NC F&B Podcast

Chef Eric Rivera is redefining the restaurant and turning private dining on it's head. Chef Eric cooked at Alinea and eventually made his way to be the director of f&b for Chef Grant Achatz. This episode is packed with:

• Monastic integrity of Chartreuse
• Why Eric's cooking is like improvisational jazz
• How to make an insane Irish Coffee?
• What is a Heburrito?

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Where will Matt be this month...

Saturday 3.25 A Saturday Soiree - The Wines of France at RTP Uncorked

Monday 3.27 Supper Club at Pimiento Tea Room

The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

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The Common Market isn't so common...

The common market is coming to Durham, NC and people are asking, is it a Deli? A Bodega or simply a neighborhood living room? In this episode find out:

• If your a business owner, do you own the business or does the business own you?
• What was the bowtie incident at Matt's wedding?
• Where is Coddle Creek Farms
• How delicious is the Hot Chicken Alabama white grinder?

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Where will Matt be this month...

Saturday 3.25 A Saturday Soiree - The Wines of France at RTP Uncorked

Monday 3.27 Supper Club at Pimiento Tea Room

The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about the show, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

What is Champagne? Are all sparkling wines champagne? Is Champagne wine? Tiffany Welton of RBF, Your Authentic Champagne Bar joins the pod and all these questions and more are answered in this episode in addition to:

• Six Feet Under insider info
• What is so cool about Downtown Cary?
• Why should you drink Cremant de Bourgogne?

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The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about the show, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

Move over Door Dash & Uber Eats, Takeout Central is taking the food delivery game to new heights! Cameron Long the CFO of Takeout Central tells us all about how to run a food delivery service that delivers food and hospitality.

This episode gets deep into;

-Where are your delivery fees going -Why the great debate about gratuity in restaurants and delivery is still raging? -Who should you be ordering food from? -How to do food delivery right?

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The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about the show, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

Cooking for the Kids is a fun, exciting competition among some of the Triangle's premier chefs where guests and culinary judges decide which chef advances to the next round. The competition raises funds for overflowinghands.org in order to help less fortunate children.

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The following chefs joined the pod to discuss their battle prep:

• Preeti Waas of Cheeni
• Josiah Halbohm of Young Hearts Distilling
• Jaime Adams of Catalan Tapas
• Kyle Teears of Craften
• Kyle Fletcher of Bodega Tapas

What Ingredients they are most scared of? How will they spend the $10k winnings ?

Hope to see you there!

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The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about the show, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

Top Chef Katsuji Tanabe and Anthony Rapillo of V Pizza sit down and get wild. Well, wild pizza nerd talk. In this episode find out:

• What exactly is Japanese pizza?
• The secret to fish sauce?
• Who puts soy sauce on their Mexican food?
• When to put salt in your pizza dough?
• How to do hand made tortillas?
• Where is Katsuji's newest restaurant?
• Why are they doing a 5 course Japanese pizza dinner with cocktail pairings at the Brier Creek location on Monday February 20th and how to get tix?

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The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

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The Secret to cooking octopus is revealed by Chef Brian Jenzer in this episode. Chef Brian is part owner and Chef of both Rosewater and Las Ramblas in North Hills Raleigh. This episode is as rich as morcilla (blood sausage)with knowledge, find out:

• What are the 3 must have ingredients for cooking spanish food?
• Who was Chepe the pig
• How great of a surfer was Chef Brian?
• Where does the genesis of a Spanish restaurant begin?
• Hedley & Bennet Knives vs Middleton Knives

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The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about the show, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

"Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place." ― Banksy

Podcasts colliding with the gents from the 919 Beer Podcast joining Matt & Max to talk about their new spot in downtown Cary Graffiti Axes and Art! In this episode-

• What is a elite Ice Program?
• When is Axes for Exes?
• Why Axe throwing?
• Where are you on your beer journey?
• The Secret of PBR
• And finally Max reveals his favorite all time beer...

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The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about the show, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

The power of the pen (err typewriter) is sometimes mightier than the chef knife. In this episode, Eater Carolinas' Editor, Erin Perkins, & writer, Matthew Lardie, enlighten us on:

• How to get noticed by the James Beard Foundation
• Where Eater finds the next best place to eat
• The greatest life hack in whatever you do is, find yourself someone to edit you!

Also- Noma closing, IN-N-OUT in Tennessee & tipped vs salaried wages.

Get your tickets to Craften's first Wine Dinner! Join the local legend Matthew Weiss and he creates

the perfect wine pairing to Executive Chef Kyle Teears' menu. Max will be there too…

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The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about the show, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

✨Hidden Gem Alert!!✨ We found your one stop shop for locally packaged goods, carefully crafted coffee, and a friendly, welcoming environment. @rebusworks might be tucked away in the Boylan district of Raleigh, but it's impact on the community and effect on North Carolina small businesses reaches well beyond that. Tune in to learn all about this Raleigh hidden gem.

Get your tickets to Craften's first Wine Dinner! Join the local legend Matthew Weiss and he creates

the perfect wine pairing to Executive Chef Kyle Teears' menu. Max will be there too…

Support our Sponsors:

Drink Joe Van Gogh Coffee!

The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about the show, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]