On today's episode of Waking Issues, Dave, Nastassia and The Rest are joined by Melissa Weller to talk about all things baking. Melissa is the author of A Good Bake: The Art and Science of Making Perfect Pastries, Cakes, Cookies, Pies and Breads at Home and she answers tons of...

Miguel de Leon is a restaurant and wine professional of color living in NYC. He has worked his way through some of the finest dining rooms in the country including Chez Panisse, Momofuko, Casa Mono and Per Se. Miguel is currently the General Manager and Wine Director at Pinch Chinese...

Raised as a "bar baby" by his devoted jazz musician father and just-as-loving mother, it might have seemed that Milton Abel II was destined for a life onstage himself. But after a period of self-discovery, this Kansas City native found his way to the professional kitchen, eventually settling on pastry...

American Sommelier turned French Winemaker, Michele Smith Chapel worked at New York’s finest restaurants including Per Se and Brooklyn Fare combining for 6 Michelin Stars. She met David Chapel in Beaujolais, got him to move back to NY and both eventually packed up to move back to France…and make wine...

One of the most accomplished chefs in the country returns to center stage this week as Jonathan Benno has just opened his Leonelli Taberna in New York City, the first of three planned Italian concepts he'll launch this year. Andrew, who's neighbors with Jonathan in the suburbs of Westchester County...

Raj Vaidya grew up in a family obsessed with food and wine in Bombay, Singapore and New Jersey. Raj cut his teeth in New Jersey going from baking bagels to pouring the finest Burgundies. He went on to work at some of the best restaurants in the country including Cru...

Last year, chef Greg Baxtrom took one of the best resumes around (Alinea, Per Se, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Atera) and funneled his hard-earned technique and experience into Brooklyn's Olmsted restaurant, a neighborhood gem that quickly rose to prominence as a destination restaurant. On the heels of Olmsted's inclusion...

This week on All in the Industry, host Shari Bayer is joined by Mathew Peters and Philip Tessier. Mathew was the Executive Sous Chef at Per Se in NYC, and the 2017 Head Chef of Team USA, winning first place at the prestigious Bocuse d'Or international culinary competition in Lyon...

Today on All in the Industry, Shari Bayer is joined by Kate Edwards, a restaurant consultant who started off in just about every role of in the industry. Her first client was Le Cirque, and the rest is history.

Making the leap from chef de cuisine to chef-owner is no small feat, and we've got somebody fresh off that transition in the studio to tell us all about it. Chef Greg Baxtrom was known to followers of the chef world long before he opened his first restaurant, Olmsted, in...