Fell Into Food Podcast

Byron Irwin: Reclaiming Waste and Rebuilding Community

Byron Irwin is a lifelong farmer, composter, and the founder and manufacturer behind Eco-Drum composters and Compost Network. Raised in a tight-knit village of just 500 p

Vinny Wilson: No Cap! Soda Pop / Scaling A Next-Gen Beverage Brand

Vinny Wilson is the Co-Founder of NO CAP! Soda Pop, a next-generation beverage brand bringing bold, nostalgic flavors to the modern soda category. After working with fast

Brittney Miller: Cracking the Quail Code

Brittney Miller is the President and second-generation owner of Manchester Farms, America’s oldest and largest quail farm, where she has helped transform her family’s Sou

Beyond Pisco: Pairing World-Class Peruvian Gastronomy with Valtierro’s Daniel Valverde

Born into a poor family in Peru as the youngest of five children, Daniel Valverde’s path to winemaking began far from the vineyard. At nineteen, without a college degree,

Beignets, Boudin Egg Rolls, and a Pirate Coffee Shop: My First Trip to New Orleans

First time in New Orleans, and I nearly choked on powdered sugar within the first hour. Worth it. Down for three days, so I did what I do and ate everything. I have opin

Stephanie Noto: Fixing School Food / Beyond the Grab Bag & Mealy Apples

Stephanie Noto is a Registered Dietitian, Child Nutrition Program, and School Food Expert. In partnership with school districts, Stephanie evaluates and enhances school m

Accidental Cook to Culinary Empire: Chef Adrianne Calvo on Building Legacy

Chef Adrianne Calvo is an award-winning Miami-based restaurateur, best-selling cookbook author, and Emmy-nominated, 9x Telly Award-winning media personality known for her

Ken MacKenzie: Fresh Victor / Quitting Tequila To Go Fresh

Ken MacKenzie is the visionary founder and CEO of Fresh Victor, a premium line of all-natural, cold pressed, refrigerated mixers for effortlessly delicious cocktails, low

Nicole Bentler: Pocono Maple, Before The Syrup

I sat down with Nicole Bentler this week — a health and wellness pro turned maple farmer, who bought a run-down, two-hundred-year-old farm in the Pocono Mountains of Penn

Jason Olinik: Discernment / The Dining Room Disagrees

Jason Olinik is Senior Vice President of Operations & Partnerships at Rudy's Hospitality Group, where he leads growth strategy and every client relationship across workpl

Jeff Tonidandel & Jamie Brown Making Charlotte the “City of Hospitality”

Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown are the husband-and-wife owners of the Tonidandel-Brown Restaurant Group (TBRG) in Charlotte, NC — six restaurants (Supperland, Haberdish,

Matthew Cutolo: Gargiulo’s & The Last Cannoli Recipe

Matthew Cutolo is the Executive Pastry Chef and third-generation chef at Gargiulo's Restaurant, a Coney Island institution since 1907. He helps oversee both front and bac

Rameking / The GlobalNova Growth | Michael Smith

I had Michael Smith back on the podcast this week — round two with the guy behind Rameking, the only pre-filled portion cup dispenser out there, still running the whole o

Oryx Desert Salt / Hydration From Ancient Underground Lake | Samantha Skyring

Samantha Skyring is the founder and CEO of Oryx Desert Salt, a mineral-rich salt sourced from an ancient underground lake beneath Africa's Kalahari Desert — now stocked b

Chris Valdes: The Chef Storyteller / BAM / Smell—O-Vision

Chris Valdes is a Miami-based chef and TV personality best known for Food Network Star, who's spent the last eleven years building a media career out of catering, storyte

The Nomad Cook / The Culinary Art of Cannabis / Life Beyond The Pop-Ups | Travis Peterson

Travis Petersen is the chef and founder behind Nomad Cook, a culinary cannabis brand that's hosted more than 1,200 cannabis-infused pop-up dinners in 117 cities across 37

P!ing / The Robot Coffee Drive Thru Disrupting the $50B Business | Rob Whitten & Jane Lo

Rob Whitten and Jane Lo are the co-founders and co-CEOs of p!ng — a robotics-powered coffee company building 120-square-foot autonomous pods that take your order before y

The Freight Behind Your Food / Global Supply Chains | Ian Sutherland

Ian Sutherland is the co-founder of World Freight Direct — a dedicated industry platform for global freight and logistics — and brings 55 years of combined freight experi

Taste Events / Tong Talks / It’s Not Speed Dating | Ethan Kjesbo & Cass Burson

I've known Ethan and Cass for a while now, and every time I'm around them I walk away thinking the same thing — these guys just get it. Not just the event business, but t

STEVE MCHUGH: CURED / THE SCIENCE OF CURING, AGING & MOLD

Chef Steve McHugh is a six-time James Beard Award finalist, the author of Cured, and the founder of the celebrated San Antonio charcuterie restaurant of the same name — a