Nc F&b Podcast

Caviar, some of us think, delicacy and the peak of culinary excellence. Some of us think caviar and we think "fishy egg crap." Marshallberg Farm right here on the coast of North Carolina thought caviar equals a sustainable and farm-able protein source. Beyond all the other attributes let me validate this episode and clarify by letting you know that the caviar and smoked sturgeon meat was simply delicious, you must try it! By the way caviar doesn't only come from Russia. Did you know that caviar dates back to ancient Greece? Did you know that the USA imports 90% of our seafood? Did you know that there are multiple types of Sturgeon fish and only 3 are ideal for making caviar. Do you know what vodka or beverage pair best with caviar? Listen in to find out all the answers and what it takes to make caviar and the technology Marshallberg Farm uses to make it efficient and delicious.         __________________________________________________________ We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcoho

We sit down with the princess of the Vajra Winery Francesca Vajra, who produces the king of wines, Barolo. Vajra is arguably the most influential producer of Barolo and Piemonte wines in the last 15 years. Francesca visited NC and sat down with us to share the secrets to producing delicious Barolo. Francesca provides insight into how to respect your land and understand it's purpose. Oh, also how to work with and still love your family.               __________________________________________________________ We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream https://proofalcoholicecream.com where you can Eat & Drink Merrily all at once! **Need wine or beer... or Proof Alcohol Ice Cream? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!    ___________________________________________________________ https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's bur

Here's a short bonus episode to feature the Gingerbread Benefit that supports Triangle Family Services. Podcast link in the comments section.   Click here to get tickets: https://tfsnc.org/event/gingerbread-benefit   We speak with the CEO of The Triangle Family Services, Alice Lutz & Pastry Chef Tiesha Whittaker of Buttermilk Boutique. (Recently voted People's Choice Winner for best pastry chef at the NCRLA Chef Showdown) https://www.buttermilkboutique.com       __________________________________________________________ We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream https://proofalcoholicecream.com where you can Eat & Drink Merrily all at once! **Need wine or beer... or Proof Alcohol Ice Cream? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!    ___________________________________________________________ https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind

We travel to Cornelius, NC for an exclusive conversation with Chef Greg Collier of The Yolk, Soul Food Sessions and the upcoming Leah & Louise. https://theyolkcafe.com/about-the-chef/ As well as the host of the evening, Joe Kindred of Hello, Sailor and Kindred. https://hellosailornc.com https://kindreddavidson.com Guests co-hosts Chef Bobby McFarland and Lauren Kruchten join Max as we discuss the South, Calabash, Mentors and the culture in the kitchen while on the patio of Hello, Sailor!   We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream https://proofalcoholicecream.com where you can Eat & Drink Merrily all at once! **Need wine or beer... or Proof Alcohol Ice Cream? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-the-wild-tickets-67251157021 ________________________________________________________________ https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about Hospitality

This episode gets fungi-ly! Did you now that Oyster mushrooms have more protein than chicken? Tune into to find out the secrets behind farming mushrooms. Why do some mushrooms taste better than others? Laura Stewart has all the answers and she makes Mushroom Jerky! We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream https://proofalcoholicecream.com where you can Eat & Drink Merrily all at once! **Need wine or beer... or Proof Alcohol Ice Cream? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-the-wild-tickets-67251157021 ________________________________________________________________ https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about 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

Today's episode features Lyndon Smith and Amie Fields, founders of the funky @botanistandbarrel! The couple tells us the story of how they got their cidery in Cedar Grove started and their first experiment with blueberry wine, then we talk about their background in the wine business, what they're currently offering and what new and exciting ciders are in the works.      We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream https://proofalcoholicecream.com where you can Eat & Drink Merrily all at once! **Need wine or beer... or Proof Alcohol Ice Cream? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-the-wild-tickets-67251157021 ________________________________________________________________ https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage cul

 Why go to Johnston County for BBQ? Redneck BBQ is scientific, it's for "people who were picked last at dodgeball."  It doesn't matter how it's supposed to taste, what matters is how does it taste?  Jerry Stephenson isn't scared of anything, except for maybe his Momma's opinion of his food, listen into find out if she likes his BBQ. Also in this episode; Banana Pudding Cannoli Ugly Drum Smokers Redneck Science  Be sure to Visit Johnston County to find Redneck BBQ Lab along with so many other amazing North Carolina establishments. For details, go to https://www.johnstoncountync.org. We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream https://proofalcoholicecream.com where you can Eat & Drink Merrily all at once! **Need wine or beer... or Proof Alcohol Ice Cream? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-the-wild-tickets-67251157021 _______________________

Bartender to businessman, Niall Hanley is the American dream. He came to Raleigh as a bartender, and is now a community leader. Niall's most recent project was bringing the Morgan Street Food Hall to Raleigh, before that he brought the Hibernian pub, the world renowned Raleigh Beer Garden and many more to Raleigh. Listen in to find out his keys to success and what's next, oh and how to achieve a Guinness World Record! We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream https://proofalcoholicecream.com where you can Eat & Drink Merrily all at once! **Need wine or beer... or Proof Alcohol Ice Cream? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-the-wild-tickets-67251157021 ________________________________________________________________ https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of N

It's Asheville Week as the NC F&B Podcast travels to the mountains for Chow Chow, An Asheville Culinary Event. This episode features:   Listen all week for new episodes dropping, all about Asheville!   **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!   https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about 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 podc

It's Asheville Week as the NC F&B Podcast travels to the mountains for Chow Chow, an Asheville Culinary Event. This episode features Gin! Geek out as we discuss, Juniper, Old Tom, Genever, the history of Gin and the future of it in North Carolina Listen all week for new episodes dropping, all about Asheville!   **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!   https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about 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 Carolin

It's Asheville Week as the NC F&B Podcast travels to the mountains for Chow Chow, An Asheville Culinary Event. In this episode we chat cheese finally! Then, we go high atop downtown Asheville to the Montford Rooftop Bar to discuss the inns and outs of Asheville. This episode features: Sasha Shreders -Cheese Expert for Cheney Brothers Philip Bollhoefer (exec chef) and Miranda Escalante (bev manager) at The Montford Rooftop Bar. Jen Rice- freelance writer for Eater, Food and Wine Stephanie Burnette- of Eat Drink Carolinas & Editing Manager of At Home Magazine Catherine Campbell- director of Bright Planning   Listen all week for new episodes dropping, all about Asheville!   **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! Hospitality industry veterans,Max Trujil

It's Asheville Week as the NC F&B Podcast travels to the mountains for Chow Chow, An Asheville Culinary Event.  Throughout the week, we will release episodes featuring those who participated in bringing the inaugural Chow Chow event too Asheville. In this episode, it's all about the meats. We have Casey McKissick & Meg Montgomery of Foothills Meats. We get into butchering, sustainability and responsible practices for purchasing meat. We learned a few things, listen up! Listen all week for new episodes dropping, all about Asheville!    **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  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, distiller

It's Asheville Week as the NC F&B Podcast travels to the mountains for Chow Chow, An Asheville Culinary Event.  Throughout the week, we will release episodes featuring those who participated in bringing the inaugural Chow Chow event too Asheville. First up, it's the famed Charlotte establishment Dot Dot Dot, run by Stefan Huebner and his chef, Daniel Wheeler. We discuss the food scene in both Asheville and Charlotte, cocktails, menu design, all while nestled up cozy in a thunderstorm. Listen all week for new episodes dropping, all about Asheville!    **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  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'

Chicken Parm-Ramen, need I say more? That dish is just a hint of what this Papa is cooking up. Tom Cuomo, had a vision of what he wanted to cook and where. Listen in to understand how he learned by the side of Wylie Dufresne. Find out where Chef Tom gets his inspiration to come up with dishes such as tonkatsu milanese and Kombu gnocchi. Surprisingly, Chef Cuomo did not use Itameshi as a resource but more of a point of validation. Have this episode fuse your mind and your appetite.     **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  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&

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On tomorrow's episode we speak with five of the talented chefs who will be competing for the title of Best Chef in NC at the NCRLA Chef Showdown on September 30! Get your tickets HERE!! Hear from Kyle Teears of Whiskey Kitchen, Tie Whitaker of Buttermilk Boutique, LLC., Brandon Shepard of Urban Street Eats, Amanda Ezzell of Ezzel's Catering and Jamie Turner of Earl's Grocery and Soul Food Sessions on how they got into the competition and what they'll be making for the finale! Tune in tomorrow to hear more! . **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  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

 Raleigh is up in smoke!  Esquites (Mexican street corn) on the side of a classic double patty burger done on a flat top with American cheese and dill pickles all on a potato bun. Hungry yet? I haven't even talked about BBQ yet. Adam Cunningham and Marc Russel are fusing Eastern North Carolina, Texas and Kansas City BBQ's all in one. As if melding different BBQ cultures wasn't enough, these mad-bbq geniuses introduce latin flavors (barbacoa) into their whole hogs, smoked meats and sides. We nerd out on BBQ, why you have to use a flat top to cook burgers, how to use smokers inside. You can listen to this now and go experience it all soon at Longleaf Swine BBQ inside the Transfer CO food hall!    **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, Ma

Weed, marijuana, CBD Oils, vapes, hemp. What is the deal with all these cannabis based products? Nick Sagan of Flat River Infusions shares the knowledge of all things cannabis. We discuss the evolution of cannabis into the wellness realm. If you are wondering what are the legal ramifications of CBD and THC, we cover that, so find out what's legal, medicine, and recreational. Warning, this show will get you high emotionally and intellectually!     **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  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 v

How do I get Ice cream into my liquor? Or," I'm done eating, I want something sweet, I want one more drink, I don't have any after dinner drinks," Proof Ice Cream solves all your first world problems! Listen into the CEO and former Gamecock's basketball star Jen Randall Collins tell her story of creating this wonderful Ice Cream that will solve all the worlds problems! Bonus time- we also chat with Angel Holmes about the brand new Asheville festival Chow Chow! Chow Chow, involves the likes of Katie Button, Jose Andres, Ashley Christensen and so many more! Hope to see everyone there September 12-15th!     **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and

"I took braised short rib, added pork belly, fried it and added mashed potatoes!" That dish was the decadent side of Chef Daniel Schurr, but what makes him genuine is his Class, precision and dedication to making his restaurant the the best place you can dine. Chef Daniel doesn't need to be known, but he wants you to experience his restaurant. We discuss the "why" of fine dining, the strategy of a chef driven wine program and the secrets of service.  **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! https://bestowbakedgoods.com Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  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-hou