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Truecooks radio is back and talking some big news! Chef Chad is in the house and we will be talking drops, CT chefs challenge winner and Truecooks allstar Chef Adam Bedini. Not to mention the October 5th event happing in NYC at the Goldbar. Food, DJ, beverages and a live broadcast form the event! We also will take questions from the chat room! www.truecooks.com

On this episode we are talking to the fabulous Nikki Dinki from Cooking channel's "Junk Food Flip" and Food Networks "Food Network Star". Nikki is hella funny, a great cook, and a really awesome person! What is it like to go from contestant to host with Food Network, working with Bobby Dean and so much more!  How does one go from hating all great food to loving it? Nikki will lt us know! We also are 4 days away from the CT Chefs Challenge and a huge announcement is made tonight regarding the event! Chef Plum will also talk the goldbar event for Truecooks, doing media for food events, and preparing to host a live event in front of a live crowd! 

On this episode we talk to Simon Leonard, the head honcho over at my favorite beer these days Fire Island Beer! Simon is super awesome and make a killer beer. We also check in with a CT chefs Challenge competitor and judge. Talk a little catering, and pairing beer with dinner instead of wine, beer compitions and why beer is so good. Plus dick jokes, poping a top on a cold one, and lots of laughs! 

On this episode Chef Plum talks to one of the most awesome BBQ guys in the world the one and only DJ BBQ. You can find him paling around with Jamie Oliver and on FoodTube or at pretty much every food festival in Britain! We talk food, BBQ, TV and Rock and Roll oh yeah and of course PBR! Also friend of the show and Judge for the Chefs Challenge Derrick Prince stops by to talk Chopped and being a judge!

Tonight we talk to casting guru Micheal Petrella from M2 pictures. Michael has over ten years of casting experience working on projects such as Emmy-winning seasons of The Amazing Race and MTV's Made, as well as Project Runway, The Ellen Degeneres Show, and Samantha Brown's Great Weekends. He field coordinated audience and talent for Pre-Game and Halftime Shows of Super Bowls XXXIX and XL.Much of Michael's recent experience has been in development casting, with notable examples, Extreme Couponing, Bravo's Guide to Parenting, and 130 episodes of Chain Reaction for GSN.After five years in Chicago, and seven in New York, Michael Petrella Casting was established in Pittsburgh in 2012. His specialty is finding the needle in a stack of needles: unearthing the world's best characters no matter how remote, hidden, or niche and connecting with them to foster long-term relationships.In 2014, Michael Petrella Casting joined forces with M2 Pictures to develop new and exciting television, with a focus on top-notch casting and talent Also we talk with Ken Tucio host of Welcome 2 CT about the chefs challenge as well as competitor Mark Vecchitto checks in about the CT chefs Challenge!

On this episode we talk to the very funny, and fun Christine Gerani, the head honcho over at Spoton Magazine. If you have not checked out Spot on Magazine you really have to do that they cover so much cool stuff. Christine is a wing judge, beer lover and the center of attention at any party! We learn all about Spoton Magazine and all the cool things she has going on, not to mention, all the food people she hangs with, its really kinda nuts! Grab a drink and join us because the laughs are infectious on this episode!

TrueCooks radio is back! Tonight Chef's Chad and Plum talk to Omar AKA our man #culinaryharrasment he is a Truecooks soilder for life and a Instagram icon! Also special guest and Truecooks rep Marcel Vigneron joins the show tonight! And much much more on this episode of TrueCooks Radio!is an American chef best known as the runner-up of the second season of Top Chef, which aired 2006–2007, placing behind Ilan Hall. In 2011, he had his own television program on Syfy, Marcel's Quantum Kitchen, in which he started and ran a molecular gastronomy catering company. He later competed on Top Chef: All-Stars in 2011, and on The Food Network's The Next Iron Chef, Guys Grocery Games, Cutthroat Kitchen and many more  

On this episode we talkt to PR guru Rachel Lampen, she is the owner of RLPR, the brains behind CT Taste Tours, oh yeah...... she also is an Ambassador for Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. Rachel is a fun to talk too and has a ton of expereience with food people, not only that but she is a brit, and Chef Plum lives to try and make brits laugh. (its not easy) Also Chef Plum will discuss his recent appearence This past Sunday on Cutthroat Kitchen on Food Network!

On this episode we talk to one cool MF'er Steve Seabury from HighRiver Sauces with appearences on Good Morning America, a Cookbook and a slew of Hot sauce festivals, this guys is the man! He plays metal music for his peppers!!! That is BADASS!! Beers, Hotsauce and Metal that almost covers everything!!!Check out highriversauces.comHigh River Sauces was started by music industry veteran, food junkie and Heavy Metal Cookbook author Steve Seabury. His cookbook titled Mosh Potatoes (Simon & Schuster) is a collection of recipes from the biggest bands in Hard Rock & Heavy Metal. While putting together the cookbook Seabury found that his passion for food was shared by many of his favorite icons. He wanted to bring his shared passion of food and music to the masses. High River Sauces has been formed out of this passion. Check High River Sauces will provide the music and food fanatic with artisan sauces made from the best organic ingredients for that ultimate culinary experience. Each bottle of sauce will be cranked up to 11 to give your taste buds that true Rock & Roll Explosion. 

On this episode we chat with one of Brooklyn's favorite musicians Ryan Star. Ryan is a awesome, very accomplished musician with music featured on hit TV shows the NFL and is a also a vet from season 1 of CBS's "Rockstar". Brooklyn has some of the coolest food and we talk to Ryan about that, touring, food on the road, and the creation process of his killer music. Not to mention being a new father! Follow Ryan on Twitter @ryanstar and check out rstar.net

Truecooks radio is back, on this episode! Chef Chad and Chef Plum talk the food business and we get Chef Chad's opinion on some pressing issues. We are also joinded by Hedley & Bennett founder Ellen Bennett and hear her amazing story as well as whats up with the #apronsquad and how she built this amazing business. We also delve into the relationship between Truecooks and Hedley&Bennett Episode three of Truecooks radio will be live and off the charts! shout out to the #truecooksfam

Tonight we talk to to Better CT executive producer Jamie Calli Mascia. Jamie is so funny and has tons of stories from Bill Cosby to just about anybody important in the entertainment bussiness, but tonight is a little different, we will hear about what makes a good TV food segment, as well as what makes it bad from the producer standpoint! Not to mention what ever else we talk about about either the first one was so informative this one will be just the same so crack a beer make a cocktail and get ready to feel uncomfortable because PlumluvFoods is back again with a girl as the guest!

On this episode we talk to one of the coolest people I have met. The Rev David Ciancio. ( http://revdavidciancio.com/ )Rev is aruguably one of the formost experts on burgers in America. Currently Rev is the Director of Marketing for Schweid & Sons, a family owned and operated gourmet ground beef purveyor located in Carlstadt, NJ. Schweid & Sons’s high quality ground beef can be found in grocery stores around the north east and at restaurants all over the country. His role is to take his passion for hamburgers and match it with his years of experience in branding and hospitality marketing. Restaurants like Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Fuddruckers, GENUINE Roadside and Tasty Burger use Schweid & Sons ground beef.We talk burgers, we talk TV, and we talk judging on this episode of PlumLuvFoods Live!  

On this episode we recap the Ny Best Wings Festival, Chef Plum was one of the judges for this dope event. We talk wings beer and have a ton of special guests! Best Wings LI did a fantastic job as there were over 7000 people eating over 50 flavors of wings, and enjoying great beer from Coney Island brewing. Did your favorite make the cut? Whats it like to be a judge for an event like this and how does one prepare themselves for eating over 50 flavors of wings. All that and more on this episode of #Plumluvfoods

TrueCooks take over episode 2, Chad gives everybody the big news, we recap the L.A event and talk some new drops. We are also joined by some very special guests. We finish off with questions from the Chatroom! Humilty Dedication Sacrifice #TrueCooks www.truecooks.com