Warriors' Table

Chef Steve Murphy
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Warriors' Table is the table chefs never had — an unfiltered space for the conversations our industry avoids. Mental health. Spirituality. Brotherhood. The truth about what we live behind the line. Hosted by Chef Steve Murphy, CIA graduate and founder of Wydaho Warriors, every episode is an open invitation for chefs to share their stories and break the distrust the industry taught us to carry. If you're a chef ready to talk seriously about your life inside and outside the kitchen, pull up a chair. This is your table. 🔪 Take the Knife Check Assessment at wydahowarriors.com

  1. Aug 14

    The Witnesses (Chef Clark) / Warriors' Table Ep.05 S.II

    On this episode, we sit down with Chef Clark Myers Owner of Provisions JH in Jackson Hole. Inside his own kitchen for the first time. Clark's path started in Southern California, ran through national parks, Big Sky, and Lake Tahoe, and landed him as executive chef of Jenny Lake Lodge before COVID forced a pivot: a dinner delivery business with a friend that grew into a full catering company and bakery. We get into what actually breaks chefs the grind mentality, micromanaging your team into dependence instead of empowering them, relationships that quietly fall apart because the kitchen always comes first, and the drinking culture that becomes the default escape valve in this industry. Clark's three months sober and talks candidly about why. This one's about camaraderie over competition finding the other chefs in your city who are going through the same thing, and realizing you're not the only one in the weeds. If you've ever felt like this business slowly closes you off from everyone around you, this episode is for you.

    The Witnesses (Chef Clark) / Warriors' Table Ep.05 S.II

  2. Jul 3

    The Witnesses (Chef Andrew) / Warriors' Table Ep.03 S.II

    At 9,500 feet above Jackson Hole, right after plating dessert for 20 people, Chef Andrew Blake sat down and told the truth.no script. no prep. just two chefs coming off a six-course private dinner on top of the Butte and a conversation the industry doesn't usually have out loud.Chef Andrew has worked in michelin three-star kitchens with 10 chefs screaming down his neck. he's owned four restaurants, struggled in all of them, and pulled through. james beard award. five diamond. five-star mobile. esquire top 10. and behind all of it pressure, addiction, survival.in this episode:— why everyone calling themselves a chef today is getting it wrong— what 15-18 hour days do to a person over time— why addiction runs deeper in kitchens than almost any other industry— the real reason labor is impossible to find in Jackson Hole— why consistency is the only thing that separates a warrior from someone who quitsthis wasn't a planned sit-down. this was two warriors catching their breath after service and deciding that what they just lived through was worth saying out loud.Buckle up. there are a lot more stories where this came from.🎙️ subscribe so you don't miss the next witness🔪 WydahoWarriors.comwydaho warriors · as iron sharpens iron · proverbs 27:17

    The Witnesses (Chef Andrew) / Warriors' Table Ep.03 S.II

  3. Jun 19

    The Witnesses (Chef Brent) /Warriors' Table Ep.02 S.II

    Episode 2 of The Warrior's Table — Season 2: "The Witnesses" | Chef Brent opens with the first sit-down. Chef Brent, Steve's peer and fellow chef, takes the stand. This is the episode about the first disappearance. September 2023. Chef Steve was drowning — running a business, navigating a marriage in distress, holding too much for too many people. Brent saw it before Steve did. So Brent did something most friends wouldn't. He made a wager: $100 to disappear. To turn off the phone. To leave the weddings, the clients, the partnership, the dream that had quietly become the thing that was destroying him. Four weeks later, Steve sent visual confirmation from another state. Brent paid the $100. He calls it the best money he's ever spent. In this episode, Brent talks about what it looks like to watch a friend drown. What it means to throw someone the rope without pulling on it. And why "I'm fine" is the most dangerous sentence a chef can say. If you've been watching someone you love say "I'm fine" for too long — this episode is for you. — 🔪 TAKE THE FREE KNIFE CHECK ASSESSMENT A 30-minute confidential self-assessment for chef-owners. Shows you exactly where your blade has gone dull — before it breaks.→ wydahowarriors.mysamcart.com 🎙 BOOK A FREE CLARITY CALL WITH CHEF STEVE → paperbell.me/wydaho-warriors CRISIS RESOURCES: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988 Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741 If you are in immediate danger, call 911. — ABOUT THE SHOW: The Warrior's Table is a podcast for professional chefs reclaiming their identity, mental health, and longevity beyond the line. Hosted by Chef Steve Murphy — CIA-trained chef, founder of Wydaho Warriors, and survivor of his own collapse. Recorded in Victor, Idaho and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. As iron sharpens iron — Proverbs 27:17. "I'm fine is a cop-out. Any guy who tells you 'I'm fine' is lying — because he's not." — Chef Brent

    The Witnesses (Chef Brent) /Warriors' Table Ep.02 S.II

  4. Jun 5

    The Witnesses (Before They Speak) / Warriors' Table Ep.01 S.II

    Season 2 of The Warrior's Table opens with a confession: this podcast isn't about Chef Steve Murphy anymore. It's about what the people around him saw when he was the last person who could see it. In Episode 1, Steve hands over the microphone. He names what no one in the restaurant industry wants to name out loud: chefs are 1.4 times more likely to die by suicide than workers in any other profession. He talks about his own two disappearances, the moment he contemplated taking his life, and the people standing at the edges of his life who saw the collapse before he did. This season, those witnesses sit down each in their own room and tell you what they saw. Some in quiet places. Some in kitchens. Some in the middle of the fire. If you're a chef-owner running on fumes, this episode is the one to start with. — Take the free Knife Check Assessment — a confidential self-assessment that shows you exactly where your blade has gone dull, before it breaks: wydahowarriors.mysamcart.com Book a free Clarity Call with Chef Steve: paperbell.me/wydaho-warriors If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988 Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741 — The Warrior's Table is hosted by Chef Steve Murphy and produced by Wydaho Warriors, a community for chefs reclaiming their identity, longevity, and brotherhood beyond the line. Follow: @wydahowarriors on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. "You are a warrior who hasn't found his table yet. This is your table, Chef."

    The Witnesses (Before They Speak) / Warriors' Table Ep.01 S.II

  5. May 31

    A Letter For Chefs / Warriors' Table Ep.10

    Chef, we made it. Season 1 finale. 10 episodes. More miles than I can count, more therapy than I planned on. And before we close this season, I need to give you the whole program in one sentence: Male chefs are 1.5x more likely to die by suicide than any other profession. I almost became part of that statistic. This is why this table exists. Your assignment for closing Season 1: Write down one thing you're grateful for that came out of your hardest season. One thing that broke you. One thing that built you.

    A Letter For Chefs / Warriors' Table Ep.10

  6. May 28

    My Father's Kitchen / Warriors' Table Ep.09

    Every chef inherits a knife block. Not from culinary school. From the family kitchen. Steve Murphy sits with the question most of us spend a lifetime avoiding: what did our fathers hand us, and what are we handing to our kids? This is the story of Dennis; Steve's father, a Nabisco brands cookie salesman who worked six days a week for 36 years in Coos County, New Hampshire. A steady man. A faithful man. A man who didn't veer from the path in front of him. And the inheritance Steve realized he'd been living without ever picking up a single knife to examine it. "I am the risk I have chosen to become. I am consciously reshaping those lessons. Not to undo Dennis. But to honor him by doing the work he did not have a language for." Steve also tells the story of skiing with his youngest son, Grayson, the day before recording this episode and the moment on that mountain when he chose a different knife than the one he was handed. Your assignment before the Season 1 finale: look at your own inherited knife block. Pick one knife you're grateful for. Pick one that needs sharpening. Just see them clearly. That's the beginning. Episode 10 is the Season 1 finale. Don't miss it. Wydaho Warriors is a brotherhood for professional chefs built by Chef Steve Murphy in Victor, Idaho. Knife Check Assessment available at wydahowarriors.com.

    My Father's Kitchen / Warriors' Table Ep.09

  7. May 16

    The One That Gone Away / Warriors' Table Ep.08

    Every warrior has a love story. This is Mine September 2023. The Oregon coast. A little yellow church. And a woman named Shannon who found me deep in the middle of my own disappearance. Right girl. Wrong time. This episode isn't about regret. It's about what love teaches a man who is still finding himself, and why you cannot offer your whole self to someone else until you've done the work of finding your whole self first. Chefs Feels Too. 🎙️🔥 #ChefLife #ChefBurnout #ChefMindset #CulinaryWellness #ChefMentalHealth

    The One That Gone Away / Warriors' Table Ep.08

  8. May 1

    Be Myself / Warrior's Table Ep.07

    March 3rd, 2026. Steve Murphy walked away from the partnership that built him. 🎙️ Not out of anger. Out of love.Love for his boys. His health. The version of himself he is still building. The last mask was the hardest one to take off —but the moment it came off, everything changed. 🔥 "I had to be myself. Because the people who are meant to be at my table were waiting for the real me to show up." EP. 07 — Be Myself. And That Is Enough. 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss EP. 08 — The One That Got Away.

    Be Myself / Warrior's Table Ep.07
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Warriors' Table is the table chefs never had — an unfiltered space for the conversations our industry avoids. Mental health. Spirituality. Brotherhood. The truth about what we live behind the line. Hosted by Chef Steve Murphy, CIA graduate and founder of Wydaho Warriors, every episode is an open invitation for chefs to share their stories and break the distrust the industry taught us to carry. If you're a chef ready to talk seriously about your life inside and outside the kitchen, pull up a chair. This is your table. 🔪 Take the Knife Check Assessment at wydahowarriors.com

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  • Creator
    Chef Steve Murphy
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Chef Steve Murphy
  • Show Website
    Warriors' Table