Welcome to the 5-part series of The Kitchen Raleigh's This Is Not A Happy Hour Series.

Guest appearances from Chef Bobby McFarland, Matthew Bettinger, The Triangle Explorer John Huisman, Mike Rosado, John Lambrakis, Parkside's Jenessa Mitchell & Todd Henderson, Gene & Julie Gates, Will Alphin & Vincent Whitehurst of Foundation Bar, Clifford & Jen Truman.

*What is the Kitchen Raleigh? Last September, four companies assembled to build a creative environment unique to the city. An Architect, a Photographer, a Designer and a Podcaster, along with their respective team members, created what they affectionately refer to as 'The Kitchen'. We got together because we love and support the food and beverage industry and embody the creative nature of a kitchen. The four businesses are: Matthew Konar Architect Food Seen MRC The NC F&B Podcast

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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.

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Eat & Drink Merrily!