The Perfect Bite

Sarah Perkins
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The Perfect Bite

A fusion of food and entrepreneurship, The Perfect Bite brings you conversations with chefs, restaurateurs, CPG brand founders, food tech founders, and more in the food and beverage industry, highlighting their experiences and how they've cooked up something new. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. Disha Gulati's Perfect Bite

    1D AGO

    Disha Gulati's Perfect Bite

    Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship. Today's guest is a big reason why The Perfect Bite even exists today. She helped me find a career working alongside folks in food and bev when I was a little lost leaving my own startup, which she also was incredibly supportive of. And that's really what her job is today, supporting entrepreneurs in the F&B industry through a platform you can buy all their delicious products in one spot. Please welcome today's guest, CEO and founder of Here Here Market, Disha Gulati! Growing up in a food family, Disha has always been in love with trying new flavors. Though her career journey started more traditionally, focusing on global data analytics for the massive CPG company Mondelez, Disha always held a candle for entrepreneurship. She started one version of Here Here Market, focusing on group dining, in March 2020. You can imagine how that went—she very smartly pivoted when realizing chefs and food artisans needed ways to diversify their revenue streams when unable to cook for folks in person. Now, over 900 SKUS and 300 creators and chefs are on Here Here Market, selling their delicious products for a taste of restaurant quality at home, anywhere in the country.  We chat through Disha’s journey, our funniest moments working together (think celebrity run-ins at the James Beard Awards!), and how to keep facing life’s challenges with grit and grace.  To shop Here Here Market, head to hereheremarket.com.  You can follow Here Here Market on social media @hereheremkt and Disha Gulati on LinkedIn, as well as her Instagram @chitown_disha.  Want to watch the entire episode? Head here to our YouTube!  Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts.  You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min
  2. Xavier Rocabado's Perfect Bite

    APR 17

    Xavier Rocabado's Perfect Bite

    Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship. One of the best things about food is how we can traverse continents in a single bite, opening ourselves up to new cultures, backgrounds, and food folks like ourselves all over. Even better, when you can actually connect with someone in another part of the world, learning how they're changing the food and bev industry in their country and beyond for the better. On this episode of The Perfect Bite, we head to Latin America with Bairu.io CEO and co-founder Xavier Rocabado. Xavier and his team are building a one-stop-shop digital solution for restaurants and guests—all on WhatsApp! WhatsApp is incredibly prevalent in LatAm, and is used not just for communication, but for marketing, operations, and more in the restaurant industry. The Bairu team helps makes this process seamless for restaurant owners, and allows them to focus on what’s most important—connecting with their customers.  To learn more about Bairu and download the app, please visit www.bairu.io. You can connect with Xavier and the Bairu team on LinkedIn, Instagram at @bairu.io, and TikTok @bairu.io. Want to watch the entire episode? Head here to our YouTube!  Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts.  You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    43 min
  3. Norman Van Aken's Perfect Bite

    APR 10

    Norman Van Aken's Perfect Bite

    Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship. Today's guest has paved the way for new world cuisine and modern cooking as we know it. In fact, you wouldn't have the word 'fusion' in the lexicon of cooking without him. It’s my dear friend and James Beard-award winning chef Norman Van Aken!  I just love Norman’s story—from good ol’ Lake County, Illinois, to his chosen home on the beautiful shores of Key West, Florida. Norman has redefined high-quality Florida cuisine, during a time period when folks paid more attention to the coasts. His namesake restaurant Norman’s just celebrated 30 years, and for plenty of good reasons. Norman discusses his culinary journey with us, the beautiful friendships he has made along the way (such as his late ‘brother’ Charlie Trotter and honoring the great Jacques Pépin for his 90th birthday), along with the prolific books that made an impact on his life philosophies and menus.  You can visit Norman’s in Orlando, Florida.  Make sure to follow Chef Norman on Instagram (@normanvanaken), Facebook, and his Substack—he’s a captivating writer! Want to watch the entire episode? Head here to our YouTube!  Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts.  You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    57 min
  4. Science On Call's Perfect Bite

    APR 3

    Science On Call's Perfect Bite

    Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship.Today’s guests are behind the tech that helps your favorite restaurants run smoothly. Software is at the base of any job these days, and that includes the food and bev industry. Science on Call is just a message away to make sure you can focus on food and customers, not in-the-moment tech failures—and they go way beyond sticking your device in rice!  I’m so happy I got to chat with my Science On Call friends, co-founders Luisa Castellanos and Andy Freivogel. They really are a dream team, 10 years of work together in the making. Both bring backgrounds not only in technology, but also the hospitality industry, making sure to infuse their software with the same empathy you get with someone face-to-face at your favorite restaurants. Each of them has their strengths, and they recognize this in their team of now over 30 employees. It may sound counterintuitive, but the Science On Call team is happiest when you can’t recognize their technology hard at work—only the smooth interactions between restaurants and guests.  Learn more about Science On Call at www.scienceoncall.com. You can follow Science On Call on Instagram @scienceoncall or on LinkedIn.  You also can find Luisa and Andy on LinkedIn.   Want to watch the entire episode? Head here to our YouTube!  Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts.  You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min
  5. Tilly Bagel's Perfect Bite

    MAR 27

    Tilly Bagel's Perfect Bite

    Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship.  Have you ever heard of a Chicago style bagel? Well, thanks to Tilly Bagel, now you can try them, and I'm telling you, they're coming for New York's crown. From pastry chef  Hannah Tillet-Banaszak and architect  Mike Banaszak, Tilly Bagel is continuing to grow its empire, kind of like the yeast in their beautiful bagels. Prior to starting Tilly Bagel during the pandemic, Hannah was a sous pastry chef at Top Chef Stephanie Izard’s Girl & The Goat and Duck Duck Goat, along with Michelin-starred BOKA, while Mike was an acclaimed senior project architect at Solomon Cordwell Buenz. Hannah and Mike’s perfect Chicago pairing (hello, food and architecture!) led to a story of love, business, and delicious sourdough bagels. There always is a line at their South Loop storefront, and we can guarantee the same will be the case for their Fulton Market location, opening in Spring 2025.  Learn more about why Tilly Bagel became such a viral hit after their early days at the farmer’s market and how to sustainably grow a business in this space!  You can visit Tilly Bagel in Chicago, Illinois. Beat the rush by ordering ahead online! You can follow Tilly Bagel on social media @tillybagel.  Want to watch the entire episode? Head here to our YouTube!  Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts.  You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    51 min
  6. Farmer Lee Jones's Perfect Bite

    MAR 20

    Farmer Lee Jones's Perfect Bite

    Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship. This episode, I'm speaking with one of the hardest working entrepreneurs you'll ever meet. And no, he's not building the next tech unicorn. He's nourishing people around the world with his nutrient rich bites from The Chef's Garden and his infectious personality—it’s Farmer Lee Jones! Farmer Lee heads up The Chef’s Garden, the Jones family-owned farm in Huron, Ohio, known for the last 40 years as the top source of the most flavorful and nutritious produce for renowned chefs around the world. Lee and his brother Bob Jr. took over the farm from dad Bob Sr., with regenerative farming practices resulting in produce with up to 300% the recommended nutrient levels by the USDA—they even have a lab onsite to test the biochemistry of the soil! Chefs from all over visit The Chef’s Garden’s Culinary Vegetable Institute to test new dishes and work with the most delicious produce you’ll be hard-pressed to find anywhere else.  Farmer Lee has been recognized by the James Beard Foundation, written The Chef’s Garden cookbook with his team, and now stars in The Chef’s Garden show on HOME.MADE.NATION—produced by the one and only Rachael Ray!  I had the best time speaking with Lee about the importance of taking care of our Earth, eating freshly, and how we can take care of each other and our planet for the future—as he says,  healthy soil, healthy vegetables, healthy people, healthy environment! You can visit The Chef’s Garden, the Culinary Vegetable Institute, and the Farm Market in Huron, Ohio. You also can order your own produce boxes from The Chef’s Garden, shipping nationwide, along with your own copy of “The Chef’s Garden” cookbook.  You can watch The Chef’s Garden on HOME.MADE.NATION or Hulu.  Follow Farmer Lee Jones on social media @farmerleejones and The Chef’s Garden at @thechefsgarden_ohio. Want to watch the entire episode? Head here to our YouTube!  Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts.  You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min
  7. Chef Ed Porter's Perfect Bite

    MAR 13

    Chef Ed Porter's Perfect Bite

    Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship. Our guest this episode is a renaissance person of all kinds, from the plate, to the studio, to your screens. Chef Ed Porter is a fine-dining-trained chef who also is an accomplished hip hop artist, and now, a documentary film director with his newest film, “The Food That Fuels”. You might recognize Chef Ed from his stint on Netflix’s “Pressure Cooker” or Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games”!  A born-and-bred New Yorker, Chef Ed infuses culture and intention into everything he does. We talk about his days at the famed, Michelin-starred Aquavit, and how he found his way to something that was completely his own, coining the term “bicoastal cuisine” when he moved out to the Bay Area. From there, Chef Ed’s passion for storytelling and finding the “why” at the heart of everything grew, and his two sides—chef and creative—finally combined into the work he does today.  Follow Chef Ed on social media @officialedporter. You can visit his website, officialedporter.com, to learn more about his many projects. Be sure to view the trailer for his documentary, “The Food That Fuels,” here!  Want to watch the entire episode? Head here to our YouTube!  Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts.  You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min
  8. Maneet Chauhan's Perfect Bite

    MAR 6

    Maneet Chauhan's Perfect Bite

    Welcome to the FIRST episode of The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship! We’re beyond excited to chat with this episode’s guest, Maneet Chauhan. She’s a multi-hyphenate entrepreneur, from chef, to restaurateur, cookbook writer, television personality, James Beard award winner, and so much more. Anytime you turn on the Food Network, there’s a good chance you’ll see Maneet’s smiling face and winning dishes, from “Chopped” to “Tournament of Champions,” to “Guy’s Grocery Games”.  But despite her fame and accomplishments, Maneet is one of the most humble people you’ll meet, sharing her secrets for an “attitude of gratitude” and how Saturday snuggles with her family keep her balanced. Learn how Maneet juggles it all—and what her perfect bite is.  Follow Maneet on social media @maneetchauhan and be sure to visit her restaurants in Nashville and at Disney Springs!  You can learn more about The Trotter Project, a non-profit Maneet is a board member of, here. Want to watch the entire interview? Head here to our YouTube!  Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts.  You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min

  9. MAR 3

    Welcome to The Perfect Bite!

    Welcome to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship. I'm your host, Sarah Perkins. The Perfect Bite isn’t just a bite of my career to date, from lifestyle journalist, to founder, to food & bev marketing enthusiast. It’s also a perfect bite of the different types of folks who bring you the food you love. You’ll hear stories from chefs, restaurateurs, CPG brands and more from the food and bev industry. All of them are at different points in their journeys, talking about their experiences, and how they've cooked up something new. And everyone has a perfect bite. A recipe, a moment, a special time when they ate something so perfect, they’ll remember it forever, totally unique to their tastes. Make sure to rate, review and subscribe to The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts. Now tell me … what’s your perfect bite? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    A fusion of food and entrepreneurship, The Perfect Bite brings you conversations with chefs, restaurateurs, CPG brand founders, food tech founders, and more in the food and beverage industry, highlighting their experiences and how they've cooked up something new. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    • Creator
      Sarah Perkins
    • Years Active
      2K
    • Episodes
      9
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      © Sarah Perkins
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