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Interview with Executive Chef & Co-Owner of Wild Child, Rob Reinsmith – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 112

Executive Chef Rob Reinsmith of Noble Crust
Interview with Executive Chef & Co-Owner of Wild Child, Rob Reinsmith

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 112! On today’s episode, we interview Executive Chef Rob Reinsmith. Rob has been working in restaurants since he was a teenager. He went to culinary school in Orlando, and then worked in eateries in New York City for eight years before … Continue Reading

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Interview with Chef & Culinary Instructor, Clay Dempster – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 111

Interview with Chef & Culinary Instructor, Clay Dempster

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 111! On today’s episode, we interview Chef & Culinary Instructor at Metropolitan Ministries, Clay Dempster. We talk about the upcoming Tampa Bay Food Fight charity event where St. Pete and Tampa chefs battle it out “Iron Chef” style. After the interview, we have lunch … Continue Reading

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Interview with Local St. Pete Actor Ward Smith – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 110

Interview with Local St. Pete Actor Ward Smith

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 110! On today’s episode, we interview local St. Petersburg actor, comedian, and voiceover artist, Ward Smith. Ward has been in dozens of films, and TV series. We’ll talk about some of the past shows he’s been in along with a couple of new movies … Continue Reading

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Interview with Lee Aquino from Teak Restaurant at The St. Pete Pier – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 109

Interview with Executive Chef Lee Aquino from the New St. Pete Pier Restaurants

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 109! On today’s episode, we interview Executive Chef Lee Aquino. Lee heads up three of the new locations at the new St. Pete Pier, including; The Driftwood Cafe, Teak Restaurant, and the rooftop bar Pier Teaki. Under the same … Continue Reading

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Interview with Ronicca Whaley from Shiso Crispy – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 108

Interview with Ronicca Whaley from Shiso Crispy

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 108! On today’s episode, we interview Ronicca Whaley from the Shiso Crispy food truck. Ronicca has three culinary degrees, and has been Executive Chef at The Oyster Bar. She has been a recipe creator for a national food supplier, and worked on a project for … Continue Reading

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Interview with Laura Reiley from The Washington Post – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 107

Laura Reiley
Interview with Laura Reiley from The Washington Post

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 107! On today’s episode, we interview Laura Reiley, the Food Business Reporter for The Washington Post. Many of you may remember her as the food critic at The Tampa Bay Times. She was last on the show just as she was leaving The Times. … Continue Reading

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Interview with Janet Keeler from USF St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 106

Interview with Janet Keeler from USF St. Pete

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 106! On today’s episode, we interview Janet Keeler from the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. Janet is an Instructor for the Food Writing and Photography Certificate program in the Department of Journalism & Digital Communication. She is a contributor to The Zest Podcast … Continue Reading

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Interview with Chris Sherman from the Golden Spoon Awards – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 105

Interview with Chris Sherman from the Golden Spoon Awards

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 105! On today’s episode, we interview Chris Sherman from The Golden Spoon Awards. They are restaurant awards covering the entire state of Florida. They are published annually by Florida Trend Magazine, which has been around for 60-years. Five St. Pete restaurants won Golden … Continue Reading

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Interview with Chef Dennis from the Ask Chef Dennis Blog – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 104

Interview with Chef Dennis from the Ask Chef Dennis Blog

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 104! On today’s episode, we interview Chef Dennis Littley from the Ask Chef Dennis blog. Chef Dennis has been food blogging since 2009, and he creates restaurant-style recipes that anyone can make at home. We’ll of course, talk about that, as well … Continue Reading

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Interview with TV Actress, and Local Entrepreneur, Rhonda Shear – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 103

Interview with TV Actress, and Local Entrepreneur, Rhonda Shear

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 103! On today’s episode, we interview Rhonda Shear. Rhonda is a TV personality, comedian, actress, and owner of St. Petersburg based Rhonda Shear Lingerie & Shapewear. Rhonda is best known for her 8-year role as host of USA Networks Up All Night TV … Continue Reading

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Interview with Keri Maletto, Culinary Expert for HSN – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 102

Keri Maletto
Interview with Keri Maletto, Culinary & Food Expert for HSN

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 102! On today’s episode, we interview Keri Maletto. Keri is the food and culinary expert for HSN. She is also an accomplished actor and producer for film and television. At the top of the show, we have Abby Allen straight out of … Continue Reading

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Interview with Deputy Mayor Dr. Kanika Tomalin – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 101

Dr. Kanika Tomalin
Interview with Deputy Mayor of St. Petersburg, FL, Dr. Kanika Tomalin

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 101! On today’s episode, we interview the Deputy Mayor of the City of St. Petersburg, Dr. Kanika Tomalin. She has just published a cookbook titled, St. Pete Eats, where 30 local eateries have provided healthy recipes. Proceeds from cookbooks purchased from … Continue Reading

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Interview with Chef Ted Dorsey & Jason Griffin from The Mill & Nash’s Hot Chicken – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 100

Interview with Chef Ted Dorsey & Jason Griffin from The Mill & Nash’s Hot Chicken

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 100! On today’s episode, we have an interview with Chef Ted Dorsey and Jason Griffin, operators and founding partners of The Mill and Nash’s Hot Chicken. We talk about the new menu at The Mill, and the … Continue Reading

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Interview with Robin Sussingham from The Zest Podcast – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 99

Robin Sussingham (Photo: Daylina Miller / WUSF Public Media)
Interview with Robin Sussingham from The Zest Podcast & WUSF Public Media

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 99! On today’s episode, we have an interview with Robin Sussingham from The Zest Podcast and WUSF Public Media. We talk about their extremely intriguing and award-winning series on Honey Bees. Making honey is the least of what they do, … Continue Reading

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Interview with Erica Benstock from Greenstock – St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 98

Erica & David Benstock
Interview with Erica Benstock from Greenstock

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast Episode 98! On today’s episode, we have a blast interviewing Erica Benstock co-owner of Greenstock, a specialty high quality salad and wraps, fast-casual eatery in downtown St. Petersburg. At the top of the show, we have Abby Allen from the foodies test kitchen with a great 3-for-one … Continue Reading

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