Episode 13 is now LIVE! Zachary’s Chicago Pizza, the employee-owned pizzeria known for its thick, signature stuffed pies, is a local institution in the Bay Area. With over 225 Best Pizza awards to its name, locals know it as the ONLY place to get deep dish in the Bay. Known for its incredible family and community oriented shops and team members, Zach's currently operates 5 shops in the Bay Area (Oakland (2), Berkeley, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, San Ramon). 20 years after its founding 1983,...

We are SO excited for this episode, with Theo Chocolate, an incredible bean-to-bar chocolate maker founded in Seattle, WA in 2005. Our guest, Aaron has been with Theo for 7 years now, and is the lead chocolate educator. He hosts chocolate tastings, factory tours, and SO MUCH more exciting stuff (seriously a dream job?) We talk to Aaron in this episode about: - His personal passion for chocolate and how it drove him to innovate and help develop virtual chocolate tastings in the pandemic -...

We are SO excited to announce our episode 11 guest: Nat Stratton-Clarke - the current owner of Seattle’s oldest vegetarian restaurant, Cafe Flora! When Nat first moved to Seattle he told himself he would give himself 5 years to try out working in the restaurant industry and joined Cafe Flora working to help procure locally sourced veggies. If it didn’t work he figured he could go to law school. Within 5 years the owners of Cafe Flora had offered to handover ownership to Nat, and he took...

Zach Martinucci grew up in the Bay Area and went to high school with Madeleine before going on to study at UCLA and setting off on his entrepreneurial adventure as the founder of Rebel Bread, a bakery in Denver, CO! Rebel Bread is a Community Bakery and Bread School that offers wholesale bread and pastries to local coffee shops, bakes for farmers markets and a membership Bread Club, and offers classes for every kind of home baker. ****TIMESTAMPS**** 4:08 How Rebel Bread Started 12:12...

Our guest for Episode 9 is Amelie Kang from @malaproject! Amelie grew up in Beijing, watching her grandmother cook, and her early exposure to food had her pursue Culinary Arts at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and then an externship at Chef Daniel Boulud's Bar Boulud & China Blue. Amelie has been honored by Forbes 30 Under 30 for Food & Drink & Eater Young Gun for introducing Sichuan dry pot to the NYC food ecosystem. Amelie’s work ethic, creativity, and care for people...

Noah Fleishman is the VP of Bethesda Bagels, a beloved Washington DC bagel eatery! Family owned and run, Bethesda Bagels has a close-knit family dynamic and close ties to the community, and is a go-to for Catherine & other east coast residents for a great bagel!  Steve and Fran Fleishman started Betheda Bagels in 1982 after adopting styles & techniques learned from the classic New York bagel. After the initial success of their first Bethesda location, the company began expanding,...

Noah Fleishman is the VP of Bethesda Bagels, a beloved Washington DC bagel eatery! Family owned and run, Bethesda Bagels has a close-knit family dynamic and close ties to the community, and is a go-to for Catherine & other east coast residents for a great bagel! Steve and Fran Fleishman started Betheda Bagels in 1982 after adopting styles & techniques learned from the classic New York bagel. After the initial success of their first Bethesda location, the company began expanding,...

Chris Schultz has been the Voodoo Doughnut CEO since 2017, after being in the restaurant industry for 30+ years (including roles as Operations Manager at Starbucks and Sr VP at Mod Pizza). He has been quoted to “never have a bad day,” and in his time at Voodoo, he’s focused on expanding Voodoo’s offerings to new locations throughout the US. Voodoo Doughnut started as a quirky donut shop in Portland in 2003 with the mission of “world donut domination” and received its first mention in the...

Bringing you a very special episode with Catherine & Madeleine! The most common feedback we’ve gotten on our episodes so far is that y’all wanna know more about US! In the next episode, we’re taking a quick pause for us (your co-hosts Madeleine & Catherine) to reflect on our friendship, first impressions of each other, and fave memories along the way. We always have fun chatting with each other and are excited to open up our conversations to you all!

Kim Rizk & Kathy Klockinbrink are the power duo behind Jammin’ Crepes, a local crepe restaurant in Princeton, New Jersey! Kim & Kathy started Jammin’ Crepes in 2011 as a stand at the @wwfarmersmarket, and it’s since evolved to be a @princeton favorite! They focus their ever-evolving menu on highlighting farm-fresh produce, and their prioritization of seasonable, local foods has led them to be honored as a New Jersey sustainable business! Their award-winning 20 layer crepe cake has...

Josey Baker is the founder of Josey Baker Bread, and co-owner of The Mill, a cafe & bakery in San Francisco, CA that he runs with Four Barrel Coffee. He specializes in freshly milled whole grain sourdough that has received accolades in both the Infatuation & SF eater as one of San Francisco's best sourdough! Before starting the Mill, Josey worked in education at UC Berkeley. He's maintained his passion for building community & helping others learn in his current role in the food...

Rose Nguyen is the owner of Rose Ave Bakery, a bakery in the Block Food hall (Washington, DC). If you’ve ever tried to order from Rose Ave on a weekend, you’ll know how their purple ube mochi crullers, matcha chocolate chunk cookies, and Vietnamese Coffee-cream filled donuts SELL OUT 10 minutes after the preorder goes live! The asian flavors & desserts are truly SO unique, and we were so excited to talk with Rosie about her menu development, all female team in the bakery, and how her...

We're SO excited to announce Episode 2 with Gab Carbone, founder of the Bent Spoon, a local ice cream shop in Princeton, NJ! Gab, a proud graduate of the International Culinary Institute (other notable alum include David Chang, Christina Tosi, etc.), and her co-founder Matt worked at Small World Coffee (another Princeton fave!) before going on to start the Bent Spoon in 2004. 17 years and 600+ flavors later, the Bent Spoon has been honored as one of the best ice cream shops in the country by...

Lucas Sin, founder of Junzi Kitchen (based out of New York City, New York) shares his devotion to food exploration and design, walking us through his design-thinking and scientifically-driven approach to curating the perfect dish, his trips to find inspiration in regional Chinese dishes, and his mission to changing the perception and narrative of Chinese American food.  Lucas started his culinary journey as a 16 year-old in an abandoned newspaper factory in Hong Kong, and then went on to...

On April 5th, join co-hosts Catherine & Madeleine, former college roommates and best friends, as they explore the behind-the-scenes of all your fave local restaurants, bakeries, and dessert spots! In this podcast, we invite you to be our guest in a conversation with founders of our favorite local food finds as they share stories about the foodie dreams they visualized, built, and scaled. We can't wait to get started!