#193 - Chefs & Guests - Chef Josh Habiger of Bastion - a podcast by Ray Chmielecki

On this episode of Spoon Mob's Chefs & Guests podcast series, Ray chats chef Josh Habiger of Bastion in Nashville, Tennessee about how he got his start cooking at a diner, where his career was headed before enrolling in culinary school, staging in the U.K., working in New York City with Marco Canora at Craft, becoming a snowboard bum in Vail, heading up to Alaska to work on a salmon fishing boat, hitch hiking from San Francisco to New York City, how he got on the opening team at Alinea, moving to Nashville to help open The Patterson House, how the concept of The Catbird Seat was born, opening Pinewood Social, Bastion’s design and concept, getting nominated for a James Beard Award, how covid affected the restaurant, partnering with chef Edgar Victoria’s taco pop up Alebrije, what he created for Band Box, looking back on 10 years of The Catbird Seat, the food scene in Nashville, how Anthony Bourdain got him into Jiu Jitsu, future plans, answers the question left behind from chef Jason Zygmont of Sassetta, and more before taking on the “burning grill” questions! For more on chef Josh Habiger & Bastion, visit spoonmob.com/joshhabiger and follow him on Instagram @softarchitect & @bastionnashville. Visit bastionnashville.com for menu details & reservations. For all things Spoon Mob, visit spoonmob.com and make sure to follow us on Instagram (@spoonmob), Twitter (@spoonmob1), and Facebook (@spoonmob1). Audio Editing by @TrackEditPrint. Intro music by @kabbalisticvillage.

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