allie’s best friend and our narrator — tells us that by the end of the month she will f*ck, marry, and kill three different people… and they’re all at this party. Starring Sarah Hyland and Harvey Guillén, “Bone Marry Bury” is the raunchy reverse whodunnit you didn’t know you needed, premiering on 2/22/22. Ready to play?

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Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya has changed his weight for movie roles, but hasn’t eaten in character... until now. In a fun conversation with Chef, the British actor talks about growing up on Ugandan food while living in London, how being overweight as a child taught him how to eat more consciously as an adult, and his go-to on the road comfort food.

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