Turning Chickens and Breaking Dishes

My guest today is a chef, social entrepreneur and food activist. He is co-founder and chairman of Los Angeles-based Tender Greens, a chef-led kitchen serving seasonal and responsibly-sourced food to improve the way people eat every day! There are over 30 locations across the United States. Erik and his team also created the Sustainable Life Project  where they offer an internship program for young adults who’ve grown out of foster care and into new lives on their own.

Amy Brandwein is the owner of Centrolina and Piccolina Restaurant in Washington D.C., She is a late bloomer in the food industry, graduating with a political science degree in 1993. She decided to change careers and focus and the culinary world, so she attended "The L'Academie de Cuisine" in 2000. She is a four time nominee for the James Bead Award for Best Chef: in the Mid-Atlantic.

My guest today was,still is and always will be hungry. He hosts the food show "Simply Ming, on PBS. Previously he featured in shows like "Cooking Under Fire", "The Next Iron Chef" and "Top Chef".Author of 5 cookbooks, and Owner/Chef of the Blue Dragon Restaurant in Boston, he is one of the most influential chefs in the country, specially when it comes to east-west fusion cuisine. He won the daytime Emmy Award in 1999, for Outstanding Service Show Host, he is also a 116th generation descendant of Qin Shi Huan, the first Emperor of a United China

8 Years ago, my guest appeared on Masterchef USA, her audition moved millions of people around the world. Despite her being legally blind, she ended up winning the competition, with Gordon Ramsay praising her amazing palate and her food. She has written cookbooks, appeared on several cooking shows, and much more.

IN 2018, She opened a Vietnamese gastropub in Houston, Texas, called "The Blind Goat".

My guest today is a multi-award winning culinary historian, cookbook author, and founder of La Varenne Cooking School in Paris,  which operated from 1975 to 2007, the classes continued in California through 2017.

She has written over 30 cookbooks, and her latest cookbook Women in the Kitchen: Twelve Essential Cookbook Writers Who Defined The Way We Eat From 1661 to Today" was lunch in August 2020.

She was inducted into the James Beard Foundation Hall of Fame, and also awarded The Rank of Legion of Honor for her accomplishments in promoting the gastronomy of France.

My guest today discovered her love of plants in graduate school. While living overseas she started experimenting with urban gardening. r, In 2014 she founded a pioneering urban farm business: LITTLE WILD THINGS FARM in Washington D.C. , where she grows microgreens, shoots and edible flowers.

My guest today is a host, moderator, producer, author and public speaker. He is the founder and creator of the successful food podcast "Sporkful" , which according to him is not for foodies, it's for eaters!  He is also the creator of the cooking show "You are Eating it Wrong", and author of the cookbook "Eat More Better" .  

My guest today after the financial crisis of 2008, she decided to quit her job as a film business reporter to pursue her dream for cooking. Author of three amazing cookbooks. "Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine and Beyond ;  "Kaukasis : The Cookbook - A Journey Through The Wild East, and the most recently "Summer Kitchens: Inside Ukraine's Hidden Places of Cooking and Sanctuary. She won Observe Rising Star in Food 2015 , and she was a winner of Fortnum and Mason Debut Food Award 2016.

"Anything long-lasting or worthwhile takes time and complete surrender"! This is my guest's favorite quote. She is the Co-Founder and Marketing Communications Director for Giving Kitchen, in Atlanta, Georgia. A non-profit organization that provides financial and social assistance to 4000 food service workers since it's creation in 2013. She is full of energy, introspective, positive and kind, it's an honor to have her on the podcast!

FULL OF ENERGY, POSITIVE, INTROSPECTIVE AND KIND, IT’S AN HONOR TO HAVE WITH ME TODAY,

When my guest today was a child his dream was to be a chef, create his own recipes and cook in a restaurant for about 50 people, and according to him, he is doing exactly that, but instead of 50 people, it’s hundreds of thousands from all over the world.

In 2010, Ben Ebbrell and his old school friends, created SORTEDfood, a Youtube cooking channel, and food website with over 2.3 million subscribers, with Google describing SORTEDfood, as one of the world’s largest food and cooking communities.

My guest believes that anyone can grasp the basics of good cooking, and then the fun really starts!