In part one we invite you into the Food is Religion Clubhouse room for a special 1-year anniversary celebration of the Voice4chefs Podcast thanks to you now in 27 countries. We go behind the scenes and ill share my journey in clubhouse and what me led me to this amazing club called food is religion. Well meet one of my guests Victoria Feldman Owner of the Canterbury Baking School in England. And she will share her behind the scenes experience as a guest on our show. This is an emotional episode ...

In part two we field questions from Voice4Chefs listeners on baking. Chef Victoria explains how she is coping with the pandemic. And take a deeper look at Victoria's passion for sourdough and the Canterbury Baking School. In 2014 Victoria decided to share her passion for food with others and open The Canterbury Baking School where she teaches everyone from beginners to head chefs a passion for sourdough and healthy cooking. Connect to Victoria: https://www.canterburybakingschool.com/about/ Con...

In part I we'll explore with Chef and owner Victoria Feldman. The top things to do in Canterbury, England. What led her to opening a healthy baking cooking school and what it's like to be a student at Victoria's school. In 2014 Victoria decided to share her passion for food with others and open The Canterbury Baking School where she teaches everyone from beginners to head chefs a passion for sourdough and healthy cooking. Connect to Victoria: https://www.canterburybakingschool.com/about/ Conne...

Today on the show, we welcome a young aspiring Chef Olivia Kent Horton. What's special about Olivia is today as we release this episode, April 2, 2022. It's her 17th birthday. She loves the culinary arts, cooking, gardening, and food deserts. Come along her childhood journey and listen to an amazing storyteller at such young age. Connect to Olivia: Olivia05kh@gmail.com. Connect to Voice4Chefs: https://www.voice4chefs.com/ Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MichaelDugan)

Join us in this episode as we reach back to Chef Lela’s past and realize where her inner Chef comes from growing up in a big family. And how she developed a palate for tasting and cooking great cuisine. This passion led her down the path to become a Chef, Food and Beverage Director and Restauranteur. She mentored with Tom Douglas and catered for Robert Redford. Connect to Lela: https://www.lelacross.com/ Connect to Voice4Chefs: https://www.voice4chefs.com/ Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and Ihear...

In part two Ericka takes us deeper into the culture, cuisine and chefs of Peru. Ericka also introduces us to some local vendors in the markets of Lima and Peru. Ericka La Madrid was born in Lima, Peru and moved to US at age of 18. With studies on International Business administration and Marketing. She founded Delectable Peru Food Tour that is a unique and interactive tour company exploring the culinary capital of South America – Lima, Peru. Founded in mid-2012, the project started in 2010 when...

In part I we will connect to Erica La Madrid, the owner from Delectable Peru Food and Travel. And she's a local, travel guide, food connector and one of the first people to pioneer food and travel in Peru. Come explore and connect with Ericka and learn her story in this episode. Ericka La Madrid was born in Lima, Peru and moved to US at age of 18. With studies on International Business administration and Marketing. She founded Delectable Peru Food Tour that is a unique and interactive tour compa...

5K Food is Religion Clubhouse Celebration Sunday February 27th 5:30PM 12 Weekly Rooms on Clubhouse Join Food is Religion: https://www.clubhouse.com/event/mJ6GyWLb?utm_medium=ch_event&utm_campaign=rIRrlCKocTAFu5Xrh46sCQ-80463 Follow us: https://www.voice4chefs.com/ Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MichaelDugan)

In part 2 of our conversation with Australian Chef, Instructor, and Pastry Artist Gunawan, we hear about his unique flavor creations and award-winning competition performance that opened up exciting career opportunities. While he enjoyed his role as a savory chef, he found his true passion in the pastry kitchen bringing creative desserts to life with unique flavor combinations. That experience led him to more competitions, international competition judging, sharing his knowledge as an instructor...

In part 1 we meet Australian Chef, Instructor, and Pastry Artist Gunawan. As a boy growing up in Indonesia around flavorful foods and spices, he wasn’t allowed to be in the kitchen – in fact, he didn’t even know how to turn on a stove until he went off to cooking school in Malaysia. Tune in and learn about his culinary journey from the front of the house connecting with customers, to the fast-paced kitchen where he quickly mastered the culinary arts and discovered an outlet for his artistic side...

In part II we invite you to continue on Jodie's adventure, as we interview her on her ranch in rustic Australia, surrounded by kangaroos, dingoes and exotic birds. We'll get cooking with kitchen disasters and some of her favorite dishes. Connect with Jodie: https://thechillaxlounge.com/collections Follow us: https://www.voice4chefs.com/ Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MichaelDugan)

Come along with us to the remote cattle ranches of Australia. In part one of our interview with Jody Pollack, founder of the chillax lounge, as we've learned how Jody began her culinary journey, from turning huge Australian bush lemons into sweet lemon curd to her early dreams of becoming a station cook for the Jackaroos and Jillaroos working the cattle ranches in Queensland, Australia. Jody shares her incredible adventure and a lifelong passion for food and cooking. Connect with Jodie: https:/...

In part two Chef Jensen takes us deeper and bring storytelling to life with his epic Storytelling Challenge, and in this episode, you will leave impacted and inspired and ready to tell your story. You'll learn about why restaurants should become podcasters and ambassadors for their community. Let's connect back with Chef Jensen of Best Served. Our guest: https://www.bestservedpodcast.com/ Our site: https://www.voice4chefs.com/ Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MichaelDugan)

In part I we follow along on Chef Jensen’s culinary journey from working for Debbie Golds a Top Chef Masters award winner to working for Troy Guard as he became the Executive Chef at Tag in Denver Co. Then well switch gears and learn how Jensen launched a massive storytelling hospitality movement with Best Served Podcast. I am excited to introduce you to Chef Jensen Cummings a fifth-generation chef. His family has owned restaurants since 1900. Our guest: https://www.bestservedpodcast.com/ Our ...

Andy LoRusso is known all over the globe as The Singing Chef™ and is a best selling author, recording artists Celebrity Chef and entertainer. He's performed and cooked for 1000s of people on stage in places all over the world, including the Isle of Wight Festival in England, Istanbul and even in my hometown, Seattle, Washington. He's become a great friend and he has an incredible story to tell. He is a passionate supporter and advocate for The Dystonia-Foundation. I’n Part II we continue along ...

Andy LoRusso is known all over the globe as The Singing Chef™ and is a best selling author, recording artists Celebrity Chef and entertainer. He's performed and cooked for 1000s of people on stage in places all over the world, including the Isle of Wight Festival in England, Istanbul and even in my hometown, Seattle, Washington. He's become a great friend and he has an incredible story to tell. He is a passionate supporter and advocate for The Dystonia-Foundation. In part one, we are immediatel...

Happy New Year and welcome to 2022. Today we celebrate a new year with Voice4Chefs. Thanks to you we're now in 17 countries and cities across the US. Celebrating and honoring the chef's struggle and story. We begin this year with a special guest, Holly Verbeck. She is truly a Voice4Chefs and you’ll learn why. Most chefs dream of owning their own business. But know more about cooking than how to start. Holly specializes in helping chefs start their own personal and private chef business. Connect...

In this episode, we connect with Kelsey Harfert from Wisconsin. She grew up loving food and attending Fish Fries at an early age on Friday night. As an adult in 2018, she created a food blog called The Tasting Spoon. And this year, Kelsey took her cooking knowledge to a new level and she's attending an online cooking school called the Escoffier Institute. We'll connect with Kelsey and learn about food blogging, and take a deep dive into what it's like to go to an accredited online cooking school...

Aaron Raff gets up before the sunrise to create a true baking experience for his customers. Today on the show we'll follow his path that led from a connection in cooking school in Kentucky, to working for Tom Douglas, becoming a Head Production Baker at The Grateful Bread and eventually the owner of the North Bend Bakery in the beautiful Pacific Northwest of Washington State. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MichaelDugan)

Today on the show, we meet Chef Jessica from sunny San Diego, California. Chef Jessica has been a chef for over 24 years. She graduated from Johnson and Wales University in 1996 and went on to study at La Varenne in Burgundy, France. She moved from the East Coast to the West Coast in 1997 to San Diego, CA. There, she worked as a sous chef for a well-known caterer for many years who had lots of celebrities as clients. She learned the fine art of VIP catering. On January 1, 2000, Jessica officiall...

“A lifelong enthusiast of food of all descriptions, Sam nonetheless developed a special passion for Japanese cuisine. Thanks to an aunt with family ties to Japan, and similarly enthusiastic parents, he was introduced to a wide variety of dishes from a very early age. That passion was deepened when he took a job waiting tables at a sushi restaurant in Kirkland, Washington and again when he accepted a teaching position in Tokyo. There he was delighted to discover that he had truly only scratched the surface of this unique culture and cuisine. Doing his level best to eat his way through the country, he found plenty to enjoy during his year long tenure. Upon his return he put his experiences to use improving diners visits to Kiwami in whatever way possible. He has since transitioned out of the industry but retains his passion for eating as much Japanese food as is physically possible”

Today on the show. We'll meet Clark Stefani, The General Manager of a leading Lebanese restaurant in Bellevue, Washington, just outside of Seattle. We will learn about Clark and how at an early age he was connected to food and cooking. We'll also learn about Clark's philosophy on service, and how he helped The Mediterranean Kitchen survive the pandemic. Visit Voice4Chefs here: https://www.voice4chefs.com/ Visit The Mediterranean Kitchen: https://mediterraneankitchens.net/ Support the show (...

Today on the show you’ll meet Chef Traci Calderon she runs the Atrium Kitchen and cooking school in Seattle Washington’s Pike Place Market. In this episode you’ll learn how she started a movement through Nourished Neighborhood and fed over 35,000 people in need in the Seattle area during the pandemic. She’ll share stories about becoming a Chef and about her volunteer hero's that keep Nourished Neighborhood going. Visit Chef Traci: https://www.atriumkitchenpikeplace.com/ Visit Voice4Chefs here: ...

In Episode 5 we conclude with Part III of Adventures with La Spiga. We welcome Executive Chef Sabrina Tinsley from La Spiga. She tells the other side of the story how Pietro and Sabrina fell in love. Then she will takes us on a whirlwind adventure that begins in Alaska, and eventually leads us through Europe and back to Seattle, Washington. This is where she built a life with Pietro, and opened one of the best Italian Restaurants in Seattle. This is a three-part series that immerses you into the...