NC F&B Podcast

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.

"Our intention is to create a behind-the-scenes conversation between industry professionals. Whether we are speaking with an advanced level sommelier about their wine program or a chef about breaking down an entire pig, we just want the conversation to be real, unedited and honest. The food and beverage world is a unique industry, and North Carolina's food scene is growing everyday.

Take a listen. We hope to entertain, teach and inspire while offering some specific information about the NC food scene."

-Max & Matt

Episode 98 - Soft Shell Crab and Plight of the Fisherman

May 31, 2018

Soft shell crabbing starts early in the morning. The alarm rang at 2:15am so Max and Matt could get to Colington, North Carolina and the Ablemarle sound (in the OBX NC) early enough that the water was still the right temperature. Additionally, crabbing is a very short season so you “gotta get while the gettin is...

Episode 97 - Fayetteville Beer Trail

May 24, 2018

“Be all you can be!” “Fort Bragg, North Carolina is a military installation of the United States Army and is the largest military installation in the world with more than 50,000 active duty personnel.” After serving in the army many of the veterans stay in the Fayetteville area after serving, they see...

Episode 96 - How you can be a part of the “food solution” and Thrive NC

May 17, 2018

Thrive NC

Ashley Christensen, Vivian Howard and Sam Jones were just a few of the many chefs to lend their time and efforts to Thrive NC. Thrive NC is a two day summit and food festival that “brings together more than 150 food system stakeholders from across North Carolina to discuss how we can impact our...

Episode 95 - 2018 James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago

May 10, 2018

You cannot miss this episode. Max and Matt ventured to the Windy City in order to bring you behind the scenes of the 2018 James Beard Awards! This episode takes you into the press room in order to hear from the likes of Dominique Crenn (winner for best chef West region) and her love for North Carolina. Actress Zooey...

Episode 94 - On the cusp of the James Beard Awards 2018 with Chef Katie Button

May 3, 2018

On the cusp of the James Beard Awards 2018 with Chef Katie Button.

Katie Button went from being a PHD candidate in biomedical engineering to becoming a finalist for a James Beard Award as best Chef Southeast! In this episode we identify the “aha” moment when Katie decided it was time to enter the culinary world! We...