The Chefs Without Restaurants Podcast – Episode 77 Chef and Culinary Historian Michael Twitty

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On the Chefs Without Restaurants podcast this week, I have Michael Twitty. He’s a food writer, independent scholar, culinary historian and historical interpreter personally charged with preparing, preserving and promoting African American foodways, and its parent traditions in Africa and her diaspora, and the food culture of the American South. 

Michael is a Judaic Studies teacher from the Washington DC area, and his interests include food culture, food history, Jewish cultural issues, African American history, and cultural politics. He started the blog Afroculinaria 10 years ago. His book, The Cooking Gene won the James Beard award in 2018 for both Book of the Year, and best food writing. 

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Michael’s Instagram 
The Cooking Gene Facebook Page 
Michael’s Twitter 
The Afroculinaria Website 
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The Season 2 Trailer for The Chefs Without Restaurants Podcast

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Season 2 of the chefs without reatutants podcast, michael twitty, chef shola studio kitchen, chritina pirello, daniel gritzer of serious eats

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Welcome to season two of the Chefs Without Restaurants podcast. I’m your host, Chris Spear. On the show, I have conversations with culinary entrepreneurs, and people in the food and beverage industry who took a different route. They’re caterers, research chefs, personal chefs, cookbook authors, food truckers, farmers, cottage bakers, and all sorts of culinary renegades. I, myself, fall into the personal chef category, as I started my personal chef business Perfect Little Bites 10 years ago. And while I started working in kitchens in the early 90s, I’ve never worked in a restaurant unless you count Burger King.

 I’m really excited to share Season Two with you. I’ve taken the past month off to record a bunch of new shows and get them ready for release. The show will be returning next week on Tuesday February 2nd, 2021 with culinary historian Michael Twitty. Michael’s book The Cooking Gene won the James Beard award for Book of the Year in 2018. You’ll also be hearing from Chef Shola of Studio Kitchen. He’s currently working up in New York at the Stone Barns center with Chef Dan Barber, doing a month long residency. I speak with Daniel Gritzer from Serious Eats, Christina Pirello of Christina Cooks, chefs Matt Collins and April DuBose, Laurie Boucher who’s known on Instagram as @Baltimorehomecook, and you’ll hear from Matt the Butcher. 

These are just a few of the guests that I’ll have on the show this season. For a taste of our conversations, you can hear some clips from these episodes in just a minute. I’d love it if you’d subscribe to the show. And if you listen on iTunes, a rating and review would be great. Also, I’m launching a Patreon so that listeners can help support the show. And if you have a business and would like to sponsor a few shows, I’d love that. Please reach out to me at ChefsWithoutRestaurants@gmail.com. And thank you so much to all the listeners. I really appreciate your support.

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The Chefs Without Restaurants Podcast – Episode 17 Chef Krystal Mack on Using Food as a Tool for Social Design

The Chefs Without Restaurants Podcast – Episode 17 Chef Krystal Mack on Using Food as a Tool for Social Design
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On this episode we have Krystal Mack. She is a culinary artist, creative consultant, entrepreneur, writer, self-taught baker, and activist who uses food as a vehicle for storytelling, cultural exchange, and community building. Based in Baltimore, she’s launched multiple brands and concepts over the years, including KarmaPop, an experimental frozen dessert concept; PieCycle, Baltimore’s first-ever food-vending tricycle; BLK//MARKET, an artisan collective for creatives of color, and BLK//SUGAR, a food and lifestyle concept known for sweet treats such as Toasted Coconut & Ube Croissants and Purple Sweet Potato Pie.

·         Using food as a tool for social design

·         Decolonizing our relationship with food 

·         Imposter syndrome

·         Culinary traditions, “ethnic” food and “classical cooking”

·         Collaborations

·         Food influencers

·         and so much more

Book recommendations: Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown and The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Clair

Podcast recommendation: 99% Invisible

Check out Krystal’s Patreon and IAO Studio

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The Chefs Without Restaurants Podcast – Episode 76 Chef Charles Hunter III on Using Social Media and a Blog to Launch His Personal Chef Business

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Welcome to the Chefs Without Restaurants podcast. I’m your host Chris Spear. On the show, I have conversations with culinary entrepreneurs, and people in the food and beverage industry who took a different route. They’re caterers, research chefs, personal chefs cookbook authors, food truckers, farmers, cottage bakers and all sorts of culinary renegades. I myself fall into the personal chef category, as I started my personal chef business Perfect Little Bites 10 years ago. And while I started working in kitchens in 1992, surprisingly, I’ve literally never worked in a restaurant.

This week we speak with Charles Hunter III. He’s a personal chef, recipe developer and food blogger based in Nashville, Tennessee. He’s the owner of The Salted Table Company, an in-home catering company that prepares meals for backyard weddings, dinner parties, business dinners and more, in the comfort of your own home. Charles and I have similar backgrounds as it relates to blogging, and the personal chef business, so I really wanted to ask him some questions about how he got started, and how he runs his business. Some of the things we talk about are using social media as a tool for growing your business, being a chef who blogs, dinner party fiascoes and pricing your dinners. 

You can find Charles sharing his recipes, and kitchen musings, on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. He also has a Patreon where you can pay $6/month for exclusive recipes, kitchen tips and advice for all things culinary. You can find links to all of the social media platforms below.

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Charles’s Instagram 
Charles’s Facebook 
Charles’s Twitter 
Charles’s Pinterest 
Charles’s Patreon 
The Salted Table Website 

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The Chefs Without Restaurants Podcast – Episode 75 Ryan Dumapit – When Passion Doesn’t Pay The Bills

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Welcome to the Chefs Without Restaurants podcast. I’m your host Chris Spear. On the show, I have conversations with culinary entrepreneurs, and people in the food and beverage industry who took a different route. They’re caterers, research chefs, personal chefs cookbook authors, food truckers, farmers, cottage bakers and all sorts of culinary renegades. I myself fall into the personal chef category, as I started my personal chef business Perfect Little Bites 10 years ago. And while I started working in kitchens in 1992, surprisingly, I’ve literally never worked in a restaurant.

On this weeks show I have Ryan Dumapit. He has a degree in pastry arts, and food service management. But Ryan doesn’t have a singular path in the food industry. In fact, he also went to school for IT, and has worked for a point of sale company, as well as a fitness company. We talk about many of the positions he’s held including being a district manager for a contract food service company, and working logistics for a large grocery chain. He also partnered with a mutual friend of ours on a catering project called called Fil Amazing Foods, and has his own desserts company called CaSey B’s. Unfortunately, due to the Covid pandemic, both of these ventures have been put on hold for a while. 

Ryan is a first generation Filipino American, so we talk about Filipino food, and his experience growing up. He also talks about about job choices, and the struggle of doing something you love for career, vs having a job that can pay the bills.

And if you want to make sure you catch every episode of the Chefs Without Restaurants podcast, go to chefswithoutrestaurants.org to sign up for our mailing list. The link can also be found in the show notes. 

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Chefs Without Restaurants Founder Chris Spear of Perfect Little Bites

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