Culinary Characters Unlocked
Emmy Winner, International Acclaimed Journalist, Executive Producer, Food & Travel Lover, and Creator of the Beloved show “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” David Page takes us deep into the world of chefs, restaurateurs, and everything “foodie” from the nationally and internationally awarded to the locally loved on Culinary Characters Unlocked. New episode every Tuesday.
Latest Episode
Bonus Episode - A visit to Brennan's for the art and theatre of Banana's Foster (22.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Pitmaster Ali Clem on winning a Michelin star for her barbecue restaurant, and her remarkable rise from selling her barbecue from a trailer 19.08.2025
- 2025 James Beard Award winner Nando Chang on Peruvian-Japanese cuisine, the threat to immigrants in the food world, and how hip-hop changed his life 12.08.2025
- Chef and restaurateur Nicholas Fanucci on his career at legendary Michelin-starred restaurants and his journey from the top to a food truck to a restaurant of his own 09.08.2025
- Chef Yotaka “Sunny” Martin and her partner/husband on bringing her Thai cuisine to America and, with no restaurant experience, winning the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest 05.08.2025
- Chef and restaurateur Tyler Akin on re-opening his family’s favorite restaurant from his childhood and cooking a world of cuisines 29.07.2025
- Two Michelin star winning chef Suzette Gresham on battling restaurant world misogyny and finding the soul of a cuisine 22.07.2025
- Third generation Seattle restaurant owner Mark Canlis, on keeping the highest standards while remaining fresh after 75 years 15.07.2025
- Michelin award winning chef Julia Momosé on creating the tastes she grew up with in Japan at her Chicago restaurant Kumiko, and the mixology that just won her a James Beard award 08.07.2025
- Classically trained boundary-shattering chef Jordan Kahn on simultaneously holding Michelin stars at two different restaurants, and his singular approach to storytelling through food 01.07.2025
- Chef Anita Jaisinghani on creating a wildly successful Indian diner in Houston, Texas 24.06.2025
- Michelin star winning chef Laurent Tourondel on his restaurant blowing up on Tik Tok 17.06.2025
- Chef Marisa Baggett on shattering expectations as a female, Black, Jewish sushi chef, and redefining sushi her way 10.06.2025
- Chef Eric Levine on turning Brooklyn favorites like hot dogs and knishes into elevated culinary masterpieces— and on achieving celebrity and success while repeatedly battling cancer 03.06.2025
- Owner Amy Mills on secrets behind the iconic barbecue restaurant founded by her father, a barbecue legend 27.05.2025
- James Beard award winning chef Alon Shaya on making a splash in new Orleans—not with Cajun or Creole cooking, but with Israeli food—and on becoming a sweet-tea-loving southerner 20.05.2025
- Chef Alycia Wahn Martindale on Michelin recognizing her new Toronto restaurant; cooking Creole, Caribbean, and Latin American flavors north of the border; and why she’s scratch-making her own butter and bacon 13.05.2025
- Katz’s Deli owner Jake Dell with the inside story of the 137 year-old American institution and having Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal back to re-do their famous movie scene 06.05.2025
- Small town chef and restaurant owner Cara Tobin on her nomination as America’s best restaurateur in the upcoming James beard awards 29.04.2025
- Executive Chef André Bienvenu on his quarter century at the legendary Joe’s Stone Crab and his unexpected second chapter as a restaurant owner 22.04.2025
- Food & Wine Best New Chef Karyn Tomlinson on her invention of “Grandma Chic” cuisine 15.04.2025
