Chef's Table: Talks

Actor Logan Lerman joins David on Chef's Table: Talks this week! David and Logan talk about being a fruit freak, Logan’s favorite meals to cook, the people that made him fall in love with food, auditioning to play Percy Jackson, his questionable tennis serve, the acting roles that have shaped his career, and so much more. Logan IG: https://www.instagram.com/loganlerman/?hl=en Follow Chef’s Table on Youtube for full video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial

This week Alvaro Clavijo, head chef at El Chato (named 2025’s Best Restaurant in Latin America by World's 50 Best) sits down with David to share the roller coaster journey that led him into fine dining. He talks about his beginnings as a dishwasher in Paris, lying to his mother about going to culinary school, accidentally giving his family food poisoning, serving “ants cream”, purple potatoes, how to cook termites, and so much more. Alvaro IG: https://www.instagram.com/alvclv/ Chef’s Table IG: https://www.instagram.com/chefstableofficial/ Subscribe to Chef’s Table on Youtube for full video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial

Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks, hosted by Chef’s Table creator David Gelb. Actress, comedian and filmmaker Olivia Sui joins David on the show this week! They talk about Olivia’s first food memory, trying blowfish, the best restaurant to have a birthday dinner, improv, wigs, the true meaning of life, and so much more. Olivia IG: https://www.instagram.com/oliviasui/Olivia Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviasui?lang=enSubscribe to Chef’s Table on Youtube for full video episodes! https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial

In this engaging conversation, Jason Stewart, known as Them Jeans, shares his journey as a musician and podcaster. He dives into his straight edge and vegan beginnings, hilarious food mishaps like his failed attempt to recreate Del Taco, and how cooking became a ‘love language’ for him. Jason reminisces about his first sushi experience and the aura of restaurants. He also discusses the evolution of his podcast, How Long Gone, and the importance of curating meaningful relationships in his life.

Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks, hosted by Chef’s Table creator David Gelb.This week, Alice Waters joins the show to talk about pioneering the “farm to table” restaurant philosophy, her Chef’s Table: Legends episode and what it was like bringing a film crew into her restaurant, why it’s so important to teach people how to grow their own food, falling in love with her classmate in school, parties at Chez Panisse, the Baguette Quartet, cooking nettles, and so much more.Alice IG: https://www.instagram.com/alicelouisewaters/?hl=enSubscribe to Chef’s Table on Youtube for full video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial

Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks! This week, Rudy Mancuso joins the show to talk about growing up with a fusion of Brazilian and Italian cooking, synesthesia, getting your first feature film made, Rudy composes theme music for this episode live on piano, and so much more. Rudy IG: https://www.instagram.com/rudymancuso/?hl=en Rudy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rudymancuso?lang=en Follow Chef’s Table on Youtube for full video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial/videos

Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between. This week, Wolfgang Puck (Spago, CUT) joins David to talk about his history with Wiener schnitzel, how the kitchen became his sanctuary from a difficult home life, how to eat a steak correctly, the Old Hollywood celebrities who dined at Spago, and so much more. Wolfgang IG: https://www.instagram.com/wolfgangpuck/ Wolfgang TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wolfgangpuck?lang=en Subscribe to Chef’s Table on Youtube for full video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial/featured

Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between. This week, Jessica Barden joins David to talk about her childhood Heinz tomato soup obsession as a kid, filming Dune: Prophecy and how the Harkonnens and English people are similar, the work ethic that comes with growing up as a woman in Northern England, the meal that changed her life, and so much more. Jessica IG: https://www.instagram.com/jessybarden/?hl=en

Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between. This week, benny blanco joins David to talk about how his cooking obsession started with a George Foreman grill, getting fed Toro while DJing, why he can’t stop eating linguini with clams, how being a music producer is like being a therapist, and so much more. benny IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsbennyblanco/?hl=en benny TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itsbennyblanco?lang=en Subscribe to Chef’s Table: Talks on Youtube for full video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxWoLVgCutsILOkA-QuZtQ

Welcome to Chef’s Table: Talks. Each week, host David Gelb (Chef’s Table, Jiro Dreams of Sushi) is joined by a chef, artist, musician, actor, or creative to talk about their shared love of food, stories from meals that have changed their lives, and the careers they’ve built in between. This week, Phil Rosenthal (Somebody Feed Phil) joins David to talk about tasting garlic for the first time at 19, Fruit of the Month club, why pizza is a universal food, Phil’s new restaurant, and so much more. Phil IG: https://www.instagram.com/phil.rosenthal/?hl=enPhil TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@phil.rosenthal?lang=enWatch full video episodes of Chef’s Table: Talks on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChefsTableOfficial