Because we love you and respect your choices - the Top Chef talk starts at 23:40. This week your three best friends watched Top Chef Season 4, Episode 5 "Film Food"... the title they went with... for this episode... is film... food... film food. And then we mostly talked about how much the elimination challenge sucked. But hey, we had a good time, and we hope you do to. All of that and if you DM our instagram or twitter accounts, Jamal might send you a macaroni and cheese... on this week's Pod C...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min
"It's the little things, the little things that make the salad (Waldorf) good" - Good Charlotte and Reaves talking about Waldorf salads. We are fresh off the boys' first in-person hangout session in over a year and now we're ready to talk about Top Chef! This week we watched Season 4, Episode 3 "Block Party" (title is just what the competition was... cool). We also give you all the deets on our hangout last weekend, Jamal and Reaves do some nasty didgeridoo noises, and Ok so Bryan's audio is bad...
Dec 15, 2021•46 min
Top Chef talk starts at 16:30, but the good stuff starts at 0:00! Uh Oh, we're talking about the zoo again! Don't worry it's good this time because we're talking about Top Chef Season 4, Episode 2 - "Zoo Food". We also learned a lot about politics, visited the situation room, and teased that we are having a three amigos in-person hang out next week... so get ready to hear all about that. All of that and nothing more because the government took the rest in taxes... on this week's Pod Chef! ----mo...
Dec 06, 2021•45 min
NEW SEASON BAY BAY! **Top Chef talk starts at 15:15, but then we go off the rails again a bit until around 19 min, but it's ok you can get through it. We believe in you!** This week your three best friends are back and firing on all three cylinders! This week we started Top Chef Season 5 with episode 1 "Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better" (long title). Also Jamal does a Kill Bill after getting cask'd and vax'd, the amigos go over their Thanksgiving leftover plates, and all that plus all the...
Nov 29, 2021•51 min
Ok if you're only here for the Top Chef talk, you can skip this one, but we hope you'll come back next week when we start our re-watch of Top Chef Season 4! This week is a special week. It's a Thanksgiving special week! The three amigos wanted to help you get your Thanksgiving week off to a good start so we decided to watch Alison Roman's Thanksgiving Special (https://youtu.be/NyNOZOr9uIA) and talked about. We also talked about our Thanksgiving MUST HAVES, revisit the argument of wearing the ban...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 4 min
If you want to skip the best part of the podcast... the time stamp for when the Top Chef talk starts is 29:10. Thanks for listening! This week your three amigos watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 18 (though I think this episode is more of a stand alone, but on Hulu it's S3 soooo here ya go!). We also got new pages from Tom for his Top Chef movie, we enter a new room in the Room House, Jamal tells us a White Elephant Story, and we got a new review. Also the Spam Man shows up at 37:35 if you want ...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr
It's a freakin reunion episode of Top Chef this week and the three amigos are here to save you the trouble of having to watch it, because Top Chef Season 3, Episode 17 was a stinker... We also heard about Reaves' trip to St. Louis, Jamal read the latest pages from Tom's Top Chef movie, and Bryan learns a dirty little secret about Chefs I Prepared For You... All this and some fun new bear tips on this week's Pod Chef! This week's episode has a REAL AD! Make sure you check out OhHeyFckYou.com and ...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Oh boy, do we have an episode for you this week... We do! In fact, we have a pretty good one where the three amigos watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 16 - "Finale Part II". We also got part III of the Daniel Craig saga of the Top Chef Movie from Tom (we all got to participate!), Bryan talked about his latest venture into Michelin stars, and Reaves finally tells us the truth about whether or not his sausage dinner had buns. All of this and an ad that someone gave us money to do, on this week's P...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Your best friends decided to do something a little different this week, we watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 15 "Finale Part 1" and talked about it. Wait... You mean that's what we do every week? Oh yeah I guess you're right. Well we also got some more pages from Tom's Top Chef movie, talk about our weeks in Colorado, and worry about Malarkey's descent into madness! This week's episode has a REAL AD! Make sure you check out OhHeyFckYou.com and be sure to use the promo code PODCHEF at checkout w...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This week your best friends watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 14 "Manhattan Project" and talked about it in a funny way. Also - Bryan gave his report card grade for his dinner at Tom's restaurant Craft, Jamal shares the latest pages from the Top Chef Movie that Tom is writing, and they all reveal that they were in high school bands and want to share the music with you if you send us $15. This week's episode has a REAL AD! Make sure you check out OhHeyFckYou.com and be sure to use the promo code...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This week your three best friends had a grand ole time talkin about Top Chef Season 3, Episode 13 - "Snacks on a Plane" (decent title). Bryan updates the amigos about his trip to the White Mountains, Reaves gets an unboxing video from Tom, and Jamal is the host. This week's episode has a REAL AD! Make sure you check out OhHeyFckYou.com and be sure to use the promo code PODCHEF at checkout when buying 4 or more greeting cards to save 20% off your purchase! Ohheyfckyou.com "We sell greeting cards....
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Sorry this episode is late, but Bryan (me) is on vacation and I'm on island time so it's on time for me. (I'm on the lovely island of New Hampshire). This week the three amigos are joined by their number one fan Shelley Granger (Annie Barry) to discuss her fandom for the boys and Top Chef Season 3, Episode 12 "Chefs Overboard". Things get weird and stay weird, but isn't that how it always goes? Also... we've been doing this for a year and Bryan (me) still managed to not record his audio correctl...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 16 min
The b-b-b--boys are back in town and they're talking about Top Chef! This week we watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 11 - "Second Helping" and talked about it. We also had a spirited discussion about the important of youth sports, Jamal got a voicemail from Tom, we read more pages from the Top Chef Movie, and there's a lot more but I cut A LOT from this one and don't remember what made the episode... ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you h...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Just when I thought I was out... Pod Chef pulled me back in! This week the three amigos watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 10 "Restaurant Wars". We also got a some exciting new content from Tom in the Top Chef Cinematic Universe, Jamal tells us he saw Zebras in the wild, and WE TALK ABOUT THE MONKEY. All of that a whole lot more behind the paywall of this week's POD CHEF! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last night in t...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Celebrate Labor Day the Pod Chef way (by listening to Pod Chef? I don't know)! This week your THREE BEST FRIENDS watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 9 - "Guilty Pleasures" (another boring title). We got a new scene from Tom's Top Chef movie, we heard about Reaves' trip to Hawaii (involving toe talk for the feet freaks!), chat about AR's hot dog party, and you better believe we're talkin monkeys again! All this and maybe a little more in the back ON THIS WEEK'S POD CHEF! AR - Hot Dog Party - https...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Sadly this week it's only two amigos in the kitchen... But thankfully it's your two favorite amigos - Bryan and Jamal! (we miss you Reaves). This week we watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 8 - "Freezer Burn". We got some new pages from Tom's Top Chef Movie, Bryan tells us about a Billy Idol wedding he went to, we finally call out Dwight Howard for fleecing the Wizards (NBA), We give Hamburger Helper their flowers... this is now a Hamburger Helper stand podcast. ALL OF THIS AND JUST ENOUGH TO MAK...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Three amigos... full strength... UNDEFEATED! This week your best friends watched a weird reunion episode of Top Chef... season 3, episode 7 "What What Happens Special". We also got a new scene from Tom's Top Chef movie, Bryan and Jamal share some BIG hollywood news, we almost conjure Bloody Mary AND Candyman, Reaves time travels, and Jamal is very angry at Bryan for being a sleepy boy. All this and maybe just a little bit more so STICK AROUND!
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min
This week the three amigos watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 6 - "Latin Lunch" (another boring title). We get another scene from Tom's Top Chef movie, Bryan made THE PIE, we sneak a little more monkey talk into the episode, and Jamal tries out a new segment to end the show called "Bryan's Dying To Give You His Opinion And He's Not Lyin". ALL THIS AND MUCH MUCH MORE SO STICK AROUND! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Your three best friends in the whole world watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 5 - "Cooking By Numbers". Jamal tells a riveting story about his trip to the zoo, Reaves shares the latest scene from the Top Chef movie Tom is writing, and Bryan is there too. ----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 Jackson. The Pod Chef theme song was produced and performed by Jeff Ray. Pod...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Oh you didn't know? Yo ass betta call somebodaaaaayyyyyyyyy!!!! And if you ain't down with that, we got two words FOR YA - POD CHEF!!! (wrestling) Well it's everybody's favorite podcast (Pod Chef) and their three best friends (Bryan, Jamal, and Reaves) talking about their favorite tv show (Top Chef). This week we watched season 3, episode 4 - "Family Favorites" and had a grand ole time chattin about that. Before we dove into talking about the episode, Reaves reveals that Tommy C is working on a ...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 15 min
This week the THREE amigos are back at full strength and talking about Top Chef Season 3 Episode 3 "Sunny Delights". We get Reaves' review of his trip to Bryan's hometown - Chincoteague Island, we reveal that the contestants have to fight one of the judges to avoid getting eliminated, and we discuss the troubled rise and fall of the middle finger. If I had to describe this episode in three words it would be Good and Funny. ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Reaves didn't show up to another record, but Bryan and Jamal were there and even though they missed their amigo, they still had a freakin BANGARANG episode! That's right, your two best friends watched Top Chef Season 3, Episode 2 "First Impressions". And oh boy did we have a lot of fun. Here are some alternate episode titles I almost used - "Charity Chicken" / "It's Not Tom Ford, It's Tom For-ward" / "CALLING ALL FEET FREAKS" / "Fish are Mean"... So yeah, this episode is a good one! ----more----...
Jul 19, 2021•59 min
NO DAYS OFF! Just because a new season of Top Chef just ended, doesn't mean the three amigos are going on vacation. We are headed to Miami to watch Top Chef Season 3 and we are starting with episode 1 - "4-Star All Stars" - which is the all stars from season 1 and 2 for some reason... So all of our old friends are back and they are back to their old tricks - and we love to see it, we missed them even though they weren't gone very long. We learn about an old video game franchise, discuss how Tom ...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 6 min
This week the three amigos say ADIOS to another season of Top Chef. We watch Top Chef Season 18, Episode 14 "The Next Top Chef Is..." (GREAT episode title...) and then talk about it like the best friends we are. Also - Tom gave us our report cards, we reveal who won our fantasy league, and we decide not to watch Top Chef Amateurs because it looks like shit. See you on season 3! ----more---- Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Rate us 5 stars and let us know what you had for dinner last nigh...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 15 min
This week our record was infiltrated by Chet Montgomery who forced Bryan and Reaves to play The Top Chef Newly Wed Game with their wives - Ginnie and Kerry. Once we figured out how the game worked, we ended up having a pretty good time. And then after Chet fled the recording and Jamal came back, our wives stuck around and helped us discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 13 - "Shelfishly Delicious". Jamal is over Dawn's inability to complete her dishes, we figure out why all three chef-testants are ...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 11 min
We are BACK AT FULL BEST FRIENDS STRENGTH and are joined by our friend and social media marketing mogul Charlie Visconage who gives us some FREE tips to help us market the podcast and get those coveted 5 stars! We watched Top Chef Season 18, Episode 12 - "The Cheesier, The Better". We each take turns saying Oregon a couple of times, hit the writer's room to punch up a joke for Padma, and try to figure out if Tom has ever talked to a human being in person before. It's good to be back! ----more---...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Well folks you only get TWO AMIGOS again this week because Bryan had to miss the record, but he did edit the episode so it's sort of like he was there. We had the pleasure of being joined by Jeff Ray (Jeff Ray Films, guy who made our theme song!) as we watched Top Chef Season 18, Episode 11 - "Blind Ambition". We learn about Jeff's process for coming up with our amazing theme song, talk about the very simple quickfire challenge premise, and debate whether if crying while reading a note from your...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This week there are only TWO BEST FRIENDS as Reaves was busy celebrating his birthday and couldn't make the record, but we powered through and had a killer episode with a KILLER guest - Monique Moses (Astronomy Club). We discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 10 "Tournament of Tofu". We speculate that Dawn "cheated" off Byron even though we love her and we love Shota vs. Maria. We also learned that both Bryan and Monique each almost died the day of the recording, Jamal has never had tofu, and why b...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min
This week it's just your best friends and we're talking Top Chef Season 18, Episode 9 - "Portland-ia"! It was Bryan's birthday during the record so he gets the guest treatment as we take you through another forgettable episode of this season of Top Chef... This episode is full of old hipster tropes, a terrible elimination challenge, and a chef who can't stop making bad pasta... And then Tom stole our idea about doing Top Gear... if we weren't already facing a lawsuit from Top Chef, we might sue ...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 3 min
It's the most wonderful time of the year - Restaurant Wars! Your three best friends are joined by their friend and actor/improviser Casey Karaman to discuss Top Chef Season 18, Episode 8 - "Restaurant Wars". Jamal tells us about his Juneteenth preparations, we awkwardly read some very nice reviews of the pod, and have a lot of fun talking about a nice, but boring episode of Top Chef. Also - we had some technical difficulties during the record so there are a few awkward edits - DEAL WITH IT or vo...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min
