Nc F&b Podcast

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? has all the answers and she makes We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream  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 Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE:  ________________________________________________________________ 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&Bpodcast. 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

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  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 Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE:  ________________________________________________________________ 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&Bpodcast. Max is a front-of-house vet/sommeli

 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?  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  We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream  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 Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE:  ________________________________________________________________ Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and bev

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 to Raleigh, before that he brought the , the world renowned and many more to Raleigh. Listen in to find out his keys to success and what's next, oh and how to achieve a We are proud welcome our newest sponsor to the show, Proof Alcohol Ice Cream  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 Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! GET TICKETS TO Taste of the Wild HERE:  ________________________________________________________________ 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 Ange

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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at 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 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 podcasts. Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restau

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, , , 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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at 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 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. 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 - freelance writer for Eater, Food and Wine - of Eat Drink Carolinas & Editing Manager of At Home Magazine   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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! Hospitality industry veterans,  For any form of criticism, email: Eat & Drink Merrily!

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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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

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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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 podc

Chicken Parm-Ramen, need I say more? That dish is just a hint of what this Papa is cooking up. , had a vision of what he wanted to cook and where. Listen in to understand how he learned by the side of . Find out where Chef Tom gets his inspiration to come up with dishes such as and gnocchi. Surprisingly, Chef Cuomo did not use 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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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 Car

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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 on September 30! Get your tickets !! Hear from Kyle Teears of , Tie Whitaker of , Brandon Shepard of , Amanda Ezzell of and Jamie Turner of  and 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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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

 Raleigh is up in smoke!  (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. 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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from

Weed, marijuana, CBD Oils, vapes, hemp. What is the deal with all these cannabis based products?  of 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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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 r

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," solves all your first world problems! Listen into the CEO and former Gamecock's basketball star tell her story of creating this wonderful Ice Cream that will solve all the worlds problems! Bonus time- we also chat with about the brand new Asheville festival ! Chow Chow, involves the likes of , , 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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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 th

"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! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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 mo

For years anybody who owned land or a restaurant or a bar in Raleigh wanted to get their hands on the space atop . were not in Raleigh and did not seek this potential pot of gold that sat atop the . However, because they did not seek it, much like the , they were awarded it. Chris and Sara acquired the sleepy "also-ran" known as the in August of 2018. On this episode we hear how Chris and Sara brought in the likes of the one and only to help transform this majestic location high atop Raleigh into a brewery and kitchen that is befitting of it's location. This episode, has restaurant creation, entrepreneurial business wisdom and some delicious cooking and brewing tips.         **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and bever

In this episode we learn about  sneaking booze into Iraq, banana curry cocktails and why and are floating and boat. We get into some heavy vetting... of cocktails that is. We also eat booze filled ice cream and discuss why Johnson County and specifically Clayton, NC are rad! _________________________________________________ **Explore North Carolina one county at a time. And put Johnston County at the top of your next excursion! Check out  for more information about a growing area of NC! **Support Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs! Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods **Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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 An

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (I.E. State controlled liquor) or to take arms against a sea of troubles. And, by opposing them, we go down the the arduous road of privatization. This is the conundrum, it is not all roses with a free market, there will be growing pains, but there will also be great gains. In the meantime have offered some upgrades to our current system. Listen in to find out what goodies our industry just received.   We discuss in the bills and the benefits in depth with the NCRLA Director of Communications and lobbyist . _________________________________________________ Welcome our newest sponsor, Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs!  Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear fr

We shake up the format of the show from the get-go with a live, impromptu theme-song with musicians and of the . () Then the show gets deep into California wine with winemaker Jennifer Reichardt of Raft Wines () and, filling in for Matt Weiss, friend of the show, Swarup Bandyopadhyay. Listen to how the daughter of the a duck farmer becomes an entrepreneur in the wine industry. Her usage of unique varieties of grapes, coupled with a small budget, creates more than just delicious wine.   _________________________________________________ Welcome our newest sponsor, Bestow Baked Goods, currently located in Fuquay-Varina but soon to open in Holly Springs!  Follow them on Instagram @bestowbakedgoods Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it at  Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout!  Hospitality industry veterans, and , 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 podca