Chefs Without Restaurants
Join Chris Spear as he interviews food and beverage entrepreneurs who have built successful careers outside of traditional restaurant kitchens.
From personal chefs, caterers, and food truck operators to cookbook authors, research chefs, and farmers, each guest has paved their own way in the culinary world. Through candid conversations, they share the challenges, lessons, and successes of creating a business on their own terms.
With over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry—including running his own personal chef business, Perfect Little Bites—Chris is dedicated to helping chefs and food entrepreneurs navigate their own unconventional paths in the industry.
If you're looking for inspiration, business insights, and real stories from those who have stepped beyond the restaurant world, this podcast is for you.
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Chefs Without Restaurants
From Haiti to The White House - with Chef Sebastien (KuisineKing)
On this episode, we sit down with Chef Sebastien (Kuisine King), a Washington DC area chef.
In this episode:
· Cooking at The White House
· Thoughts on going to culinary school
· Working at The Cheesecake Factory, and how hard it is to actually cook there
· Vibrational cooking and “intersectional cuisine”
· Finding the middle ground between consistency and flexibility/creativity when cooking
· Haitian food and cooking…and a bit of history
· Pop-up dinners, and how to make them successful
· High volume catering
· Cultural appropriation
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Outro music provided by podcast guest Dylan Ubaldo (check out Toyomansi)
Intro Music: District Four by Kevin MacLeod
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