The Cheat Day Show

Today’s podcast hosts Ryan Reiss and Jeremy Schaftel welcome comedian, and Daily Show correspondent / host, the great Roy Wood Jr.! Roy is super insightful and knowledgeable on a variety of topics, and the crew gets into some real good stuff this episode – hosting The Daily Show, making tv shows, doing standup for over 2 decades, auditioning, working with other celebrities like Whoopie Goldberg, Trevor Noah, Tommy Davidson and more! Chef Raph comes out and joins the boys with an awesome steak that’s one of the best yet. Okay, let’s cheat! And don’t forget to catch Roy hosting The Daily Show this week!

Today’s podcast hosts Ryan Reiss, Tere Bernace and Kitty Reynolds welcome, for her second time on the podcast, the great Hannah Berner! Chef Brian Tsao brings out some amazing spice chicken quesadillas for the crew to enjoy. Talk about Hannah’s tennis glory days, food as fuel, and reality tv goes down, amongst other topics of course. It’s a real fun one. Okay, let’s cheat!

Today’s podcast hosts Ryan Reiss, Mehran Khaghani and Kitty Reynolds welcome the very amazing chef Leia Gaccione! She’s been a chef on all those show you love, Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, Top Chef, Iron Chef and on and on!

Also celebrating a podcast first, Leia is the first guest who is both the guest and the chef! You may remember her as the chef from Episode 12 where she cooked up a feast for the guest of that episode, comedian Ben Bailey. In this episode however, she’s brought her incredible skills to the Comedy Cellar to share some of her signature dishes from her restaurant South + Pine in Morristown, NJ. It’s an absolute must visit if you’re in the neighborhood. Okay, let’s cheat!

Today’s podcast hosts Ryan Reiss and Mehran Khaghani welcome comedian, producer, writer and viral internet hit sensation Zarna Garg! You may recognize her from her videos that have racked up millions upon millions of views. She’s real awesome. Chef Raph brings in a unique and fully-loaded lasagna for the crew to enjoy. Let’s cheat!

Today’s podcast hosts Ryan Reiss, Mehran Khaghani and Tere Bernace welcome comedian and actor, the great Chris Roach! Chef Raph serves up Nashville Hot Chicken Flatbread, and it’s real niiiice. Chris shares some tales of his earlier days managing adult entertainment stores, being let go from the NYPD, getting into stand-up comedy & acting in sitcoms, and a whole bunch more. This episode is audio only. We’ll be back with a video episode soon. Let’s cheat!

Today’s podcast host Ryan Reiss sits down with comedian and actor Gianmarco Soresi! John Vogel sits in for a bit, while Chef Raph brings out a supreme noodle dish that truly delights Soresi. Talk goes down about theatre and acting vs stand-up, some history on a few road and NYC comedy clubs, and a whole lot more. Let’s cheat!

Recorded in 2019 @ La Cubana NYC in the Meatpacking District with podcast hosts Ryan Reiss, Lance Weiss, Jason Schneider, Chef Mario Chape and our awesome guest, comedian Rachel Feinstein! This episode was recorded before we made the switch to video, so it’s audio only. We’ll be next week with another video pod. Enjoy!

Today’s podcast’s hosts Ryan Reiss and Sherrod Small sit down with comedian, and big-time podcaster, Jared Freid! Chef Raph joins the crew and brings out a unique dish for all to enjoy. Let’s cheat!

In this audio only episode (sorry, no video for this one!), podcast hosts Ryan Reiss, Mehran Khaghani, Tere Bernace and Chef Raph (and his pastry partner Torrin Emory) are joined by our awesome guest, Maddy Smith! Chef Raph brings out hot honey chicken nuggets and pickled cauliflower, while Torrin brings out a one-of-a-kind cake for the crew to enjoy!

Tere Bernace, Ryan Reiss, Mehran Khaghani, Chef Raph, Maddy Smith, Torrin Emory

Today’s podcast’s hosts Ryan Reiss and Jeremy Schaftel head to Churrascaria Plataforma to enjoy a meal with comedian Rafi Bastos (who is making his 2nd appearance on the podcast) and his wife, who is also a tv host and producer, Vivi Tomasi!

Churrascaria Plataforma is a pretty cool spot where you hold up either a green or red placard to let the staff know if you want them to bring out more food or not. You’ll see the insane amounts of meat they bestow upon the crew.