NC F&B Podcast

Whiskey Kitchen was not going to fail. This is the story of how co-creator Jeff Mickel carried out Michael Thor's vision for Whiskey Kitchen. Also, hear about the first time Michael came back to see the spot he had dreamed of and meet the team.

Let's talk a little whiskey also!

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Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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Imagine farming chickens that take twice as long to grow and are half the size as a commercial chickens. Not an ideal business plan huh? Ron Joyce didn't want to grow the biggest chickens, he wanted to grow the best taking chickens. Ron's pursuit of flavor has led him to establish the domestic version of France's Label Rouge program. Joyce Farms Poulet Rouge is the only program of it's kind in the USA.

Finding flavor also led Ron to Dr. Allen Williams, grass fed Aberdeen Angus Beef and Adam Grady with local Gloucestershire Old Spot. One other thing Ron Joyce found, regenerative farming....

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Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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Today's bonus episode is in conjunction with the New & Observer's Community Voices that happened last week, March 27th, at the Raleigh Museum of History.

The evening was led by Ned Barnett, the associate opinion editor for the News & Observer, and featured a food-focused Community Voices panel consisting of chef/owner of Garland Cheetie Kumar, Chef Robert Copa Matos of COPA in Durham, Food Writer Drew Jackson of The News & Observer and your's truly, Max Trujillo.

We answer the question:

"What's on the menu of for Triangle restaurants?"

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Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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Oakwood Pizza Box is the best version of the neighborhood pizza joint you grew up with. Anthony Guerra is a perfectionist of everything from Air Jordans to tomato sauce. Listening to this podcast will help you understand why and how Anthony Guerra was so successful at Bella Mia, An, and with opening Crawford & Son.

Remember when you were a kid and you went to the local pizza spot to grab a slice, a coca-cola and celebrate your little league game. Remember, where you went after the high school dance to debrief about all the gossip that just went down, this is that place but on steroids.

We get into why Anthony decided to go simple NYC style pizza, why this place is so important to him, his wife and his daughters, and why cheese is first.

http://forrestfirm.com Forrest Firm, Business Attorneys Across North Carolina

Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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CEO of MATI Energy drink Eric Masters gives Max and Matt a "pick me up?"This episode dives deep into beverages and the healthy options available.

We discover the effects of the Guayusa leaf and what the heck is Theobromine. You will also learn how bottled water came to be a staple of American society.

Listen in, drink MATI, you will want to "Do More, Be Better!"

Join Max at the News & Observer Community Voices Panel Wednesday, March 27th at the NC Museum of History. Get Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-voices-tickets-55787010450?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

http://forrestfirm.com Forrest Firm, Business Attorneys Across North Carolina

Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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Sean McKinney raises the wand to his temple, then to Whit Baker's temple, they draw out their thoughts into the pensieve and it ultimately goes into your brew. Words cannot aptly describe how thoughtful and avant-garde the beers from Ancillary Fermentation are. Ancillary Fermentation is a side project or little sibling to Bond Brothers. In 2017 USA Today named Bond Brothers the best new brewery in the USA! Just a short 2 years later Ancillary Fermentation is a nominee for that same recognition!

Sean McKinney (creator of Ancillary) joins us in studio, we taste some delicious beer, discuss flavors of beer, why IPA's are actually still cool and the re-emergence of the Lager. So, I guess many words can in fact describe how fantastic Ancillary Fermentation is!

http://forrestfirm.com Forrest Firm, Business Attorneys Across North Carolina

Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Restaurant owners, go to trycake.com/ncfb and take a look. CAKE makes it easy.

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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"To ensure no one goes hungry in Central and Eastern North Carolina," this is the clear mission of the CENC Food bank. Have you ever wondered why it is in our state, with a bounty of agriculture and produce, we have so many hungry?

Listen in to find out how the CENC is facilitating the connection between food produced and food consumed. How do we get food to people in need?

How does the food bank get food?

How are food banks funded?

How many people are hungry?

All of these questions, get answered on the pod!

http://forrestfirm.com Forrest Firm, Business Attorneys Across North Carolina

Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Restaurant owners, go to trycake.com/ncfb and take a look. CAKE makes it easy.

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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When opening a "Pizza Joint" one must give major thought to

Which pizza oven? this is a hot button issue, do you go wood burning? Brick? Or dare I say electric deck like a Moretti Forni?

What style of pizza? Neopolitan? Romano? Deep Dish? New York Style? Or maybe something new and different that I've never heard of?

What's the crust like? Is it cracker thin? Fluffy? Does it have a good chew?

Culture and quality of life - well if you need us to expand upon this, then you simply need to listen to Chef Teddy Diggs, he has given major consideration to it all.

http://forrestfirm.com Forrest Firm, Business Attorneys Across North Carolina

Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Restaurant owners, go to trycake.com/ncfb and take a look. CAKE makes it easy.

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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After the honestly accurate article in last week's Indy Week, writer Leigh Tauss joins the podcast to discuss the ABC Commission and how they can either be part of the solution or the problem with the growth of the NC Craft Distiller movement.

Also, Gentry Lassiter, the owner of Lassiter Distilling, weighs in on the topic from the perspective of a small business owner in the North Carolina Distilling industry.

There's progress to be made with liquor in this state and people are voicing their opinions a little louder every day.

http://forrestfirm.com Forrest Firm, Business Attorneys Across North Carolina

Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Restaurant owners, go to trycake.com/ncfb and take a look. CAKE makes it easy.

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

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When you think of ice cream, you think of Vanilla, Rocky Road, Mint Chip, etc… But what about Cinnamon & Chocolate Molé Bark, Chocolate Covered Potato Chip, Coffee Bourbon or even Pizza…? Well, if you're Jared Plummer, that's what you dream of when you create the best new ice cream joint in North Carolina. Listen to his perspective of the industry and how he designed a comfortable life as an ice cream entrepreneur. To learn more about his cold creations, check out: http://www.tworoosters.com

Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!

Restaurant owners, go to trycake.com/ncfb and take a look. CAKE makes it easy.

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]

Eat & Drink Merrily!