Communal Table Podcast
Food & Wine gets deep with some of the greatest minds and hearts in the food world.
Hello beautiful people! Welcome to Food & Wine Pro’s Communal Table podcast. Chefs and restaurant workers take great care of everyone else, but often they need a little help themselves. Each week, Food & Wine’s senior editor Kat Kinsman talks with hospitality pros about how they manage their business, brain, and body for the long haul.
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Episode 10. Yasmin Khan talks about Palestinian food, bearing witness, and self care while reporting.
Episode 11: Sam Hellman-Mass talks about extreme opening stress, graceful leadership, and his masa obsession.
Episode 13: Vallery Lomas talks about career pivots, competition TV, and the responsibility of role models.
Episode 14: Laurie Woolever talks about life after Anthony Bourdain, embracing sobriety, and the value of naps.
Episode 15: Billy Durney talks about PTSD, going into the BBQ biz, and feeding a community in crisis.
Episode 16: Marcus Samuelsson talks about '90s fine dining, rule breakers, and the blessings of Blackness.
Episode 17: Chefs, restaurateurs, and writers talk about the impact of Anthony Bourdain on #BourdainDay.
Episode 19: Jamila Robinson talks about feeling welcome in restaurants, media inclusion, and empathetic workplaces.
Episode 21: Restaurant lawyer Jasmine Moy talks about opening a restaurant, partner pitfalls, and expensive mistakes.
Episode 23: Pitmaster Carey Bringle talks pursuing passion, using humor, and kicking ass with one leg.
Episode 24: Priya Krishna talks about cookbook writing, working with mom, and defying categorization.
Episode 27: Mashama Bailey and Johno Morisano talk about Edna Lewis, developing trust, and reckoning with history.
Episode 29: Nina Compton talks about finding community, standing up for what's right, and winding down.
Episode 33: Steven Satterfield talks about cancer recovery, hiring smartly, and the power of peaches.
Episode 36: Callie Speer talks about financing a restaurant, sobriety, and why Tuesday sucks sometimes.
Episode 44: Jessica Craig talks about nurturing talent, Jamaican excellence, and kitchen dance parties.
Episode 48: Jamie Oliver talks about how doing right doesn't always pay the bills, vegetables, and resilience.
Episode 50: Katie Button talks about keeping employees for the long haul and making room for mistakes.
Episode 54: Sarah Robbins talks about vulnerability while traveling and what the military taught her about hospitality.
Episode 55: Jay Rayner talks about restaurant criticism, coronavirus, and confronting his own mortality.
Episode 59: Ming Tsai talks about the fears restaurant workers face and actions to take in the time of a pandemic.
Episode 60: Steve Palmer talks about resources for maintaining sobriety in a crisis and the challenges of isolation.
Episode 74: Justin Burke talks about inclusive spaces, being a queer single dad, and baking as activism.
Episode 76: Chef and activist Jenny Dorsey talks about vulnerability, tough conversations, and redefining restaurants.
Episode 78: Chef-owner Eric Rivera of Addo talks about pivoting, selling plants, and planning ahead.
Episode 80: Veteran bartenders Dale DeGroff and Julie Reiner talk about what it takes to stick around for the long haul.
Episode 83: Restaurateur, author, and TV star Vivian Howard talks about Southernness, pride, pivots, and politics.
Episode 88: Poi Dog's Kiki Aranita talks about closing her restaurant, collective trauma, and selling sauce.
Episode 92: Claudette Zepeda talks cutting through white noise and becoming the leader she needed to see.
Episode 93: Chef, author, and TV personality Anita Lo talks solo cooking, throwing butter, and constant reinvention.
Episode 94: Sommelier and activist Vinny Eng talks mutual aid, empathy, and the art of hugging trees.