Ivan Ralston Bielawski is the chef and owner of Tuju in São Paulo. He was born in São Paulo in 1985, and comes from a family with strong ties to gastronomy; his parents are the founders of the Brasilian Ráscal restaurant chain. He initially studied music at the Berklee College of Music in the United States, but in his twenties decided to follow his true passion: cooking. He then trained abroad and worked at some of the world’s most famous restaurants, including El Celler de Can Roca and Mugaritz in Spain, and RyuGin in Japan. In 2014, Ivan Ralston opened Tuju in São Paulo. Just one year later, the restaurant earned its first Michelin star, and in 2016, it joined the list of the Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants. In this podcast, we will hear about Ivan Ralston’s Brazilian identity with multiple ethnic backgrounds. At the end of the podcast he will reveal his favourite restaurants in Brazil and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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Jacob Kear is the chef and owner of Lurra in Kyoto, Japan. Born to a Japanese mother in California, he grew up both in Japan and the US. After completing culinary school in Pasadena, and working in hotel kitchens, he won a national competition on the Food Network that caught the attention of a restaurant in Korea where he became the executive chef at the age of twenty-four. He then trained in kitchens across Europe, Asia, and North America, among them Noma in Copenhagen. In 2019 he returned to Japan and founded Lurra in an old townhouse in Kyoto, where he blends technical precision with strict seasonality and craft. In this podcast, we will hear about Jacob Kear’s search of his place in the culinary world, and his deep respect of the Japanese culinary tradition. At the end of the podcast he will reveal his favourite restaurants in Kyoto and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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Yasmina Hayek is the Executive Head Chef at Em Sherif restaurants and cafés, and she is based in Beirut, Lebanon. She grew up in a family where food brought people together, told stories and upheld traditions. As a child, she loved visiting her mother Mireille’s restaurants and that led her to studies at the Institut Paul Bocuse in France, before working in Michelin-starred kitchens, from Paris to Copenhagen. She later returned to Beirut to work at Em Sherif, which has grown from the original restaurant in Beirut to branches in Harrods London, Monaco, in Abu Dhabi and many other locations. In this podcast we will hear about the legacy of Lebanese dining Yasmina Hayek is spreading around the world. At the end of the podcast she will reveal his favourite restaurants in Beirut, Copenhagen and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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Ryan Cole is the chef and co-owner of Salsify at the Roundhouse in Cape Town. Cole was born in 1989 into a Cape Town fishing family. In high school, he worked for three days in a hotel kitchen and decided to attend the South African Chefs Academy to become a chef. He moved to London in 2010 and worked at The Square and La Trompette. Three years later, he returned to Cape Town and worked his way to the award-winning The Test Kitchen with chef Luke Dale-Roberts and later became its head chef. In 2018, Dale-Roberts and Cole opened Salsify at the historic Cape Town Roundhouse in Camps Bay. In this podcast we will hear about Ryan Cole’s love for South Africa’s nature and the farmed produce, and at the end of the podcast he will reveal his favourite restaurants in Cape Town and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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Tim Raue is the chef and owner of restaurant Tim Raue in Berlin and many other restaurants in Germany. He’s one of Germany’s best-known chefs and has redefined German top gastronomy. He was born in Berlin in 1974, and had a rough youth as a member of a street gang in the Kreuzberg district. He saw the kitchen as a way into the working life, and began his culinary training at the age of 17. After a 30 year long career in various restaurants, Tim Raue has been awarded two Michelin stars and was ranked No. 26 by the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2022 and he was also featured in a episode of the Netflix series "Chef's Table". In this podcast we will hear about Tim Raue’s troubled youth, about not giving up and about his love for his hometown Berlin. At the end of the podcast he will reveal his favourite restaurants in Berlin and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ 

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Torsten Vildgaard is the executive chef at FZN by Björn Frantzén in Dubai. He grew up in Copenhagen, and as a young chef had a dream of joining the small team at newly founded Noma. Finally, after winning the Chef of the Year competition in Denmark, he got the job. At Noma he spent many years as sous chef and head of R&D. After Noma he opened his own fine-dining restaurant, Studio in Copenhagen. In 2023 he joined the Frantzén Group to lead the kitchen at FZN in Dubai, and under his leadership the restaurant earned three Michelin stars in the 2025 Dubai Michelin Guide, a first for the UAE. In this podcast we will hear about Torsten Vildgaard’s passion for reaching the heights in fine dining and his lifelong pursuit of Michelin stars. At the end of the podcast he will reveal his favourite restaurants in Dubai and Copenhagen. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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Marcin Król is the chef and restaurateur of newly opened Cypsèle in Paris. He was born in Poland but left his native country in 2013. His culinary career started when he was 18 years old, working at Noma in Copenhagen. After a year in Copenhagen, and some failed university studies, Marcin Król Marcin started as Sous-Chef at restaurant Boragó in Chile. After Borago, he worked at Stockholm’s Oaxen Krog and Le Chateaubriand in Paris, followed by a move to Tokyo to be a part of the opening team of Noma’s sister restaurant Inua. After a move to Paris, he was running chef Sota Atsumi’s Maison for the past three years. A week ago, at the age of 30, Marcin Król opened his first own project, restaurant Cypsèle, located in the very center of Paris, on Île Saint-Louis. In this podcast, we will hear Marcin Król’s story from rural Poland to the center of the world’s culinary capital, of traveling the world, learning from the very best chefs and finally opening his own place. At the end of the podcast he will reveal his favourite restaurants in Paris. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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Sarah Cicolini is the chef of SantoPalato in Rome. She was born in Abruzzo, and grew up in the countryside with her young parents and grandparents. She attended medical school, but at the age of 23, she quit her studies to become a chef. Without a chef’s training, she wanted to pursue her personal dream of cooking for people. She worked her way to some of Rome’s most famous restaurants, and opened SantoPalato in 2017. Seven years later, her restaurant has become a benchmark contemporary trattoria, redefining the thousand year old recipes of the Roman kitchen. In this podcast, we will follow Sarah Cicolini’s journey from rural Abruzzo to the kitchens of Rome. We will also hear her tricks on how to master the most iconic of all pasta dishes: the Carbonara. At the end of the podcast she will reveal her favourite restaurants in Rome and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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Ivan Brehm is the chef-owner of restaurant Nouri and the creative space Appetite in Singapore. As a chef, he is known for his thoughtful approach to food, creativity and "Crossroads Thinking”, emphasising the connections and interdependence of all things, extending beyond cooking. This comes partly from his multi ethnic heritage and childhood in São Paulo in Brazil. As a young chef, he left Brazil and worked in some of the world’s best restaurants that left a clear mark on his cooking philosophy, like Thomas Keller’s Per Se, Andoni Luis Aduriz’s Mugaritz, and Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck. In this podcast, we will hear Ivan Brehm tell his story, and how he combines cultural exploration, history, anthropology, and culinary traditions into a collective exploration of food and meaning. He will also reveal his favourite restaurants in Singapore and the rest of the world. These recommendations and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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Alex Strödel is the chef at restaurant EI in Berlin. She grew up in the South of Germany in the Bavarian Alps, and at the age of 16, started working in restaurants as a front of house. Working in Munich, she switched to the kitchen and then moved to Berlin to work in fine dining restaurants Tulus Lotrek and Nobelhart & Schmutzig. At her current Berlin restaurant EI, she focuses on local produce and does her own take on German heritage cooking. In the podcast she will also tell how her all female restaurant team is still in minority in the male dominated restaurant world. She will also reveal her favourite restaurants in Berlin and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

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