The Perfect Bite

By Sarah Perkins

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Episodes: 60

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Your fusion of food and entrepreneurship, The Perfect Bite brings you inspiring conversations with chefs, restaurateurs, CPG brand founders, food tech founders, and more in the food and beverage industry, highlighting their experiences and how they've cooked up something new. From emerging brands to established business owners, you'll learn from the best entrepreneurs in food, beverage, hospitality, and agriculture about how they started their businesses, what problems they're solving, the tough times they've overcome, and their best advice for entering these industries or starting your own business. We end each episode with the world's best and hardest question: What is your perfect bite?

Episode Date
Killer Brownie on 500% Growth and Living a Little | Chimene Mayne-Ross
Apr 30, 2026
Joe Sasto on Breaking Rules and Building a Pasta + CPG Empire
Apr 23, 2026
Big Dip Energy | Alyse Whitney on Food, TV & Being Yourself
Apr 16, 2026
Free of Gluten, Full of Life | Chef Monica Glass
Apr 09, 2026
Emery Whalen Has Nine Restaurants and One Big Mission
Apr 02, 2026
Carbone Fine Food on Becoming America's Fastest Growing Pasta Sauce | Eric Skae
Mar 26, 2026
Chicago Food Rescue on Fighting Hunger Differently | Jake Tepperman
Mar 19, 2026
Three Founders, One Mission: The Merger Changing Latino Food | Tuyyo Foods
Mar 12, 2026
Rachel Mansfield on cadootz!, CPG Investing & Doing It All
Mar 05, 2026
The Hospitality Hyphenate: Lessons in Restaurant Entrepreneurship with Liz Mendez
Feb 26, 2026
Say Hej Hej to Swedish Hot Dogs | How Amelia Eudailey Built the Hej Hej Pop-Up Brand
Feb 19, 2026
How to Build a Career in Ever-Changing Food Media | Chandra Ram’s Playbook for Adaptability
Feb 12, 2026
A Better Vegan Butter | How Susannah Schoolman Engineered Plant-Based Ingredients for Professional Kitchens
Feb 05, 2026
From Rock Bottom to Pastry Queen: How Mindy Crosato Built Decadent Creations & A Commissary Kitchen
Jan 29, 2026
MINI BITE—Inside Food Venture Capital: Nate Cooper on Investing in the Next Generation of CPG
Jan 22, 2026
Setting the Table for Success with Kira Corbin
Jan 15, 2026
Why Non-Alcoholic Drinks Deserve Complexity with Five Corners’ Benno Nelson
Jan 08, 2026
Designing Experiences That Build Belonging with Maryam Ahmed
Dec 18, 2025
Building a Better Frozen Waffle with Emily Groden
Dec 11, 2025
Why AI Can Never Replace the Innate Creativity of Chefs with Paul Liebrandt
Dec 04, 2025
Defining the Queer Food Space with Justin Burke
Nov 20, 2025
LIVE! At Katalina’s with The Pancake Ball Queen
Nov 13, 2025
Beth Le Manach's Perfect Bite | How “Entertaining with Beth” Built a Global Brand from Her Kitchen
Nov 06, 2025
Catherine De Orio’s Perfect Bite | Her Recipe for Reinvention through Purpose, Culinary Storytelling, and Giving Back
Oct 30, 2025
Logan Neisel’s Perfect Bite | Blending History and Art into Unforgettable Dining Experiences
Oct 23, 2025
Zubair Mohajir’s Perfect Bite | Reinventing Indian Cuisine in Chicago, on Top Chef, and Beyond
Oct 16, 2025
Mark Elvidge's Perfect Bite | Paving the Allergen-Friendly Space with Vermont Nut Free Chocolates
Oct 09, 2025
David Rabie's Perfect Bite | Building Oprah’s Favorite Smart Oven
Oct 02, 2025
Laura Gardner’s Perfect Bite | Packing Chicago’s Favorite Flavors into Potato Chips
Sep 25, 2025
Sapna Punjabi's Perfect Bite | Ayurveda, Dal Chawal, and Finding Balance Through Heritage
Sep 18, 2025
Catch The Perfect Bite on Hospitality Bites!
Sep 15, 2025
Chef Dan Jacobs and Billy Zureikat’s Perfect Bite | Over the Line with Food, Sports & Resilience
Sep 11, 2025
Britney Ziegler's Perfect Bite | Disrupting the Hospitality CRM Industry with Panso
Sep 04, 2025
Sally Ekus's Perfect Bite | Inside the World of Cookbook Publishing & Food Media
Aug 28, 2025
Matt Jennings's Perfect Bite | From James Beard Chef to Hospitality Tech Founder
Aug 21, 2025
Chef Chaz Lindsay's Perfect Bite | From NYC Fine Dining to Jackson’s Farm-to-Table Osteria
Aug 14, 2025
Joshua Chemparathy's Perfect Bite | Building the First Cold Brew Canned Chai
Aug 07, 2025
Simple Goodness Sisters' Perfect Bite | Drinking Your Garden with The World's First Cocktail Farm
Jul 31, 2025
Chef Donald Young's Perfect Bite | Michelin Stars to Pop-Ups, Private Dining, and Finding His Culinary Voice
Jul 24, 2025
Soul & Smoke's Perfect Bite | From Moto to Chicago's Favorite Barbeque
Jul 17, 2025
Janie Brooks Heuck's Perfect Bite | Building One of the World’s Top 50 Wineries
Jul 10, 2025
Paula Haines's Perfect Bite | How Freedom a la Cart Empowers Survivors Through Food and Workforce Development
Jul 02, 2025
Palita Sriratana's Perfect Bite | Her Thai Heritage Behind Nam Prik Pao and Pink Salt Kitchens
Jun 26, 2025
BJ Lieberman's Perfect Bite | Turning Columbus Restaurants Into Culinary Community
Jun 18, 2025
Franco Fubini's Perfect Bite | Redesigning the Global Food System Through Natoora
Jun 12, 2025
Lauren Culley's Perfect Bite | How Fox in the Snow Became a Columbus Icon
Jun 05, 2025
Christine Cikowski's Perfect Bite | The Story Behind Honey Butter Fried Chicken
May 29, 2025
Brett Brohl's Perfect Bite | Investing in the Future of Food
May 22, 2025
Served App's Perfect Bite | Revolutionizing Food Allergy Transparency in Restaurants
May 15, 2025
Chef Henry Hill's Perfect Bite | From Michelin Star to Recipe Innovation Consulting
May 08, 2025
Jake Simon's Perfect Bite | Making Restaurant Kitchens Smarter, Safer, and More Sustainable
May 01, 2025
Disha Gulati's Perfect Bite | Empowering Chefs and Food Creators Through Here Here Market
Apr 24, 2025
Xavier Rocabado's Perfect Bite | How Bairu Is Empowering Restaurants Through Smart Tech in Latin America
Apr 17, 2025
Norman Van Aken's Perfect Bite | The Godfather of Fusion Cuisine & New World Cooking
Apr 10, 2025
Science On Call's Perfect Bite | Behind the Tech That Keeps Restaurants Running Smoothly
Apr 03, 2025
Tilly Bagel's Perfect Bite | Chicago's Own Bagel Story
Mar 27, 2025
Farmer Lee Jones's Perfect Bite | Regenerative Farming, Nutritious Produce & The Chef’s Garden
Mar 20, 2025
Chef Ed Porter's Perfect Bite | Netflix’s Pressure Cooker, Food, Music & Entrepreneurship
Mar 13, 2025
Maneet Chauhan's Perfect Bite | How a Food Network Star Brought Indian Food to Nashville
Mar 06, 2025
Welcome to The Perfect Bite!
Mar 04, 2025