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
Episode 30: Chef Marc Vetri
A native Philadelphian, and classically trained in Bergamo, Italy, Marc Vetri is known the world over for bringing a bold, contemporary sensibility to classic Italian cooking. He is the chef/founder …
00:47:37 |
Tue 23 May 2017
Episode 29: Claire Welle of Otway
Claire Welle was born outside of Baltimore and attended the Culinary Institute of America. After culinary school, Welle cooked in San Francisco and Washington D.C. She dutifully studied baking, pastr…
00:44:18 |
Tue 09 May 2017
Episode 28: Ajay Walia
Ajay Walia is the owner of two, culinary-driven Indian restaurants in San Francisco, Saffron and the Michelin-starred Rasa. With over a decade of experience in the hospitality industry, Walia strives…
00:50:32 |
Tue 02 May 2017
Episode 27: Chef Ryan McCaskey
A native of Saigon, Vietnam and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Chef Ryan McCaskey discovered his passion for cooking at an early age. As a youngster, he would watch his grandmother recre…
00:48:08 |
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Episode 26: Brian Loiacono
Brian Loiacono grew up in Long Island in a large Italian family where boisterous cooking and eating together were integral practices. Work in local Long Island kitchens during high school spurred him…
00:41:18 |
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Episode 25: Abram Bissell, Executive Chef of The Modern
Chef Abram Bissell became Executive Chef of The Modern in 2014. Most recently, Abram opened The NoMad as Chef de Cuisine in 2012, directly following his role as Executive Sous Chef at Eleven Madison …
00:51:21 |
Tue 04 Apr 2017
Episode 24: Chef Gunnar Gíslason of Agern
On this week's episode of The Line, Eli is joined in studio by chef Gunnar Gíslason. Born in Iceland, Gunnar has garnered international acclaim for his creative cooking, and his curious nature, love …
00:46:50 |
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Episode 23: Spike Gjerde
SPIKE GJERDE is a chef, restaurateur and local food advocate based in Baltimore who is committed to supporting and preserving the Mid-Atlantic food system by purchasing solely from the growers, water…
00:41:51 |
Tue 21 Mar 2017
Episode 22: Jake Dell of Katz's Delicatessen
This week on The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined by Jake Dell, the owner and Vice President of Katz’s Delicatessen, an iconic Jewish deli established in 1888, which the Dell family purchased in 1988…
00:46:56 |
Tue 07 Mar 2017
Episode 21: Elise Kornack
Elise Kornack is the chef and co-owner of Brooklyn’s Take Root, the 12-seat tasting-menu restaurant she runs along with her wife, Anna Hieronimus. Take Root has received a coveted Michelin star for t…
00:44:29 |
Tue 28 Feb 2017
Episode 20: Dianna Daoheung
This week on The Line, Eli is joined in the studio by Dianna Daoheung, a first generation Lao-Thai American who co-owns one of the most famous bagel shops in New York City, Black Seed Bagels. Tune …
00:40:22 |
Tue 21 Feb 2017
Episode 19: Marc Meyer
This week on The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined by Marc Meyer, the executive chef of Cookshop, Vic's, Hundred Acres, and Rosie's, all in New York City.
For the last twenty years, Chef Meyer has pr…
00:49:09 |
Tue 14 Feb 2017
Episode 18: Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja
This week on The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined by Ayesha Nurdjaja, the executive chef at Hundred Acres, Vicki Freeman and Marc Meyer’s farm-to-table restaurant in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood…
00:43:05 |
Tue 07 Feb 2017
Episode 17: Marco Canora of Hearth Restaurant, Brodo, and Zadie’s Oyster Room
This week on The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined in studio by chef Marco Canora of Hearth Restaurant, Brodo, and Zadie’s Oyster Room.
In the more than a decade since Marco opened Hearth, the restau…
00:46:24 |
Tue 31 Jan 2017
Episode 16: Jean Adamson of Vinegar Hill House
This week on The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined by Jean Adamson, owner of Vinegar Hill House.
Jean moved from Salt Lake City to NYC in the spring of 1997 to attend the French Culinary Institute.…
00:44:26 |
Tue 24 Jan 2017
Episode 15: Chef Eduardo Sandoval of Tygershark
This week on The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined by Chef Eduardo Sandoval of Tygershark in Prospect Heights. Tune in to follow the line of Sandoval's career, from growing up in Texas to serving Ko…
00:49:11 |
Tue 17 Jan 2017
Episode 14: Tracy Young of Kings County Imperial
On the season premiere of The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined by Tracy Young, co-owner and creative director of Kings County Imperial in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tune in to hear them trace the line o…
00:44:18 |
Tue 10 Jan 2017
Episode 13: Chef Jake Novick-Finder of Gristmill
On the season finale of The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined in the studio by Chef Jake Novick-Finder of Gristmill. At just 12 years old, Jake started his first internship at Chanterelle in New Yo…
00:47:47 |
Tue 13 Dec 2016
Episode 12: Chef Ron Silver
Chef Ron Silver opened Bubby’s as a one-man pie delivery service on Thanksgiving Day in 1990. He worked out of a small kitchen on the corner of Hudson and North Moore Street in Tribeca baking pies an…
00:50:17 |
Tue 06 Dec 2016
Episode 11: Bobby Hellen of GG's
This week on The Line, host Eli Sussman is joined by Bobby Hellen, executive chef of GG's in the East Village.
Growing up in a large Italian family in New York City, Chef Bobby Hellen has always fel…
00:40:32 |
Tue 29 Nov 2016
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