The Line
Listen in on an intimate, one-on-one conversation with a chef or restaurateur each week. Eli Sussman, a chef and cookbook author, interviews chefs and restaurateurs he admires about their childhoods, first jobs in food, and the paths that led them to become who they are today. From how it all began, to where they are now, and everything in between, this is The Line.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 130
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2022
Lucas Sin - Junzi Kitchen
On today’s show, I welcome Lucas Sin, Eater Young Guns Class of 2019 and Forbes 30 under 30 and the chef/partner in Junzi Kitchen. Lucas opened his first restaurant when he was 16, in an abandoned ne…
01:11:53 |
Tue 25 Aug 2020
FIG Community Food Relief
On today’s special episode of theLINE, recordings from a single day in May following FIG - a collective of social justice-oriented members of the food community - talking about their efforts to feed…
00:41:43 |
Fri 29 May 2020
Nic Jammet
On today’s episode we speak with Nic Jammet one of the three founders of Sweetgreen. The company the three friends started over a decade ago as a simple 500 square foot salad shack in Washington D.C.…
00:44:41 |
Tue 19 May 2020
Feeding the Community: How Restaurants are Turning into Emergency Relief Kitchens
In this special COVID-19 episode, audio recordings from some of the hospitality frontline workers that are going to work every day to feed our country. In what feels like a constant flow of insurmoun…
00:38:28 |
Wed 13 May 2020
Ben and Max Goldberg
On today’s episode we welcome Benjamin and Max Goldberg the co-owners of Strategic Hospitality in Nashville. The brothers operate and run properties all over Nashville including Merchants, The Patter…
00:53:02 |
Tue 05 May 2020
Dan Meiser and James Wayman
On today's episode - an interview with Dan Meiser and Chef James Wayman partners in 85th Day Food Community, a restaurant group in Mystic Connecticut that employs over 100 people and encompasses Oys…
00:45:30 |
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger
Chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken are the owners and operators of the Border Grill restaurants which they began in 1985. They also operate BBQ Mexicana, a fast casual concept with two Las Veg…
00:33:38 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp of Honey Butter Fried Chicken on COVID19
In 2005, just months after they graduated from Kendall College of Culinary Arts in Chicago, Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp founded Sunday Dinner Club a sort of dinner party-ish experience that has …
00:39:55 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
theLINE Special Episode Part 2: The COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Hospitality Industry - Owners and Chefs in Their Own Words
In this episode, more stories from chefs and owners still processing what has happened to their businesses since the emergence of COVID-19. Stories of worry about the future and the hope for survival…
00:26:23 |
Tue 31 Mar 2020
TheLINE Special Episode: The COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Hospitality Industry - Owners and Chefs In their Own Words
Across the nation, restaurants, bars, and cafes sit dark and quiet. Owners are unsure if they will ever be able to re-open and hundreds of thousands have lost their jobs as millions have self isolate…
00:29:38 |
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Alon Shaya
On today's special 100th episode of theLINE welcome Chef Alon Shaya. Born in Bat Yam just south of Tel Aviv, he moved to Philadelphia as a young boy and had a tumultuous childhood filled with anger r…
00:57:25 |
Thu 19 Mar 2020
Victoria Blamey
Chef Victoria Blamey changed course, leaving her college in Chile and enrolling in Culinary school. After graduating, she worked at some of the top restaurants in the entire world, including Mugaritz…
00:55:39 |
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Jay Wolman
On today's episode we welcome Jay Wolman the executive chef of LaLou in Prospect Heights, a recently opened restaurant with a focus on natural wine. Jay has come up through some of the most important…
00:55:37 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
Jake Leiber
Today on theLINE we’re talking about restaurant projects big and small, expensive and... less expensive with today’s guest Jake Leiber. He is the chef/partner along with chef Aidan O’Neal at Greenpoi…
01:00:22 |
Tue 28 Jan 2020
Moonlynn Tsai
Today's episode features Moonlynn Tsai, co-owner of Kopitiam. After working in the Bay and LA restaurant scenes she moved to NYC in 2018, partnering with chef Kyo Pang to invigorate the new larger ve…
00:57:42 |
Tue 21 Jan 2020
Katie Button
Chef Katie Button, the chef and co-owner of two restaurants in Asheville, North Carolina: Cúrate Tapas Bar and Button & Co. Bagels, was born in South Carolina and raised in New Jersey. Chef Button ha…
00:59:34 |
Tue 21 Jan 2020
Episode 94: Santiago Perez
Santiago Perez was born in Mexico City. He received a chemical engineering degree and then somewhere along the way decided investment banking was the right fit. At the age of 29 he was working at UBS…
00:55:52 |
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Episode 93: Daniel Burns
Chef Daniel Burns is responsible for helping develop aspects of the culinary programs through research and development for arguably the two most influential chefs in the world Rene Redzepi and David …
00:58:47 |
Tue 03 Dec 2019
Episode 92: Charlene Santiago
Today's guest is Chef Charlene Santiago executive chef at Canal Street Oysters, the newly opened American oyster bar which is owned by the restaurateurs behind The East Pole, East Pole Fish Bar, and …
00:55:30 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
Episode 91: Nick Bognar
My guest today is Nick Bognar, who is the chef and owner of Indo, the modern Asian restaurant in St. Louis. Indo combines styles of mainland Southeast Asia, joining Nick’s Thai background and formal …
00:58:32 |
Tue 05 Nov 2019
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