Voice4Chefs
The **Voice4Chefs Podcast**, hosted by Michael Dugan comes out of the kitchen and into the studio. We celebrate the culinary world by sharing the stories of chefs, restaurateurs, and food innovators. With guests from around the globe, the show explores the art, passion, and creativity behind the culinary profession, offering inspiring insights for food lovers everywhere.
Recent Episodes
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Aug. 17, 2026
EP 103 Part II: From Chopped Castaway to Culinary Success: Dwight and Sharon's Journey
Send us Fan Mail Chopped: Castaways Reality vs Survival Food + How Dwight & Sharon Build a Family-First Culinary Business Dwight and Sharon reflect on Dwight’s time on “Chopped: Castaways,” saying the show wasn’t fully true to how real outdoor survival cooking works and that many contestants were Michelin-level chefs but not naturalists or outdoors people. They argue the judging should have prioritized rustic, hearty survival meals (carbs and fat for energy in brutal weather) rather than...
102
Aug. 16, 2026
EP 102 Part I: From Chopped Castaway to Culinary Success: Dwight and Sharon's Journey
Send us Fan Mail Dwight Hudgins and Sharon Young: Jamaican Roots, Hunter-Gatherer Cooking, and Chopped Castaways Dwight Hudgins and Sharon Young, a husband-and-wife food storytelling team, share how their love of cooking became a mission rooted in family, culture, and creativity. Sharon recalls growing up in Jamaica with her grandmother Viola Dawes, learning to season, taste as you cook, and eat in season with fresh eggs, chicken, and goat, while Dwight describes similar lessons from his g...
101
July 27, 2026
EP 101: Part II: Chef Adi's Three Michelin Star Internship Experience at Boury
Send us Fan Mail In part II this Voice4Chefs conversation, Chef Adi explains how working in international kitchens changed him personally as much as professionally, emphasizing that travel expands perspective beyond career focus and money. He shares an early Dubai experience at Marina Social where a calm, confident senior chef modeled composure and muscle memory under pressure, shaping Adi’s leadership outlook. Adi describes learning to slow down through European culture, contrasting it with ...
100
July 26, 2026
EP 100: PartI: Chef Adi's Three Michelin Star Internship Experience at Boury
Chef Adi’s Michelin-Star Journey: Purpose, Mise en Place, and Global Kitchen Lessons Chef Adi, an Indian chef currently working at Handmade Cafe in Pune India, shares how his passion for purpose-driven cooking and constant community-focused restaurant culture. Joined by host Michael and co-host Chef Steven, Adi recounts realizing cooking as his identity in his early teens, being inspired by TV cooking shows, and developing “muscle memory” by repeatedly watching techniqu...
98
June 14, 2026
EP 98: A Legacy of Taste: Executive Chef Christophe's Chronicles with Daniel Boulud and his Las Vegas Adventures.
Send us Fan Mail On The Voice4Chefs podcast, we welcome Michelin-trained co-host Chef Steven and guest Chef Christophe Domergue, a classically trained French chef who worked in Michelin-level kitchens in France and Switzerland, moved to New York’s Le Cirque via Daniel Boulud in 1992, and later became executive chef at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant at Paris Las Vegas. Domergue traces his passion to long family meals in southwest France and his castle-based culinary school, then describes mentorsh...
98
May 31, 2026
EP 98: A Journey Beyond the Plate Celebrating Five Years of The Voice4Chefs Podcast
Send us Fan Mail Voice4Chefs Turns 5: How a Pandemic Idea Became a Global Hospitality Podcast May 2026 marks the five-year anniversary of the Voice4Chefs podcast, founded May 1 2020 during the pandemic when restaurants fell silent and hospitality workers faced uncertainty. The host, a former restaurant professional who transitioned into technology, describes creating the show to honor chefs and the people behind hospitality while battling imposter syndrome and launching with help from Toastm...
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