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Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass

Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass

Chef Phil & Eric | Experienced Cooks & Restaurant Insiders

208 episodesEN

Show overview

Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 208 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 100 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 23 min and 33 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 40 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Chef Phil & Eric | Experienced Cooks & Restaurant Insiders.

Episodes
208
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
29 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Two decades on the line leave scars, stories, and a way of seeing the world that doesn’t wash off with the apron.Pot Luck Food Talks is where the chef lifestyle gets laid bare—raw chef talk, the kind you don’t hear in PR interviews.Phil & Eric aren’t here to romanticize. They’re here to trade food stories that smell of sweat, butter, and burned fingers. Stories about the beauty and brutality of restaurant culture, the quiet rules, and the loud disasters.It’s the truth about Michelin Star kitchens, the whispered restaurant secrets, the victories no one tastes but the cooks, and the mistakes that teach more than any school.If you want sanitized food media, go elsewhere. If you want chef conversations about life, gastronomy, and why flavor is the only compass worth following—pull up a chair.

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Better Restaurant, Less Money: Why So Many Cooks Are Broke?

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Is It Too Late to Become a Cook? Too Old for the Line at 30, 40, or 50?

Sep 20, 202632 min

Culinary Fundamentals: Can Cooks Still Make a Stock?

Sep 13, 202633 min

Push It Till It Punches You in the Face: Seasoning, MSG and Cooking Fish Over Fire

Sep 6, 202626 min

The Cook's Expiration Date: Was Bourdain Right About 37?

Aug 30, 202625 min

Everyone Claps When the Chef Claps: How Accurate Is The Menu?

Aug 23, 202637 min

Same White Jacket, Different Job: Is Becoming a Head Chef a Reward or a Punishment?

Aug 16, 202639 min

The Knives Episode a.k.a. Don't Touch My F#cking Knife

Aug 9, 202632 min

Serving Expectations: A Nike Logo Lesson for Cooks

Aug 2, 202633 min

Chef Networks: Innovations Only Cooks Can Create Together

Jul 26, 202633 min

Fermentation Control: How Cooks Turned Chaos Into a Symphony of Textures and Flavors

Jul 19, 202632 min

Reading Embers: The Skill Behind Cooking with Open Fire

Jul 12, 202634 min

From Line Cook to Lab: Can Plant Fats Taste Like Meat? Ft. Ernesto R. Vecilla

Jul 5, 202623 min

The Private Chef: Escape from the Kitchen or Career Upgrade?

Jun 28, 202631 min

Good Cooks Break Rules: Who Says Pasta Must Be Al Dente?

Jun 21, 202632 min

Can Cooks Actually Hack Nostalgia in the Kitchen?

Jun 14, 202630 min

Kitchen Trends Cooks Are Loving

Jun 7, 202630 min

9 Flavors vs 400: The Miso Science Behind Every Great Kitchen Ft. Fermentation Specialist Christian Weij

May 31, 202638 min

Even the Coleslaw: Nothing's Too Basic to Be Great

May 24, 202630 min
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