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Foodbeast Katchup

With no-holds-barred conversations of all things food, The Foodbeast Katchup aims to find the backstories to your favorite restaurants, food brands, and chefs.

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#39: How 'Afters' Made Ice Cream Cool Again

#39: How 'Afters' Made Ice Cream Cool Again

Co-founder of Afters Ice Cream, Scott Nghiem stops by and talks about building one of the nation's fastest growing ice c... Read more

23 Aug 2018

1hr 15mins

Ranked #2

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#81: From Dropout To Serial Restaurateur w/ Andy 'Cool' Nguyen

#81: From Dropout To Serial Restaurateur w/ Andy 'Cool' Nguyen

Afters Ice Cream is arguably one of the hottest ice cream chains in the world, and was actually Andy Nguyen's first fora... Read more

20 Jun 2019

1hr 38mins

Ranked #3

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#67: The Trial of Foodbeast vs. The Magical Burger (w/ Bear D'Egidio)

#67: The Trial of Foodbeast vs. The Magical Burger (w/ Bear D'Egidio)

Foodbeast has made its fair share of enemies in the past, but its not often those foes shows up Foodbeast HQ and hash th... Read more

7 Mar 2019

1hr 25mins

Ranked #4

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#94: Boba Guys Is For The Culture Pt. 1 [w/ co-founder Andrew Chau]

#94: Boba Guys Is For The Culture Pt. 1 [w/ co-founder Andrew Chau]

Boba Guys is pushing to make bubble tea as common as sushi, and in a very rare podcast appearance, co-founder Andrew Cha... Read more

19 Sep 2019

1hr 18mins

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#59: Are Asians Allowed To Make Churros?

#59: Are Asians Allowed To Make Churros?

When accused of cultural appropriation, Jed Cartojano used his social media platform to address the issue of race, and w... Read more

10 Jan 2019

1hr 42mins

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#85: Origin Story: Coolhaus Ice Cream

#85: Origin Story: Coolhaus Ice Cream

It all started with an engineless postal service truck that was bought off Craigslist in 2008, and has led to an ice cre... Read more

18 Jul 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #7

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#14: This Chef HATES Foodbeast!

#14: This Chef HATES Foodbeast!

Elie and Reach of Foodbeast go ham on a popular LA chef who was insulted when Foodbeast showed up at his restaurant to f... Read more

10 Jun 2017

49mins

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#94: Boba Guys Is For The Culture Pt. 2 [w/ co-founder Andrew Chau]

#94: Boba Guys Is For The Culture Pt. 2 [w/ co-founder Andrew Chau]

"I just want to stop explaining boba to white people." That is the tongue-and-cheek goal of Andrew Chau, co-founder of B... Read more

20 Sep 2019

1hr 21mins

Ranked #9

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#30: Why are women "ruining" food?!

#30: Why are women "ruining" food?!

Author Jaya Saxena wrote a thought-provoking article with the title "How Men Elevate, and Women Ruin, the Foods They Lov... Read more

4 Nov 2017

56mins

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#10: Why Food Is Taking Over Your Life

#10: Why Food Is Taking Over Your Life

The Foodbeast squad is diving into modern foodie culture this week. We talk about how food is taking over our lives both... Read more

4 May 2017

40mins

Ranked #11

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#13: Getting High at Chuck E. Cheese's

#13: Getting High at Chuck E. Cheese's

Elie and Evan decided to get high off some edibles and eat pizza at Chuck E. Cheese's "for a story." On this week's Katc... Read more

2 Jun 2017

52mins

Ranked #12

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#3: Orange Chicken is the new Burrito

#3: Orange Chicken is the new Burrito

This week we brought on Armen Martirosyan, owner of @EatBearded and Co-owner/Chef at Mini Kabob, and Evan Lancaster, Foo... Read more

15 Mar 2017

46mins

Ranked #13

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#4: Redesigning Theme Park Foods

#4: Redesigning Theme Park Foods

Disneyland. Knott's Berry Farm. Universal Studios. This week's episode is all about the great and not-so-great foods at ... Read more

23 Mar 2017

38mins

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#5: Can This "Fried Chicken" Save the World?

#5: Can This "Fried Chicken" Save the World?

Meat...grown in a lab?? Memphis Meats created a REAL fried chicken dish without killing a single animal this past week, ... Read more

30 Mar 2017

1hr 11mins

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#20: WHY ORANGE COUNTY IS NOT A "FOODIE" TOWN(w/ Jason Quinn of Playground)

#20: WHY ORANGE COUNTY IS NOT A "FOODIE" TOWN(w/ Jason Quinn of Playground)

Does Orange County belong on a list of the nation's Top 10 foodie cities?Foodbeast Editor-In-Chief Elie Ayrouth and accl... Read more

21 Jul 2017

1hr 5mins

Ranked #16

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#23: How Money Flows In Restaurants

#23: How Money Flows In Restaurants

Sorry about the scratchiness at the very beginning of the podcast, we were rubbing mics! Foodbeasts Elie Ayrouth (@booko... Read more

15 Sep 2017

1hr 3mins

Ranked #17

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#97: Unlocking The Vegas Food Scene

#97: Unlocking The Vegas Food Scene

Las Vegas is a wild, fast, and irreverent city. No one embodies all those traits quite like Drew Belcher, founder of UNL... Read more

10 Oct 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #18

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#33: The Most Important Food Instagrammers of 2018

#33: The Most Important Food Instagrammers of 2018

Elie is preparing for an upcoming editorial piece on the year's most influential food instagram accounts. Join along as ... Read more

2 Feb 2018

1hr 20mins

Ranked #19

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#15: FOOD NETWORK GETS SUED OVER A CUPCAKE

#15: FOOD NETWORK GETS SUED OVER A CUPCAKE

Popular food blogger "SugarHero" is suing Food Network for stealing one of her recipe videos without credit. As a result... Read more

16 Jun 2017

46mins

Ranked #20

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#113: Coronavirus Is Worse Than 9/11 For Restaurants

#113: Coronavirus Is Worse Than 9/11 For Restaurants

"If 9/11 and the credit crisis were wrapped up into one, this would still be worse." The Coronavirus has created a crisi... Read more

23 Mar 2020

1hr 7mins

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