Melisa Daniels aka @eastendvintageandretro is a full time server, vintage collector/seller, and all around fantastic human being. Mel (as some like to call her) and Tomas talked about her life and the pull that restaurants have on certain people, death and responsibility, as well as vintage gear!! 

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Rachelle Cornish is currently the pastry chef/baker of White Lily Diner. Rachelle has worked all over the world and has a passion that is right up there with any big time Toronto pastry chefs. It was truly a pleasure to sit down and talk with her about her start and what the future holds. 

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Matt and Tomas talk about the restaurants they think will be given stars come the fall, as well the love of chaos in kitchens and relationships. 

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Matt and Tomas are back for rambles about thinking freely and emotional regulation, understanding how and when to use the word "okay", and knee jerk reactions to business partnerships. 

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Matt and Tomas are back for another episode of rambles and emotions. Matt recounts doing a pop up at Joe Beef with Jon and Affinity Fish, shokunin (craftsman) mentality, transitioning out of food, and fish guts!!

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Alan Usher is a friend of the podcast and ex-chef. Alan and Tomas talked about getting out of the industry and the shifts that a lot of hospitality peoples have made over the last two years. 

Shout-out goes to @noctuabread 

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Graham is a Toronto chef that currently works at White Lily Diner. We talked about starting at a new restaurant, the sad sides of food, and the importance of loving the environment you are in on a daily basis. Shout-out goes to @avlingto

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Matt Parker Max Taylor is back for another bi-weekly installment of rambles!! Topics include: Fuck David Chang, tip-less knives and fixing broken tips, and how knowing death on a professional or personal level changes conversational cadence. 

Shout-outs:  @davidchang @eastendvintageandretro @mimichinese 

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It was bring your mom to your hobbies day!!!! My mom and I talked about what it's like from her perspective to have an addict for a son. This podcast is not advice in any way shape or form, simply just a conversation with mother and son. 

Enjoy 

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Matt and Tomas back for another installment of our stream of consciousness!  We got into topics from what our lives could've looked like if addiction took a deeper hold, the importance of getting outside, and all the way to appropriate amounts of sacrifice. 

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