Pod Chef

This week Bryan and Jamal share a letter Tom sent his mother from the front lines of Restaurant Wars to celebrate Mothers Day and we talk about a pretty mediocre episode of Top Chef: S21, E8 - "Restaurant Wars". War, war never changes... but maybe it should. Top Chef talk starts at 28:43 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week two out of the three amigos are here and they are joined by the theme song king and mango hunter himself, Jeff Ray (@jeffrayfilms). We read some reviews from our fans (we love our fans) and chat about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 7 - "Sausage Race" Top Chef talk starts at 31:45 Editor's note - I edited some stuff even though Jamal and Reaves didn't think I would, and the episode didn't come out on Wednesday like they joked... because it came out on Thursday. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three best friends deal with some chaos of their own before giving you the in-depth analysis you expect from on us on Top Chef Season 21, Episode 6 - "Chaos Cuisine". Top Chef talk starts at 33:00 Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Sorry for the delay! This week your best friends are joined by comedian, guy from Philly, and coach of some kind John Carroll. Jamal tried to replace Bryan and Reaves and we talked about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 5 - "Supper Club" Top Chef talk starts at 25:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week Reaves and Bryan are joined by our good friend Audrey Mattaino (Audrey's website) to discuss Top Chef Season 21, Episode 4 - "The Wright Way" as well as the usual shenanigans and monkey shines. Top Chef talk starts at 36:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Reaves had to miss the recording, but he sent us his recap of Top Chef Season 21, Episode 3 - "Takin it Cheesy" which we read word for word in his honor. Top Chef talk starts at 20:50 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week the three amigos are very funny all by themselves. We unveil our new theme song, come up with a great business idea, and take a shallow dive into Top Chef Season 21, Episode 2 - "Livin the High Life" Top Chef talk starts at 24:35 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three best friends are joined by their one best friend, Annie Barry (Bandit Theater), to crack open an all new season of Top Chef! Tom wrote a sketch, so we read it and then we talked about Top Chef Season 21, Episode 1 - "Chef's Test", some things never change. Top Chef talk starts at 36:30 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week your three best friends utilize their Top Chef expertise and extensive research to hold their Top Chef Season 21 Fantasy Draft. And then they talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 6 "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat" because that's what we get paid to do. NEW SEASON NEXT WEEK! Top Chef talk starts at 38:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

We've got all three amigos talking about the cooking show this week. The laughs are abundant, unlike the food served during Top Chef Season 8, Episode 5 - "Dim Sum Lose Sum". Top Chef talk starts at 31:00 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesdays sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week Bryan and Jamal are joined by their good friend and filmmaker, Tony Lazzeroni (@bearded_comedy) to talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 4 - "Advantage Chef". Top Chef talk starts at 31:50 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week Bryan and Jamal watch the Top Chef Season 21 Trailer for the first time and give their live reactions. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

This week Bryan and Reaves see what it would be like to host solo and talk about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 3 - "New York's Finest". Top Chef talk starts at 26:21 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes on Mondays or Tuesday sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef is Bryan, Jamal, & Reaves. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

The three amigos discuss Top Chef Season 8, Episode 2 "Night at the Museum". Top Chef talk starts at 33:10 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday or Tuesday sometimes. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

New year, new season! Pretty cool how that worked out huh? To help us break off a brand new (old) season of Top Chef, we're joined by Rachel Gluckstern (DC Entertainment, SuperStarEditor). Rachel is a Top Chef superfan and real like Pod Chef fan (they exist!) and she was super excited to talk with us about Top Chef Season 8, Episode 1 - "History Never Repeats". We learn what an editor does and Tom shared with us a trailer for his latest adventure in film! Top Chef talk starts at 41:45 Chef out everything Rachel is up to at SuperStarEditor.com ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Ring in the new year with your three favorite food talk boys. We wrap up 2023, share our positive and negative New Year's resolutions, and finish Top Chef season 7 all in one episode, in just a little over an hour. Top Chef talk starts at 36:10 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Three amigos?!? It’s a Christmas miracle! Reaves shares Tom’s latest creative endeavor and we talk about Top Chef Season 7 Finale Part 1. Top Chef talk starts at 32:20 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

Bryan and Jamal get back to what they do best, talking about Top Chef. And this time they're talking about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 12 - "Gastro-nauts" Top Chef talk starts at 19:20 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

It's our annual Thanksgiving Holidays Special! So we're doing what we do every year (we think?) and that's discuss the new Alison Roman Thanksgiving episode of Home Movies. Top Chef talk never starts. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/

All three amigos two weeks in a row?! WOW! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we talked about Top Chef Season 7, Episode 11 - "Making Concessions" Top Chef talk starts at 18:10 ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in the review! This episode was edited by Bryan A Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod Chef Links Follow us on Instagram and Twitter - @podchefpodcast Follow Bryan on Instagram - @bjacksonininaction Follow Jamal on Instagram - @hell0newman Our intro was produced and performed by Jeff Ray - https://www.instagram.com/jeffrayfilms/