Chef Ed Porter's Perfect Bite

Chef, musician, and entrepreneur — Chef Ed Porter has lived many lives through food. Our guest this episode of The Perfect Bite podcast is a renaissance person of all kinds, from the plate, to the studio, to your screens. Chef Ed Porter is a fine-dining-trained chef who also is an accomplished hip hop artist, and now, a documentary film director with his newest film, “The Food That Fuels”. I sit down with Chef Ed to talk about his culinary journey, his appearance on Netflix’s Pressure Cooker, and how music and entrepreneurship have shaped his life.

Ed shares:

• How he went from working in fine dining restaurants with Marcus Samuelsson to competing on Netflix’s Pressure Cooker
• The parallels between food and music — and why creativity connects both worlds
• Lessons from leading kitchens and building businesses in the restaurant industry
• The importance of mentorship, discipline, and resilience in hospitality
• Why food entrepreneurship is about more than cooking — it’s about storytelling and connection

A born-and-bred New Yorker, Chef Ed infuses culture and intention into everything he does. We talk about his days at the famed, Michelin-starred Aquavit, and how he found his way to something that was completely his own, coining the term “bicoastal cuisine” when he moved out to the Bay Area. From there, Chef Ed’s passion for storytelling and finding the “why” at the heart of everything grew, and his two sides—chef and creative—finally combined into the work he does today. Whether you know him from Pressure Cooker, his work in kitchens, or his music, Chef Ed Porter’s story is one of grit, creativity, and vision.

Follow Chef Ed on social media @officialedporter. You can visit his website, officialedporter.com, to learn more about his many projects. Be sure to view the trailer for his documentary, “The Food That Fuels,” here! 

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