The Chef JKP Podcast

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James Knight-Paccheco celebrates the inspirational stories of people within hospitality, their ups, their downs and everything in between. What does it take to keep up in one of the most competitive, mentally and physically stressful industries in the world? Giving incredible insights and advice to the listeners. For more information go to http://www.chefjkp.com

Episode Date
Why He Left Oil & Gas for Champagne | Ben Kouider
Jun 11, 2026
How CUPBOP Took Korean Street Food Global | Dok Kwon & Junghun Song (E165)
Jun 04, 2026
This Woman Fought 22 Years for Water | Angie Pajak (E164)
May 28, 2026
He Became A Chef At 15 To Buy Football Shoes | Shehab Medhat (E163)
May 21, 2026
The Hospitality Fixer Who Knows Why Guests Don’t Come Back | Samuel Graham (E162)
May 14, 2026
The Rise of Indian Food with Himanshu Saini and Liam Collens (E161)
May 06, 2026
Why Do Some People Never Stop Chasing Food Stories? | Tiffany Eslick (E160)
Apr 30, 2026
What a Life in Storytelling Really Looks Like | Keith Dallison (E159)
Apr 23, 2026
He Started Cooking In His 40s And Reached The Top Of Fine Dining (E158)
Apr 16, 2026
The Chef Who Said No To Engineering And Built An Empire Instead (E157)
Apr 09, 2026
The Woman Behind Dubai’s Most Viral Food Series | Laura Lai Coughlin (E156)
Apr 02, 2026
Can Friendship Survive Building a Restaurant Together? | Neha Mishra and Panchali Mahendra (E155)
Mar 26, 2026
What’s Coming This Season and Why It Matters....Season 12 Begins...(E154)
Mar 19, 2026
What People Don’t Understand About Celebrity Chefs | Tasneem Rawat and Jenny Morris (E153)
Mar 12, 2026
What MENA 50 Best 2026 really feels like inside Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi (E152)
Feb 10, 2026
What Great Kitchens Get Right About Leadership (E151)
Jan 22, 2026
The Pressure That Comes After Michelin Recognition (E150)
Jan 15, 2026
How Great Chefs Built Standards Before Visibility Mattered (E149)
Jan 08, 2026
Why Discipline and Curiosity Matter More Than Talent in the Kitchen | Carmen Rueda Hernandez (E148)
Jan 01, 2026
Christmas Special on Food, Hospitality, and What Really Mattered This Year (E147)
Dec 25, 2025
What It Takes to Launch a Restaurant in Today’s Hospitality World | Georgie Woollam Edwards (E145)
Dec 18, 2025
How Early Food Memories Shaped Path to the Michelin World | Alex Dilling (144)
Dec 11, 2025
The Woman Behind the Food Brands Taking Over the Middle East | Victoria Hassani (E143)
Dec 04, 2025
How A Blog, A Camera, and A Leap of Faith Led Leen Al Zaben to 50 Best | Leen Al Zaben (E142)
Nov 27, 2025
How Two Engineers Built Dubai’s Favourite Meat Brand | Dan & Fix (E141)
Nov 20, 2025
What No One Tells You About Building a Restaurant in Dubai | Akmal Anuar (E140)
Nov 13, 2025
Can passion take you from Mexico’s street food to Dubai’s fine dining ? Sergio Hernandez Ruiz (E139)
Nov 06, 2025
How Chef Fabrice Rosso Earned Qatar’s First Michelin Star (E138)
Oct 30, 2025
How a Family Business Became a Global Cookbook | Joan Tuaño Rumsey (E137)
Oct 23, 2025
What It Takes to Lead Pastry at Atlantis The Royal Dubai (E136)
Oct 16, 2025
Do Chefs Need to Suffer to Create Great Food? | Chef Thinus Van Der (E135)
Oct 09, 2025
Does Dubai Really Need Another Fine Dining Restaurant | Solemann Haddad (E134)
Oct 02, 2025
Is There Really Nothing New You Can Do With a Potato? | RJ Harvey (E133)
Sep 25, 2025
Season 11 Begins | Chef JKP on Updates, Q&A and Life in Hospitality (E132)
Sep 18, 2025
Season Finale 📣 Inside Time Out Market with the Team Behind the Magic (E131)
Aug 28, 2025
Can Dubai Compete with Global Food Capitals? (E130)
Aug 23, 2025
Hattem Mattar - The Man Behind Dubai’s Most Talked-About BBQ (E129)
Aug 14, 2025
Reif Othman - The Chef Behind Dubai’s Viral Toilet Roll Cake (E128)
Aug 07, 2025
From a DM to Dubai: How to build a Culinary Phenomenon (E127)
Jul 31, 2025
The Family Business, Boundaries, & The Mother of Dragons (E126)
Jul 28, 2025
The Latino Chef's Takeover (E125)
Jul 17, 2025
Thai Street Food in Dubai (E124)
Jul 10, 2025
Pitfire Pizza -and The Secret Sauce (E123)
Jul 03, 2025
Coffee, Ice Cream & $3,000 Desserts (E122)
Jun 26, 2025
From Gaggan to Dubai: Chef Prashant’s Culinary Evolution (E121)
Jun 19, 2025
The Chef JKP Podcast x Time Out Market: Dubai’s Food Scene, Unfiltered (E120)
Jun 12, 2025
Limited Series with Varlhona ! Chef Khaled (E119)
Jun 05, 2025
Limited Series with Valrhona ! Carmen and Kelvin (E118)
May 29, 2025
Limited Series with Valrhona ! Olivier, Hadrien and Reif (E117)
May 28, 2025
Limited Series with Valrhona - Guillaume Lafaix General Manager (E116)
May 27, 2025
Limited Series with Varlhona - Brice Konan Ferrand (E115)
May 26, 2025
Regan Hillyer - From Burnout to Global Icon (E114)
May 22, 2025
Forget Everything You Know About Fine Dining! Bjorn Frantzen & Torsten Vildgaard (E113)
May 15, 2025
Jack Jarrott - Screaming Guests, Openings, Live Fire Cooking! (E112)
May 08, 2025
Raj Dagstani - Marmellata (E111)
May 01, 2025
Troy Payne - Crafting Culinary Memories (E110)
Apr 24, 2025
Hospitality & Headspace with Scott Armstrong (E109)
Apr 17, 2025
Health Hacks for Hospitality with Michael Canas (E108)
Apr 10, 2025
Natasha Sideris ! CEO and Founder of Tashas Group (E107)
Apr 03, 2025
Pallavi Sangtani! The Complex World of Food Writing (E107)
Mar 27, 2025
Mental Health Special with Dr. Bisi and Dr. Gurveen - Clinical Psychologists (E106)
Mar 20, 2025
William Drew - Director of Content for the Worlds 50 Best (E105)
Mar 13, 2025
The Chef JKP Podcast Season 9 - Wellness (E104)
Mar 06, 2025
SEASON 8 - Episode 12 - Pierre Koffmann - The Original Bear!
Feb 20, 2025
Pierre Koffmann - The Original Bear (103)
Feb 20, 2025
Neha Mishra - Kinoya, and a Story of Food (102)
Feb 13, 2025
Neha Mishra - Kinoya, and a Story of Food !
Feb 13, 2025
Doxis Bekris - Emirates Flight Catering (E101)
Feb 06, 2025
Doxis Bekris - Emirates Flight Catering
Feb 06, 2025
Celebrating 100 Episodes (E100)
Jan 30, 2025
Fay Economides - From Strategic Analyst to Award Winning Restaurateur (E99)
Jan 23, 2025
Carmen Landsberg - Capetown to Brunch & Cake (E98)
Jan 16, 2025
Emma Banks - A Hospitality Powerhouse (E97)
Jan 09, 2025
2024 Festive Special (E96)
Dec 19, 2024
Sandy Muirhead - No More Bottles (E95)
Dec 12, 2024
Bo Songvisava & Dylan Jones
Dec 05, 2024
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Daniel Birk - Leading Michelin Kitchens !
Nov 28, 2024
CHEF JKP Podcast Season 8 - Change-makers (E94)
Nov 21, 2024
SEASON 8 - Change-makers (E93)
Nov 21, 2024
Reim El Houni - If You're not Visible, You're Invisible
Oct 31, 2024
Reim El Houni - If You're not Visible, You're Invisible (E92)
Oct 31, 2024
Chef Shaw Lash - Lila Taqueria and Beyond
Oct 24, 2024
Chef Shaw Lash - Lila Taqueria and Beyond (E91)
Oct 24, 2024
Magdalena Orzechowska - The Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sommelier (E90)
Oct 17, 2024
Magdalena Orzechowska (E89)
Oct 17, 2024
Alex Augusti - Just Food DXB (E88)
Oct 10, 2024
Prachi Kulkarni - Pushing Beyond Limits (E87)
Oct 03, 2024
Kyung Soo Moon - Culinary Director of Sunset Hospitality (E86)
Sep 26, 2024
A Tribute to Greg Malouf
Sep 23, 2024
A Tribute to Greg Malouf (E85)
Sep 23, 2024
Michele Johnson - Pitfire Pizza (E84)
Sep 19, 2024
David Tapley - Editor in Chief of FACT Magazine (E83)
Sep 12, 2024
Marwan Sardouk - Cooking in Michelin to Cooking on TV (E82)
Sep 05, 2024
Luigi Vespero - From Culinary into Service and Hospitality (E81)
Aug 29, 2024
Mihai Florescu - The Truffle House (E80)
Aug 22, 2024
Perseverance Works (E79)
Aug 15, 2024
Omar Shihab - BOCA, Sustainability and Beyond (E78)
Aug 01, 2024
Panchali Mahendra - CEO of Atelier House Hospitality (E77)
Jul 25, 2024
Russel Impiazzi - Mentoring The Next Generation of Chef's (E76)
Jul 18, 2024
Ben Milne - Restaurants to Food Distribution (E75)
Jul 11, 2024
Dr. Dionysia Angeliki Lyra - Halophytes and Hospitality (E74)
Jul 04, 2024
Chang Sup Shin - 1004 Gourmet and Beyond (E73)
Jun 27, 2024
George Lyon - Kitchen Lessons (E72)
Jun 20, 2024
Judith Cartwright - Understanding Revenue Management (E71)
Jun 13, 2024
Anand Kumar - The Accidental Chef (E70)
Jun 06, 2024
Steve Pyle - The CEO of Chef Middle East (E69)
May 30, 2024
Marvin Alballi - The Hospitality Guru (E68)
May 23, 2024
Sustainability Within Hospitality! (E67)
May 16, 2024
Etisalat Beach Canteen - Dubai Food Festival 2024 - Part 2 (E66)
May 09, 2024
Etisalat Beach Canteen - Dubai Food Festival 2024 - Part 1 (E65)
May 04, 2024
Colin Clague - Hard Work Beats Talent (E64)
Apr 18, 2024
Halil Asar - Hospitality is a Feeling (E63)
Apr 11, 2024
Kelvin Cheung - Jun's, Fame & Push Ups (E62)
Apr 04, 2024
Giovanni Papi - Armani, The Burj Khalifa and Michelin (E61)
Apr 01, 2024
Hadrien Villedieu - From Junk Food to Chez Wam (E60)
Mar 28, 2024
Kelvin Kelly - Humble Lessons (E59)
Mar 21, 2024
Alex Stumpf - Chef's, Business and Family! (E58)
Mar 18, 2024
Govind Shepley - Interior Designers and Chefs are the Same (E57)
Mar 14, 2024
Tom Allen - Leading Dinner by Heston (E56)
Mar 11, 2024
Peggy Li - SPS Affinity and Beyond! (E55)
Mar 07, 2024
Carmine Faravolo - Roots are Important! (E54)
Feb 29, 2024
Failure Is Your Best Friend! (E53)
Feb 22, 2024
Christmas Special - Rundown of 2023 and Predictions for 2024! (E52)
Dec 21, 2023
Himanshu Saini - The World's Most Humble Chef! (E51)
Nov 30, 2023
Solemann Haddad - Moonrise and Beyond (E50)
Nov 23, 2023
Claudia De Brito - San Pellegrino 50 Best Restaurants MENA Vice Chair (E49)
Nov 16, 2023
Nick Alvis - From London Kitchens to the Dubai Dream (E48)
Nov 09, 2023
Fahim Al Qasimi - Seafood Souq! (E47)
Nov 02, 2023
Stasha Toncev - The Chief Soul Kitchen Officer! (E46)
Oct 26, 2023
Liam Collens the Founder of Eat, Go, See (E45)
Oct 19, 2023
Jason Atherton - The Chef of Chef's (E44)
Oct 12, 2023
Duncan Fraser Smith - Author, Concept Creator, Visionary (E43)
Oct 05, 2023
Jean Winter - CEO of Touch - An Inclusive Talent Agency Like No Other! (E42)
Sep 28, 2023
Tom Arnel - Chef To Managing Director! (E41)
Sep 21, 2023
Ego, The Chef's Worst Enemy! (E40)
Sep 14, 2023
Pre-Season Special - The Chefpreneur Reif Othman! (E39)
Sep 06, 2023
Greg Malouf - The Godfather - Part 2! (E38)
Jul 21, 2021
Greg Malouf - The Godfather - Part 1! (E37)
Jul 14, 2021
Ahmed Salih & Bassel Siblini - Meelz! (E36)
Jul 07, 2021
Sarah Hedley Hymers - Broadcaster, Journalist, and Michelin Explorer! (E35)
Jun 23, 2021
Michael Desouza - In-Flight Purser to Professional Chef! (E34)
Jun 16, 2021
Martin Koebke - Obsession (E33)
Jun 09, 2021
Gregoire Berger - The Perfectionist Chef (E32)
Jun 02, 2021
The Caviar Spoon (E31)
May 26, 2021
Alannah Francesca - The Accidental Pastry Chef! (E30)
May 19, 2021
Courtney Brandt AKA - A to Zaatar! (E29)
May 12, 2021
Carlos de Garza - 3Fils (E28)
May 05, 2021
Un-sung Heroes (E27)
Apr 28, 2021
Ramadan 2021 Special - Chef Tim Newton (E26)
Apr 21, 2021
Ramadan 2021 Special - Chef Mohamad Chabchoul (E25)
Apr 14, 2021
Conversation with the FOOD SHEIKH (E24)
Nov 25, 2020
Maria Stevens - The Marketer! (E23)
Nov 11, 2020
Craig Best - Into Hells Kitchen (E22)
Nov 04, 2020
Joe Barlett - The Foraging Chef (E21)
Oct 28, 2020
Sunjeh Raja - I.C.C.A (E20)
Oct 21, 2020
Giovanni Ledon - Vegas to Dubai! (E19)
Oct 14, 2020
Luke Garnsworthy - From Chef to CEO (E18)
Oct 07, 2020
Chef Troy Payne aka - TROTSKIE (E17)
Sep 30, 2020
Carl Greenslade - The Coach (E16)
Sep 24, 2020
Robert Stevens - The Viking in the Desert (E15)
Sep 16, 2020
Hattem Mattar - The Pitmaster (E14)
Sep 09, 2020
Season 2 - My Kitchen Life by JKP (E13)
Sep 02, 2020
Samantha Wood aka FOODIVA (E12)
Aug 26, 2020
Vanessa Bayma - Catering, Consultancy and Events (E11)
Aug 19, 2020
Homan Ayaso - The Gastronaut (E10)
Aug 12, 2020
Shane Born - The Cultured Chef (E09)
Jul 29, 2020
Tjalling van den Burger - Food Waste Warrior (E08)
Jul 22, 2020
Sahar Parham al Awadhi - 7 Star Chef (E07)
Jul 15, 2020
Alasdair Hooper - Boutique GM (E06)
Jul 08, 2020
Simon Ritchie - The Editor (E05)
Jul 02, 2020
Roberto Segura - From Peru to Dubai (E04)
Jun 24, 2020
Halil Asar - Master Maitre'D (E03)
Jun 17, 2020
The Rise of the Take Away Chef (E02)
Jun 08, 2020
Who is Chef JKP? (E01)
May 22, 2020