First Seating with Katie Metz and Jacqueline Coleman

Katie Metz and Jacqueline Coleman
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The most memorable meals are never just about the food. First Seating is a podcast about extraordinary dining and the hospitality, craftsmanship, culture, travel, anticipation, and emotion surrounding it. Hosted by veteran wine journalist and media professional Jacqueline Coleman and educator and enthusiastic diner Katie Metz, the show explores Michelin stars, tasting menus, wine, restaurant culture, luxury, value, and the strange magic that can happen when we sit down at a table. First Seating welcomes you to the table!

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    What Happens When You Hate Something?

    Katie and Jacqueline explore what happens when a dish or wine simply is not for you. From cauliflower and celery root to tasting-menu etiquette and disliked wine pairings, they ask how diners can stay open-minded without pretending—and what great hospitality looks like when nothing is technically wrong, but the experience still misses.

  2. Aug 7

    Why Some Meals Stay With Us

    In the first full episode of First Seating, Katie Metz returns to the story of the first major dining experience she chose entirely for herself: a solo dinner at a twelve-seat, two-Michelin-star restaurant in Washington, D.C. She arrived a little nervous. But as the evening unfolded, solitude became a direct line into the kitchen, and her curiosity drew her into an increasingly personal exchange with the people creating the meal. Years later, she cannot remember every course. She remembers choosing the dinner, the connection she felt, and the sense that something had shifted. Using that night as a starting point, Katie asks why cost, acclaim, and technical brilliance are such unreliable predictors of which meals remain vivid. She explores the three forces that shape a dining memory: what the diner brings, what the restaurant creates, and what life attaches to it afterward. The result is a reflection on anticipation, hospitality, solo dining, and the mysterious way a meal can become far more than the sum of its courses.

  3. Aug 4

    Pilot Episode: The Meal Is Never Just The Meal

    In this short pilot, Katie Metz pulls up a chair and introduces First Seating, a podcast about extraordinary dining and everything that gives a meal meaning beyond the plate. She shares the questions that inspired the show—from what Michelin stars promise to why hospitality can feel generous or rehearsed—and explains how travel, place, anticipation, value, and memory shape the way we experience restaurants. Katie also previews the four kinds of conversations ahead: big questions, field reports, conversations, and thoughtful debates. First Seating is not a ranking show or a test of sophisticated taste; it is an invitation for first-time tasting-menu diners, seasoned restaurant travelers, and anyone curious about why restaurants matter. The episode closes with a glimpse of Episode 1 --- the solo dinner that started a much bigger question.

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The most memorable meals are never just about the food. First Seating is a podcast about extraordinary dining and the hospitality, craftsmanship, culture, travel, anticipation, and emotion surrounding it. Hosted by veteran wine journalist and media professional Jacqueline Coleman and educator and enthusiastic diner Katie Metz, the show explores Michelin stars, tasting menus, wine, restaurant culture, luxury, value, and the strange magic that can happen when we sit down at a table. First Seating welcomes you to the table!

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