Lawrence La Pianta's guest appearances

Lawrence La Pianta

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The Gastronomy Club

Chris Harris

Chris White

Richard Bernstein

Matt Allen

Todd Barr

Alida Solomon

Rick Jordan

Marvin Williams

Johnny Gillespie

Rob Oliver

Suzanne Johnson

Jon Perry

Graham Meriwether

Dave Regan

J Cornelius

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Lawrence La Pianta is the owner of Cherry St Bar-B-Que, one of Toronto's premier barbecue offerings, &amp; Elm Street Italian Deli, a deli that specializes in offering Italian cold-cuts and sandwiches. After spending some considerable amount of time managing a film production company, Lawrence phased from one passion for his vocation to another, opening up a traditional Texan-style smokehouse, which has since gone to generate lots of local and international love. While Cherry St's preparation is inspired by classic Texan techniques, the flavour profile of Lawrence's barbecue is hardly restricted to the barbecue capital. Inspired by the multicultural friends he grew up with in Scarborough, Lawrence infuses his barbecue with global notes. On the flip side, Lawrence opened up Elm St Italian Deli to pay homage to the Italian sandwiches, which were fundamental to his youth. On this episode Lawrence and I discuss his unique Toronto-style barbecue, what it means to be a quote on quote pit master, Lawrence’s prophetic affinity with fire, the competitive barbecue scene south of the border, and why award-winning competition barbecue may not even be the tastiest. To learn more about Cherry St Bar-B-Que, go to @cherrystbbq on Instagram, and to learn more about Elm St Deli, check out @elmstdeli on Instagram.

Lawrence La Pianta is the owner of Cherry St Bar-B-Que, one of Toronto's premier barbecue offerings, &amp; Elm Street Italian Deli, a deli that specializes in offering Italian cold-cuts and sandwiches. After spending some considerable amount of time managing a film production company, Lawrence phased from one passion for his vocation to another, opening up a traditional Texan-style smokehouse, which has since gone to generate lots of local and international love. While Cherry St's preparation is inspired by classic Texan techniques, the flavour profile of Lawrence's barbecue is hardly restricted to the barbecue capital. Inspired by the multicultural friends he grew up with in Scarborough, Lawrence infuses his barbecue with global notes. On the flip side, Lawrence opened up Elm St Italian Deli to pay homage to the Italian sandwiches, which were fundamental to his youth. On this episode Lawrence and I discuss his unique Toronto-style barbecue, what it means to be a quote on quote pit master, Lawrence’s prophetic affinity with fire, the competitive barbecue scene south of the border, and why award-winning competition barbecue may not even be the tastiest. To learn more about Cherry St Bar-B-Que, go to @cherrystbbq on Instagram, and to learn more about Elm St Deli, check out @elmstdeli on Instagram.

Episode 11 - Lawrence La Pianta (Cherry St Bar-B-Que / Elm Street Italian Deli)

Almost all of us have thought about quitting our job at one point in time or another. Lawrence La Pianta of Cherry Street Barbecue in Toronto not only left his day job in film production - but he is successfully chasing his dream every day he steps into one of his three restaurants. Join us for Episode 2 of Season 2 to hear about his view of positivity and happiness. Thankfully, Lawrence had time when Mike stepped into the original Cherry Street location and sat down with the well-decorated Canadian Pitmaster. We learned about smuggling barbecue in the 90's, when he fell in love with some of the best cooked meat in Memphis. conventioNOT also dives into doing jobs that you hate and just how important kitchen staff is at every restaurant you visit.  Mike and McD knew that Lawrence was inspired by mentors - but we didn't know just how many cookbooks he collects from their authors, including: whole Hog cooker, Sam Jones  and Diva Q . Our guest doesn't reveal all of his secrets, but he does talk about his love for the home Traeger grill as well as give tips on which  Masterclass that our listeners should check out.  Did you know about our YouTube channel? We're starting to post a few videos here and there from special guests... make sure you check in to see what all of these folks really look like. 

Almost all of us have thought about quitting our job at one point in time or another. Lawrence La Pianta of Cherry Street Barbecue in Toronto not only left his day job in film production - but he is successfully chasing his dream every day he steps into one of his three restaurants. Join us for Episode 2 of Season 2 to hear about his view of positivity and happiness. Thankfully, Lawrence had time when Mike stepped into the original Cherry Street location and sat down with the well-decorated Canadian Pitmaster. We learned about smuggling barbecue in the 90's, when he fell in love with some of the best cooked meat in Memphis. conventioNOT also dives into doing jobs that you hate and just how important kitchen staff is at every restaurant you visit.  Mike and McD knew that Lawrence was inspired by mentors - but we didn't know just how many cookbooks he collects from their authors, including: whole Hog cooker, <a href="https://www.samjonesbbq.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Jones</a>  and <a href="https://www.divaq.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Diva Q </a>. Our guest doesn't reveal all of his secrets, but he does talk about his love for the home <a href="https://www.traegergrills.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Traeger</a> grill as well as give tips on which <a href="https://www.masterclass.com/classes/aaron-franklin-teaches-texas-style-bbq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Masterclass</a> that our listeners should check out.  Did you know about our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiZK_1bgDKoNmsaG__J2mCg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> channel? We're starting to post a few videos here and there from special guests... make sure you check in to see what all of these folks really look like.

#13 Passion in the Pit - Lawrence La Pianta