Cheftimony Episode 034 – Voices
“For today’s show, I reached out to chefs around the world to try to build community and a sense of “in it together” for all of us.”
These are very strange and very trying times. For today’s show, I reached out to chefs around the world to try to build community and a sense of “in it together” for all of us. Longtime listeners will recognize two of today’s guests. You’ll hear from Chef Jenny Dorsey in Los Angeles who appeared on Episode 008 of the show and also from Chef Willin Low in Singapore, my guest on Episode 020.
On the show today as well are my Las Vegas friends Chef Brian Howard of Sparrow and Wolf and Chef Daniel Ontiveros of Scotch 80 Prime. As many of you know, Las Vegas is my favourite city to visit, and I’ve been lucky to be a stagiaire several times at Bouchon Bistro on the Strip. It was there, thanks to my friend Chef Joshua Crain, that I met Chef Daniel. Lots of good has come from that restaurant – Chef Brian was part of the opening team in 2004!
Later today, you’ll hear from a new connection, Chef Emma Bengtsson, Executive Chef of the two-Michelin-starred Aquavit in New York. Chef Emma was my only “cold call” for today’s episode, and she responded immediately to my Instagram invitation to be on the show: “Yes sure I’m in let me know when.” That’s what I love about the hospitality industry. It’s people are genuinely hospitable! That’s why I think it’s so important to support this industry – always, but particularly now. Buy some gift cards, write some positive reviews, and let the restaurants you love know that you’ll be joining them again as soon as they can serve you again.
Before we get to the chefs, my thanks to new friends at Gibsons & Watt who came through with some very fast audio editing to help me get this episode out on time. Oh, and since I don’t have handy pictures of all of today’s chefs, it’s my mug you have to see with the show notes today. So let’s leave that behind and get to the to the interviews! Join me for this virtual trip to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, and Singapore.