Podcasts by TAKE AWAY ONLY
TAKE AWAY ONLY is a podcast about the hospitality industry in crisis. Restaurants, bars, hotels are shutting down. Jobs are vanishing. Everybody is wondering what will happen next. During this series, journalist Howie Kahn looks for answers, talking to hospitality professionals all over the world as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest and more. These are the stories about the people who take care of you. Hit subscribe. Please join us.
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OMAR TATE: ONE THOUSAND BEAN PIES IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR from 2020-08-07T12:00
REPLAY: Honeysuckle's Omar Tate joins us from Philadelphia during an emotional week of protests and racial tension to talk about finding his way as a black chef in America and expressing the experi...
ListenLANI HALLIDAY AND JARED HOWARD: BRUTUS MEETS HONEY BUNNY from 2020-07-31T12:00
Brutus Bakeshop's Lani Halliday and Honey Bunny's Chicken's Jared Howard share how they came to be part of the Black Entrepreneur Series at Maison Yaki in Brooklyn as well their thoughts about ally...
ListenNATASHA PICKOWICZ: NEVER ENDING TASTE from 2020-07-24T12:00
Cut loose from her job as the executive pastry chef of a celebrated New York restaurant group, Natasha Pickowicz talks about confronting a new reality of occupational independence and a more person...
ListenSARU JAYARAMAN: RAISE THE WAGE! from 2020-07-10T12:00
REPLAY: As President of One Fair Wage, Co-Founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkel...
ListenZAK SNYDER: "THERE'S NO SAFETY NET. WE'RE SCREAMING FOR HELP." from 2020-07-08T12:00
REPLAY: Working nearly every job imaginable in New York City's restaurants and bars, from diners to fine dining, Zak Snyder has learned to live on the economic edge. Now facing serious personal hea...
ListenDEVITA DAVISON: "THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH." from 2020-07-06T12:00
REPLAY: FoodLab Detroit's Executive Director Devita Davison helps small businesses come into existence, leading a dynamic incubator and accelerator program for nearly 200 local members. But what ha...
ListenLUCALI AND BEST: PIZZA IN A PANDEMIC from 2020-07-03T12:00
Lucali's Mark Iacono and Best Pizza's Frank Pinello join us from Brooklyn to talk about reliability, innovation, mortality, compassion, fear and running two of New York City's most iconic pizzerias...
ListenBLAKE MacKAY: THE BIG REIMAGINING from 2020-07-01T12:00
Is building a strong and just communications strategy the secret sauce for an ailing industry? Veteran communications expert Blake MacKay joins us to discuss why getting the message right is more i...
ListenILLYANNA MAISONET: THE PUERTO RICAN COOKBOOK WE NEED NOW! from 2020-06-29T12:00
Writer and chef Illyanna Maisonet's blog and accompanying newsletter, Eat Gorda Eat, has been a blessed escape from stay at home life during this pandemic. She writes about the hyper-regionality of...
ListenTHE LEE INITIATIVE: LOUISVILLE LOVES YOU from 2020-06-26T12:00
In response to COVID-19, Louisville, Kentucky's LEE Initiative has grown rapidly from a 2-person non-profit to a national force, opening 19 relief kitchens in 19 cities. Co-founders Lindsey Ofcacek...
ListenSOLEIL HO: BELIEF IN A BETTER WORLD from 2020-06-24T12:00
San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic and co-host of the new podcast Extra Spicy, Soleil Ho joins us to discuss what a restaurant critic does during a pandemic and what we now mean by the term ...
ListenRETHINK FOOD: PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS, MAJOR GAINS from 2020-06-22T12:00
Disappointed with the work culture in fine dining restaurants, Matt Jozwiak left the world of cooking tasting menus to solve food insecurity in New York City. He co-founded Rethink Food with partne...
ListenLEAH PENNIMAN: STAND UP TO THE BEAST from 2020-06-19T12:00
Soul Fire Farm's Leah Penniman grows food for people targeted by state violence and impacted by poverty and food apartheid. As those factors became more pronounced during the pandemic, Soul Fire Fa...
ListenJON GRAY: BLACK POWER KITCHEN from 2020-06-17T12:00
Ghetto Gastro's Jon Gray joins us to discuss radical partnerships, feeding the Bronx, ending systemic racism, fighting respectability politics, using storytelling as a tool to dismantle white supre...
ListenERIC RIVERA: INFINITE CONTENT from 2020-06-15T12:00
Seattle's Addo restaurant, and its chef-owner Eric Rivera, have moved through this pandemic with maximal creativity, nonstop innovation and awe-inspiring output. Eric joins us to explain how he's u...
ListenNO US WITHOUT YOU: $33 FEEDS A FAMILY OF FOUR FOR A WEEK from 2020-06-12T12:00
Othón Nolasco and his partners Damian Diaz and Aaron Melendrez at Va'La Hospitality have spent the pandemic feeding undocumented hospitality workers in Los Angeles. Othón joins us to talk about tur...
ListenHAWA HASSAN AND FELIPE DONNELLY: LOOKING FOR THE HELPERS from 2020-06-10T12:00
Basbaas founder and In Bibi's Kitchen author, Hawa Hassan and Colonia Verde chef-owner, Felipe Donnelly talk about fellowship, serving their community, using gratitude as a lifeline and summoning t...
ListenCHRISTIAN GILL: SIX MONTHS IN STRUGGLEVILLE from 2020-06-08T12:00
His business partner died; COVID-19 closed his restaurant; and now, amidst civil unrest in Cincinnati, Christian Gill continues to fight for the safety and survival of Boomtown Biscuits and Whiskey...
ListenFEW FOR ALL: COMMUNITY OVER COMPETITION from 2020-06-04T12:00
Finding themselves suddenly out of work, Ramzi Budayr, Tyler Curtis and Mallory Cayon combined their considerable hospitality talents and energy to launch Few For All, a meal kit service specializi...
ListenYAZZIE THE CHEF: BLESS TO THE EAST from 2020-06-02T12:00
As Navajo Nation's COVID-19 infection rate reached the highest in America, chef Brian Yazzie began a drive to send money, food and other resources back to Dennehotso, Arizona, the community in whic...
ListenDAN GIUSTI: SCHOOL LUNCH. AND BREAKFAST AND DINNER. from 2020-06-01T12:00
Millions of children across America depend on schools for basic nutrition. Brigaid's Dan Giusti discusses how to keep meals coming during a time when schools cannot open. Plus, Dan tackles a growin...
ListenNITE YUN: REFLECT, REST AND MAKE FISH JERKY from 2020-05-29T12:00
After two years of perpetual hustle opening and sustaining Nyum Bai, her Oakland, California restaurant, chef-owner Nite Yun didn't realize the extent of her exhaustion. She's used a period of this...
ListenBEAU CLUGSTON: GOODBYE, EGO! from 2020-05-28T12:00
Iluka's Beau Clugston joins us to discuss working through stress, fear and longing to renovate his Copenhagen restaurant while launching two new concepts during a pandemic.
ListenNINA COMPTON: ONE TABLE PER NIGHT from 2020-05-27T12:00
Long before opening Bywater American Bistro and Compère Lapin in New Orleans, Nina Compton grew up in Saint Lucia, the daughter of the island's Prime Minister. Hear how being raised around politics...
ListenXAVIER AND ARLENE BARZOLA: A FATHER AND DAUGHTER'S FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR RESTAURANT IN EAST ELMHURST, QUEENS from 2020-05-26T12:00
Julio Barzola arrived in the United States from Ecuador in 1985 and two years later, he opened his first restaurant in Brooklyn, followed by another in Jackson Heights, Queens. His son Xavier arriv...
ListenCHRISTOPHER KOSTOW: FROM SHENZHEN TO NAPA from 2020-05-25T12:00
Did operating his new restaurant in China give Christopher Kostow a blueprint for how to handle his Napa restaurants during a pandemic? What tests of character did he face? What will become of wet ...
ListenJOSH NILAND: SAINT PETER 2.0 from 2020-05-22T12:00
Shutting down for COVID-19 prompted Sydney, Australia's Josh Niland, to get to work reshaping his innovative seafood restaurant Saint Peter for a different kind of future. Construction is already u...
ListenTENG WEN WEE: A 200-DAY PLAN from 2020-05-21T12:00
Singapore seemed to have COVID-19 in check. The curve was flattening. A resurgence of the virus, however, presents a cautionary lesson for the rest of the world. Teng Wen Wee, managing partner of t...
ListenANNA DUNN: RESTAURANTS TAUGHT ME TO BE HUMAN from 2020-05-20T12:00
Anna Dunn began working at Diner in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 15-years ago, lying about being a morning person and ending up working an early shift. Anna stayed on because of the type of community the...
ListenGABRIEL STULMAN: "WHAT'S GONNA SURVIVE?" from 2020-05-19T12:00
As New Yorkers settle in for month 3 without a sit-down restaurant meal in sight, restaurateur Gabriel Stulman is both innovating and looking for relief. Will his landlords run him out of business ...
ListenRUTH ROGERS: THE RIVER CAFE WAY from 2020-05-18T12:00
Since opening 33 years ago, London's legendary River Cafe has only closed twice: for six months after a fire and for one day after the death of co-owner Rose Gray. As the restaurant endures this mo...
ListenMASHAMA BAILEY AND JOHNO MORISANO: "WE PROMISED SAVANNAH WE WOULD BE HERE." from 2020-05-15T12:00
From packing and distributing Saturday farm boxes to joining in solidarity for #IRunWithMaud, the leadership at The Grey and The Grey Market in Savannah, Georgia, have made a pact to be present and...
ListenMOONLYNN TSAI: HEART OF DINNER, HEART OF CHINATOWN from 2020-05-14T12:00
After seeing a precipitous decline in restaurants' business all throughout Manhattan's Chinatown and witnessing the xenophobic bullying of Asian senior citizens, Kopitiam's Moonlynn Tsai decided to...
ListenANNA POLONSKY: GIVING MEETS BRANDING from 2020-05-13T12:00
#AskChefsAnything began as an idea to raise money for immigrant workers in New York and soon became a national campaign. Now, on the verge of expanding the auction-based initiative to Philadelphia,...
ListenBOBBY STUCKEY: WAITING FOR WASHINGTON from 2020-05-12T12:00
Master Sommelier and co-founder of Colorado's Frasca Hospitality Group joins Take Away Only to talk about why storytelling matters in government, making up for lost lobbying time and how restaurate...
ListenMATTY MATHESON: PANTS UP, SHIRT ON from 2020-05-11T12:00
What happens to the most social among us when social distancing becomes the norm? Matty Matheson joins Take Away Only to discuss separation anxiety, imposter syndrome and his own deep-seeded need f...
ListenIRENE LI: "WHAT CAN A RESTAURANT BE?" from 2020-05-10T12:13
Nobody runs a restaurant quite like Mei Mei's Irene Li. Her finances are open to the public. Her sense of transparency is radical. Addressing social inequality matters as much as the menu. Hear how...
ListenMELANIE DUNEA: TREATS HELP from 2020-05-07T12:00
Treats Help brings New York City's best baked goods, from places like Le Bernardin, Mah-Ze-Dar and Ovenly, to its most critical workers. Launched by Melanie Dunea, Anjali Kumar, Judi Wong, Stephani...
ListenNATE NORRIS: ZUNI CAFÉ'S NEW DEAL from 2020-05-06T12:00
As Zuni Café's chef de cuisine, Nate Norris oversees one of the most seminal kitchens in San Francisco, a place that's as much a community anchor as it is a restaurant. But what happens when the ne...
ListenJJ JOHNSON: "I MIGHT HAVE TO SEND YOU OFF AND AWAY" from 2020-05-05T12:00
Being married to a New York City nurse means COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of chef JJ Johnson's life, including the mission of his restaurant, Fieldtrip. Hear about the healthcare workers he's...
ListenCHRIS SHEPHERD: CHRIS SHEPHERD WANTS TO RAISE $38 MILLION from 2020-05-04T12:00
Chris Shepherd joins us from Houston to discuss the extraordinary work of his Southern Smoke Foundation, the survival and upcoming evolution of his four restaurants, the restorative power of "page ...
ListenRENÉ REDZEPI: OPERATION FAMILY MODE from 2020-05-01T12:00
As Danish society slowly begins to reopen, René Redzepi joins us to discuss living with uncertainty, a new direction for Noma, alternative revenue streams, the reality of profit margins, group ment...
ListenSTEPHEN SATTERFIELD: NIMBLENESS AND NECESSITY from 2020-04-30T12:00
As co-founder of Whetstone Magazine, host of the podcast Point of Origin and a longtime restaurant worker himself, Stephen Satterfield tells stories about food and the issues surrounding it with in...
ListenSOUTH PHILLY BARBACOA: SPIRITUALLY ROOTED POLITICS AND PLATES from 2020-04-29T12:00
Cristina Martinez and her husband, Ben Miller run South Philly Barbacoa, one of our greatest and most soulful restaurants, not only for the inimitable lamb barbacoa and consommé that comes out of i...
ListenMERA KITCHEN COLLECTIVE: IMMIGRANTS HAVE THE POWER from 2020-04-28T12:00
Formed by refugee and immigrant women in Baltimore in 2017, Mera Kitchen Collective has been built for catering, pop-ups and selling meals at the farmers' market. Mera's members are from places lik...
ListenKWAME ONWUACHI: "THE RESTAURANT AVENGERS" from 2020-04-27T12:00
Kith/Kin's Kwame Onwuachi talks about joining the Independent Restaurant Coalition, why he identifies with Spider-Man, the glory of unboxing a giant salmon at home, the virtues of service and liste...
ListenDAVID PRIOR: ROMANCE WITH RIGOR from 2020-04-23T12:00
The travel industry accounts for 10% of the global GDP and represents more than one hundred million jobs. According to industry visionary David Prior, travel also supports culture, from museums to ...
ListenERIC RIPERT: "A BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN LIGHT" from 2020-04-22T12:00
Eric Ripert has spent almost 30 years in the kitchen of a single restaurant, Le Bernardin in New York City. Shutting it down meant letting go a staff of 180, including some who started at the resta...
ListenJEN HIDINGER-KENDRICK: GIVING KITCHEN from 2020-04-21T12:00
When Jen Hidinger-Kendrick's late husband, Ryan Hidinger, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, her Atlanta restaurant community rallied to help the couple. Collective support suddenly seemed critica...
ListenASHLEY CHRISTENSEN: CONFIDENCE AND COMPLICATIONS from 2020-04-20T12:00
COVID-19 has forced North Carolina chef and restaurateur Ashley Christensen to downsize her company from 280 employees to 28 to 2. Only Ashley and her Executive Director (and wife, Kaitlyn) remain....
ListenBERTHA GONZÁLEZ NIEVES: "EVERY SIP COUNTS" from 2020-04-17T12:00
Can a luxury, small-batch tequila company with substantial revenue coming from restaurants and bars survive a global pandemic and subsequent economic disaster? Bertha González Nieves, co-founder an...
ListenJOSÉ ANDRÉS: "AMERICA EATS NOW!" from 2020-04-16T12:00
José Andrés Zooms in from Nationals Park in Washington D.C., where members of his World Central Kitchen team are joining the organization's global efforts to make millions of meals for people in ne...
ListenCAROLINE GLOVER: "I'VE NEVER FELT SO SORE" from 2020-04-15T12:00
Caroline Glover has kept her restaurant, Annette, just outside of Denver, open with a 5-person crew that feels like family, a radically altered menu, and painstaking safety and sanitation protocols...
ListenJULIA SULLIVAN: TORNADOES, TRUCKING AND TRIAGE from 2020-04-14T12:00
Nashville is one of the most tightly knit hospitality communities in the country and even more so now. Julia Sullivan of Henrietta Red and the Party Line talks about taking collective action, facin...
ListenMARCUS SAMUELSSON: "CHEFS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FIRST RESPONDERS" from 2020-04-13T12:00
Marcus Samuelsson has transformed his restaurants in Newark, Miami and Harlem into relief centers, having endured the toughest weeks of his distinguished career. On today's episode, Marcus talks ab...
ListenHENRIETTA LOVELL: "I WILL FIND ROUTES TO MARKET" from 2020-04-11T12:00
Known as the Rare Tea Lady, Henrietta Lovell would typically be traveling throughout the spring, visiting farmers and buying tea harvests in places like Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malawi. Now, grounded a...
ListenNICKY GRYCZKA: FEEDING THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE from 2020-04-10T12:00
Refettorio Gastromotiva in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, serves sit-down meals with dignity to the food-insecure in its community. With COVID-19 taking away the ability for people to safely gather, Gastr...
ListenKEVIN BOEHM AND ROB KATZ: "FIGHTING FOR OUR EXISTENCE" from 2020-04-08T12:00
Days before the pandemic hit, Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz were celebrating their restaurant group's best first quarter ever and saw a banner year ahead. Now, the fate of their 23 Chicago restaurants i...
ListenMATT ORLANDO: "STAMINA IS THE NAME OF THE GAME" from 2020-04-07T12:00
At Copenhagen's Amass, Matt Orlando has established one of the most significant restaurant sustainability efforts in the world. He's gifted as a chef, but also as a problem solver. Now, facing the ...
ListenROSIO SANCHEZ: TACOS AND TRIBULATIONS from 2020-04-06T12:00
In terms of government aid, Copenhagen restaurants have it better than most. But that doesn't make closures easy for those out of work. Rosio Sanchez, owner of Hija de Sanchez and Sanchez, both clo...
ListenJESSICA KOSLOW: "I MARRIED THIS LIFE" from 2020-04-03T12:00
Sqirl and Onda's Jessica Koslow was slated to open a new restaurant this week, the much-anticipated Sqirl Away in Los Angeles. Instead, in conjunction with the Lee Initiative, she's opening a relie...
ListenWILL GUIDARA: "ADVERSITY IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE (REDUX)" from 2020-04-02T12:00
Restaurants are Will Guidara's life. He grew up in a restaurant family and started working in a kitchen at the age of 12. It's the only thing he's ever done. Now, with his industry, and his identit...
ListenELLEN BENNETT: MASKS AND MIRACLES from 2020-04-01T12:00
Until last week, Ellen Bennett was best known for her cheery determination as the founder of Hedley&Bennett, a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of workwear for chefs and home cooks. Now, her factory ...
ListenNICK KOKONAS: BLACK SWANS AND SKUNKWORKS from 2020-03-31T20:14
With a background in risk, Nick Kokonas started writing contingency plans early. Then he wrote a letter furloughing hundreds of employees and cried before taking aggressive measures to attack an un...
ListenCAMILLA MARCUS: "TOO SMALL TO FAIL, TOO BIG TO IGNORE" from 2020-03-30T12:00
When Camilla Marcus opened west~bourne, a neighborhood restaurant with a soulful mission, she already had a revolution in mind. Hear how she's channeled her leadership into battling for immediate a...
ListenGREG BAXTROM AND MAX KATZENBERG: "THE TIME IS NOW TO UNIFY OUR INDUSTRY" from 2020-03-27T12:00
Greg and Max run Olmsted and Maison Yaki in Brooklyn. It's their dream business. Now, Greg and Max are fighting not only for their restaurants' survival, but for the survival of New York City's 250...
ListenGEORGE AZAR: "WE DON'T QUIT. WE JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD." from 2020-03-24T13:00
In Southwest Detroit, chef George Azar of Flowers of Vietnam has to decide whether a pandemic or a loss of income poses a greater threat to the welfare of his staff. Hear how his team rallied aroun...
ListenMARTHA HOOVER: “WE HAVE TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELIEF” from 2020-03-23T13:00
Indianapolis restaurateur Martha Hoover has a dozen restaurants, nearly 400 employees and is now on a mission to protect her people and their livelihoods. Hear how she intends to turn extreme vulne...
ListenMARK CANLIS: "LETTING OUT OUR INNER DRIVE-THROUGH" from 2020-03-20T18:27
As COVID-19 hits Seattle, Canlis restaurant, a 70-year-old institution, makes a radical plan to start over. Third generation owner Mark Canlis shares the story.
ListenMARK CANLIS: "LETTING OUT OUR INNER DRIVE-THROUGH" from 2020-03-20T18:27
As COVID-19 hits Seattle, Canlis restaurant, a 70-year-old institution, makes a radical plan to start over. Third generation owner Mark Canlis shares the story.
ListenMARK CANLIS: "LETTING OUT OUR INNER DRIVE-THROUGH" from 2020-03-20T18:27
As COVID-19 hits Seattle, Canlis restaurant, a 70-year-old institution, makes a radical plan to start over. Third generation owner Mark Canlis shares the story.
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