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Communal Pop Up Kitchens and the Pandemic Jan 21, 2021

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This week on The CHEF Radio Podcast, Eli Kulp sits down with chef and restaurant owner, Ange Branca. After closing Saté Kampar in May, Ange has just opened Kampar Kitchen, a communal space that hosts different restaurants, and therefore a different carry out menu, every day of the week. Eli and Ange discuss growing up in Malaysia and adjusting to America, leaving the consulting field for the restaurant industry, and what 2020 has taught her about flexibility, community and equity. Follow Kompar Kitchen on Instagram to see what's cooking @kamparkitchenphl.

Accessibility, Wine and New York City Jan 07, 2021

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On this episode of The CHEF Radio Podcast, Eli sits down with Yannick Benjamin. Yannick is the Head Sommelier at University Club, Co-Founder of Wheeling Forward and Wine on Wheels, and proprietor of Contento, an up and coming NYC restaurant which prioritizes accessibility and inclusivity amongst great food and wine. Wheeling Forward is an organization that helps "people with disabilities experience life to the fullest and enable them to see possibilities where others see insurmountable obstacles." Eli and Yannick discuss how he got into the hospitality industry, his experiences in restaurants before and after his injury, and how he turned both his business and his new restaurant from an idea to a reality.

Fighting the Food Desert Dec 22, 2020

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This week on CHEF Radio Podcast, host Eli Kulp sits down with Christa Barfield, head farmer at Farmer Jawn Community Greenhouses and owner of Viva Leaf Tea Company. In this two part interview, Eli and Christa talk about regenerative agriculture and food insecurity while attending the Food Forever Event at Pocono Organics. They continue their interview online to discuss food injustice, specifically in Northwest Philadelphia, and how Farmer Jawn's CSA is fighting food insecurity with intense organization and local, organic produce. Check them out at @FarmerJawnPhilly on Instagram.

Mentors, Comradery, and Community Dec 10, 2020

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This week, Eli Kulp sits down with Greg Vernick, owner of Vernick Food and Drink, Vernick Fish, Vernick at Home and Vernick Coffee Bar, all located in Philadelphia. Eli describes Greg as a chef that, "just has a knack for creating food that's craveable." They discuss how Greg got into the restaurant industry, their old mentors and how vital a mentor can be, Philadelphia's restaurant community, and how to take a day to day approach to owning a restaurant during a pandemic. Explore Greg Vernick's cuisine at Vernick Restaurants.

Fried Chicken, Ghost Kitchens and a History Lesson Nov 24, 2020

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Eli Kulp sits down with Reuben Harley, AKA Big Rube, owner of Big Rube's Kitchen, to talk about food, history and reinvention. Big Rube is a regular host on WIP Radio and has been featured in Philadelphia Magazine. He is famous all around Philly for his pop up kitchens, guest Chef appearances, and most recently, his ghost Kitchen. He has been quoted as Philadelphia's King of reinvention and has been described as a master marketer, photographer, lifestyle guru, fried chicken master and chef. Follow Big Rude on Instagram @BigRubeHarley.

Nostalgic Thai Cooking and Unstoppable Community Care Nov 12, 2020

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This week on CHEF, Eli Kulp sits down with Nok Suntaranon, owner of Kayala Thai Kitchen and Kayala Thai Market. Nok is an experienced chef, restaurant owner and hospitality expert who aims to create the feeling of home in every meal. About her menu, she says "it's a food that I kept cooking on and on and on. Some of them are my neighbor's favorites. Some of them are my husband's favorites. Some of them are my own fabric. So it is a love letter from me to my customers." She talks about her career journey, her mom as her biggest inspiration and motivation and how the Philadelphia chef community has stepped up to support each other and their communities during Covid.

From Philly, to LA, to Italy, and Back with Marc Vetri Oct 29, 2020

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In this episode of The Chef Radio Podcast, Chef Eli Kulp talks with Marc Vetri, whose newest restaurant, Fiorella, was booming from the time it opened in February to the COVID-19 shutdown. Eli and Marc talk about Marc's background as a chef and musician in LA, spending a few years in Italy, opening restaurants in Philadelphia, and how things have been going since the shutdown.

Starting from the Soil Up: Conversations with Agricultural Leaders at the Food Forever Event Oct 15, 2020

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Eli Kulp and Christopher Plant visit Pocono Organics during their massive Food Forever event and sit down with multiple farmers and agricultural geniuses to talk about the future of food production and how we can go beyond sustainability. Food Forever is a communications campaign, which started in 2017, to raise awareness about what crop diversity is and how everyone around the world is connected to and benefits from agricultural biodiversity. Eli and Christopher sit down with Ashley Walsh, Cierra Martin, Jeff Moyer and Erik Oberholtzer.

Ashley Walsh is the owner of Pocono Organics and talks about how she got into organic farming, working with Food Forever and Rodale and the creation of her immense organic farm, the home of three story greenhouses.

Cierra Martin is a representative for The Crop Trust, the creators of the Food Forever campaign. The Crop Trust is an international organization with a mission to safeguard crop diversity for food security. The Crop Trust supports a network of genebanks with are facilities for tasking with conserving and sharing seeds. They're making sure this diversity stays alive at the seed level, but they're also packaging it up and shipping it around the world for breeders that use it every day.

Jeff Moyer is the CEO of Rodale Institute. "Widely recognized as the birthplace of the organic movement, Rodale Institute is a nonprofit dedicated to growing the organic movement through rigorous research, farmer training, and consumer education." Jeff talks about the importance of regenerative organic agriculture, farming not just organically and sustainably, but with the future of the soil in mind, and the recently released White Papers. The White Papers are a report on climate change and how a shift from cash crops to cover crops could actually reverse our carbon emissions by putting carbon back into the soil.

Erik Oberholtzer is a chef, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Tender Greens. He is on the Rodale Board of Directors and is a leader of the food forever experience, helping to connect Rodale with The Crop Trust. He discusses the importance of building transparent supply chains, new organic certification regulations, and the nutritional and environmental importance of organic agriculture.

Restaurants and Community with former Philadelphia Mayor, Michael Nutter Oct 01, 2020

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On the first episode of Season 2 of The CHEF Radio Podcast, we join Chef Eli Kulp at a live event at The Viaduct in Philadelphia. He talks with former mayor Micheal Nutter about the importance of the restaurant industry to the life of a city. They also discuss how anyone can support up-and-coming chefs of color, and/or those struggling in the wake of COVID-19.

The Critique Cycle, with Restaurant Critic Craig LaBan Jul 15, 2020

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In part two of host Eli Kulp's conversation with restaurant critic Craig LaBan, we discuss the ins and outs of the critique cycle that new restaurants go through. We also give an inside look at the intricate dance of The Critic and The Chef, culminating in the saga of the short rib bone.

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