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MIS EN PLACE PODCAST // Episode 1 — Culinary Futures, Real Talk With Local Cooks

Welcome to the Mis En Place podcast. Hosted by chef, restaurateur and Chefs Table Society president Robert Belcham, the podcast covers a variety of topics related to the complicated lives of the people who cook your food.

In this episode’s featured conversation, chef/host Robert Belcham talks about the changes coming (and needed) to education for the next-generation of professional cooks. His guests are Tony Minichiello, chef/owner of Northwest Culinary Academy (Vancouver, BC) and Bruce McAdams, Associate Professor at the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph (Guelph, ON).

Plus, it’s the debut edition of the Walk-in Confessional, a share-what’s-on-your-mind opportunity for chefs everywhere. First one in is well-known Vancouver chef/opinionator Robert Clark (C, The Fish Counter).

And Shawna Gardham, executive director of the Chefs’ Table Society of BC, offers a preview of a special event for all Canadian cooks, CooksCamp2020. Press play below and enjoy!

MIS EN PLACE // Chefs Question Relevance of Escoffier’s Kitchen ‘Brigade System’ in 2021

CTS' Robert Belcham talks with Michael Ruhlman, Julian Bond, Hassel Aviles and Dave Gunawan discuss the "Big Idea".

MIS EN PLACE PODCAST // New Season Begins With Revisit of ‘No Tipping’ Business Model

In the episode 1 of the 2nd season of the Mise-en-Place Podcast, chef/host Robert Belcham and special guests get into it.

MIS EN PLACE PODCAST // Canadian Chefs Look Back at the ‘Year That Was’

Chef/host Robert Belcham looks back on the extraordinary challenges of 2020 with the help of some returning guests.

MIS EN PLACE PODCAST // Episode 8 — Ending Tipping on the Other Side of the Pandemic

Chef/host Robert Belcham talks with Carl Heinrich and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois about revitalizing the hospitality industry.