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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

Feb 24, 2022

NC State's Dr. Joel Pawlak has created a pseudo DeLorean to bring whiskey into the future. If you love whiskey and spirits there is so mucht to consume in this episode!

  • How to age spirits.
  • What is white labeling
  • Did you know that India is the largest whiskey drinking country in the world?
  • What is Trap Music?
  • Who is...


Feb 17, 2022

The call of making Macaron's gave Allison & Carl Vick new meaning in life! Hear how they left their corporate lives behind to build a Macaron business and a family together!

In this episode Max & Matt learned:


Feb 10, 2022

How can formal education help your carreer in hospitality? Dr. Bob O’Halloran , the Director of the School Hospitality Leadership at @eastcarolinauniv.☠️ talks a about what it means to be a chef and how to run a restaurant. Bob's program teaches you hand on information such as how to actually make it in the...


Feb 8, 2022

Here's a bonus episode and a simulcast of the new podcast Sound Palate with Kitty Kinnin of 96.1 BBB on the radio! 

Kitty sits down with our co-host of the NC F&B Podcast, Max Trujillo, to discuss his brand new food Hall, Craften - opening up in Knightdale, NC this Friday, Feb 11th. 

She also gets into Max's previous...


Feb 3, 2022

Saint James Seafood is ready to reopen despite unforseen barriers for a 3rd time.

"Flavor is critical."

Chef Matt talks about why Saint James is so important to the Durham community and why he had to get it back open!

Also in this episode, chatter about how Matt became a Chef, is it ok to eat octopus and what pairs with...