On this episode we talk to Sweetcakes by Sara, @sweetcakesbySara on Instagram she spent the entire summer in Maine away from her family working at a camp. We talk about the different jobs this career can bring and the places it can take you. We also talk about bakers vs cooks and on going struggle that has lasted for centeries. Also what brought her to truecooks. Late night caterings and more also we check in with the CT chefs challenge happening this week!
Sep 20, 2016•1 hr 9 min
On this episode we check in with Carlos from Lost Car. This guys is changing the chef coat game with his coats. As a matter of fact Chef Plum wears the grunt shirt and cannot stop talking about them! We hear his story and learn what it takes to put out the volume lost car does. Also what got him into this end of the bussiness and out of the kitchen. We also chat about the CT chefs challenge as well as compitions in general are they worth it?
Sep 15, 2016•1 hr 21 min
On this Labor day edition its all about the working man! We talk about surviving the hurricane, cooking on the road and more. We also check in with our buddy the recently retired WWE and ECW champion Justin Credible. We talk travel, road food, staying in shape and eating clean while working on the road 350 days a year. We also chat about culinary career vs pro wrestling career which is harder! :) Happy Labor day 2016!
Sep 06, 2016•1 hr 44 min
On this episode we catch up with Chef Marlon Alexander, chef has been the personal chef to Kiss, Christina Aguilera, Will Smith and more. We talk about the life of a private chef and what it takes, the good the bad and the just downright wierd. Plus Chef Plum talks about food documentries and are they really relevent in the food world today.
Aug 30, 2016•1 hr 18 min
On this episode we recap the Chefs Taste Challenge in New Orleans with Redleader. How did we do??? Also we talk road food with the Bookend Baldies Buddy Cassimanio and Eddie Bennett. Why road food with these to funny humans? Because they tour with the one and only Debbie Gibson! Buddy and Eddie have a hystarical show called the book end baldies, and just so happen to tour the country dancing teaching dance oh yeah and dancing with Debbie Gibson. This show is sure to be incredibly entertaining!!!
Aug 26, 2016•1 hr 22 min
On this episode we check in with our friend Matt Kourie our buddy and founder of the NY best Wings festival, as we gear up to the final of all the festivals this summer. Matt talks wings, cocktails and more! We also chat a little about catering and the Hamptons. Its wings beer and food on this episode! Plus chef Kyle Schutte stops by to talk Ice cream for dinner!!
Jul 26, 2016•1 hr 18 min
On this episode we take calls and talk about the business of food. There are many things wrong so we try to figure them all out. Chef's Adam Bedini and Jeff Purrazzi join the round table for chop talk, and we discuss the state of the plate. Catering to working the line we want to hear it all. We also touch on cooking outside over a campfire with Chef Plum as well as the how local food differs everywhere. How much beer is too much beer? Follow chef Jeff at @forkingchef on social media and Chef Be...
Jul 19, 2016•1 hr 36 min
Tonight we talk all about shooting in the Hamptons and Long Island for Edible Magazine this past weekend. I also put over Montauk brewing company, one of my favorite beer companies, and I got to hang there this weekend. We also talk to the one and only Shay Motion from Visionary Organics. Shay is an incredibly talented filmaker and has an amazing vision! Visionary Organics founded in 2015 by Jerome Coffey and Shay Motion, is an impact-driven media production company utilizing documentary film &a...
Jul 12, 2016•1 hr 12 min
On this episode we talk to Vincent Butta from Bonko TV, Bonko is an OTT platform that is on the train of changing how we watch tv! Food programming is so plentiful now with on demand content and Bonkotv is at the for front! Plus we talk Pop up dinners and how Dinner Underground came to be
Jun 28, 2016•1 hr 20 min
On this episode we talk about money, how much should you charge? Catering and more. Our guest is the super cool Kristen Hartley Executive Producer for Huffington Post and AOL studios. Kristen Hartley is an award-winning producer. Her genres run the gamut from news to comedy to lifestyle. She started in food in 2004 working as Cat Cora’s culinary producer on her new show for Food Network. Since then she’s had the pleasure of developing shows and creating content with new and existing chefs such a...
Jun 21, 2016•1 hr 25 min
On this episode we talk to one of the nicest, most genuine guys I have met in this business Chef Timo. Tim is the culinary assitant to Chef Chris Santos as well as 2 time Chopped alumni. He won on Chopped Bizzare Baskets and competed on Chopped impossible. He is also the mastermind behind Rattler BBQ sauce! Of yea and he knows like every heavy metal musican in the world :) We also talk about Plums upcoming shoot for the new talk show the Lounge, and my new gear from my friends over at Lost Car! ...
Jun 14, 2016•1 hr 24 min
On this episode we talk a little about Time out Magazine's best wing festival in NYC. The onslaught of asian style chicken wings that is taking over NYC. Cody Barbo from Industry stops by to talk about how they have made one of the best professional networking sites on the planet and become a staple in the chef community. Industry is like Linkedin for the hospitality indusrty! and its taking over social media! check them out at www.industry.co as well as on twitter (@theindusrty) and instagram @...
Jun 07, 2016•1 hr 18 min
On this memorial day episode we talk BBQ, and what is important. We also recap Chef Plum's visit to Mohawk bison farm and cooking bison. Tonights guest is Dana Jackson from Edible Nutmeg magazine. Edible magazine was recently called the last great food publication from Anthony Bourdain. The magazine focuses on small farms and great food. Dana is a former english teacher turned magazine editor/champion for local food. We talk how he got into the business and why edible. What it takes to run a pub...
May 31, 2016•1 hr 16 min
On this episode we check in with show regular Matt Kourie about the NY Best wings festival prelims coming up, and talk nacho fest. We also have a cool future of food report with the one and only Miss Metaverse! We talk all about 3d printing, chef robots and more. Plus on location catering, food contests edible on the road and more in this packed episode!
May 24, 2016•1 hr 22 min
On this episode we talk state of the Business with the one and only Culinary Harassment aka Omar. We talk about how bloggers and micro bloggers can affect our work. Does Tv make that much of a difference. The positive side of reviewers and yelp. How social media can be the best PR. We also take calls about the state of your business. Its chocolate, cocktails and money on this episode of Plum Luv Foods
May 17, 2016•1 hr 53 min
On this episode we talk branding and social media with a social media machine @breadandbutternyc aka Marisel Salazar. Marisel is super cool and has a ton of great info. In todays world social media and branding matters, and food social media has a life of its own! We also chat about Edible on the Road and what is more important, Food bloggers or Yelp! Of course the usual dick jokes and beverages! Marisel is a New York-based digital brand strategist + content creator for creative agencies Trends ...
May 10, 2016•1 hr 22 min
On this Episode we chat with the one and only Dana Conklin from ConceptsTV. ConceptsTV are some of the top people in the entire world when it comes to infomercials! Dana is Concepts TV’s Director of Production, and is in charge of the production process from inception to completion. In addition to 10 plus years of producing commercials, Dana began her career at Concepts TV as a 3 year old child actor in our commercials. I have had the pleasure of working with Dana many times and learn somthing n...
May 03, 2016•1 hr 13 min
Its springtime and that means festivals!! This is the 2016 Bacon and Beer Classic episode! This year the event at Citi field home of the Mets, was amazing! Redleader and I were VIP'd to come and hang out and do some interviews with so many people!! Adam Poch, Matt Kourie, Fire Island Beer, Magic Hat, Big Tumbler brewing, Two roads, Black Hog, so many guests!! This one was a crowd favorite last year I have no doubt this is just as good!
Apr 26, 2016•1 hr 21 min
On this episode Chef Plum recaps vacation and Hot Sauce tasting. We also talk to Chef Jeff Purrazzi (@forkingchef) one of the founders of JK collection, a premier private Chef firm based out of the Hamptons. We also have a conversation with Chef Kevin Levine (@chefscatoris). This polarizing Chef is one of those guys that is always supportive and super friendly. We talk hot bloxx what happened with True cooks and more. Plum will also plead with Kevin to stop using the balsamic reduction. Lots of ...
Apr 19, 2016•1 hr 27 min
On this episode we recap the NY Hot Sauce expo Judging, aka the screaming mimi awards! We chat with hot sauce legend and expo creator Steve Seabury, NYC beer icon Jimmy Carbone, Food Network Star contestant Rob Burmiester, Matt Kourie, Adam Poch and so many more! It was a spicy night but great times with awesome people! I was joined by my buddy Ken Tucio from Welcome 2 CT and of course the adonis like Redleader aka Sous Chef Erik. Lots of laughs hot sauce and more on this episode. Also if you ar...
Apr 12, 2016•56 min
On this episode our friend Matt Kourie stops by to talk about his newest event the NY Craft Cocktail expo! This event is sold out and if there is a promoter on the planet that can do it better than Matt I would like to meet them! This event is just awesome some of the greatest cocktail makers from the the NY area showing their stuff. Great food, great cocktails and of course Matts awesome mustache, this event is sure to kick ass. Also Chef Plum shares an ebarrassing story from this weekends past...
Mar 22, 2016•1 hr 20 min
On this episode we talk to Hells Kitchen season 15 chef Hassan (Hass) Musselmani. Hass is a very cool down to earth guy, and looks to be a great chef. We talk Hells Kitchen, Gordon Ramsey and more. Hass has a very cool pop up dining series and is making plans for a food truck. We also give away another pair of shoes from our friends over at Shoes for Crews, talk tipping, catering and more on this episode! Find Hass on twitter @HMusselmani and on Instagram @chef_hassan_hk15 and check out www.chef...
Mar 15, 2016•1 hr 13 min
On this episode we chat with the head honcho over at Atlas Films Stephanie Soechtig! Stephanie is one of the most important people in food and she is not even a cook! Stephanie is the one of the brains behind the incredibly important movies, and the bain of the plastic water bottle industry "Tapped", and of course "Fed Up" that deals with the sugar crisis we have in this country. We chat about how documentries can affect Chefs and the hospitality bussiness, what it takes to make a documentry suc...
Mar 08, 2016•1 hr 29 min
OIn this episode we talk to host of WTNH's CT Style and talented event host Ryan Kristafer, Ryan has be a part of many, many food segments we talk the good the bad and the complete disasster of doing live food segments on TV. Also how he got into doing a live morning show will for sure be a topic. Also lots of discussion about events and hosting events. Chef Plum also talks about what does working with private clients do for making the food business a better place. We also drop the news about th...
Mar 01, 2016•1 hr 11 min
On this episode we talk to the super cool Buck Hollywood (Micheal Buckley) Talk about taking social media to another level, Buck has made a unbelievable career from youtube (over a million subscribers on his What the buck show) and social media. How on earth does that happen? What brought on the idea for the crazy funny youtube show, and how can social media help with any bussiness. The show is sure to be full of great insight and of course a plethora of dick jokes. oh yea and and I am giving Bu...
Feb 23, 2016•1 hr 10 min
On this episode we talk to pepper sauce hustler and all around good dude Jamie Glover from Glovers Pepper sauce. Jamie created his product to pay homage to his grandfather and is about to take it to another level, we talk with him about that process as well what he is currently making and more! Also Chef Plum spends a few minutes with friend of the show and host of Welcome 2 CT Ken Tuccio and talk the Sono Bowl event as well as the Instagram drama that took place this week, some of you may not l...
Feb 16, 2016•1 hr 28 min
Truecooks radio is back on the air, we check in with the man Chef Chad about the holidays, the voting issues that happened with all star of the year and more. As always we talk food, people and take questions from the chat room! Its one of a kind interactive culinary lifestyle experience, #truecooks radio
Feb 09, 2016•1 hr 20 min
On this episode we talk pop up dinner prep, snow catering and does the weather really affect bussiness? We are also pleased to be joined by NY burger icon Jamie Schweid. At 36 Jamie Schweid is the President of Schweid and Sons, a family owned fourth generation ground beef purveyor. Jamie works along side his father David and brother Brad to bring "The very best burger" to consumers by offering a range of high quality ground beef blends. You like burgers, well Jamie is the man when it comes to th...
Jan 26, 2016•1 hr 29 min
On this episode we dive into the second part of my interview with the enigmatic Omar Zahirovic aka @culinaryharassment. We talk food, baking, being inspirational and more. What brought him to the table and what he can tell others to help them come to the next level! We also talk more about his new book "Walking With Lions" available on amazon right now! The first interview was highly acclaimed and we expect no different from this one!
Jan 19, 2016•1 hr 50 min
Tonight we talk to one of the most enigmatic, inspirational people on the food scene, the one and only Culinary Harassment aka Omar Zahirovic. He has taken that name and made it a worldwide tag on social media. We talk food, his past as a refugee, the military, family life, and of course how he came to be a part of Truecooks. Omar is one of the coolest people I have ever had the chance to meet. His new book "Walking with Lions" is available on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Lions-Omar-Za...
Jan 12, 2016•1 hr 33 min
