Foodie and the Beast
Sundays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hosted by: David and Nycci Nellis
From fine dining to irresistible junk foods, top chefs to up-and-comers you haven't heard of (yet!), foie gras, fish fingers, and much more, no sip of wine, no morsel of food or food gossip goes untouched, as David and Nycci Nellis give you the inside dish on the hottest restaurants and bistros, the freshest ingredients and the finest tipples on the scene.
Nycci is found and editor of the TheListAreYouOnIt.com, the DC area's premier food and wine events website. She and David have cooked up this lively - and sometimes edgy - food and wine variety show catering to in-the-know "foodies" and to those (like David) whose appetites run more toward Ruffles than truffles.
Look for engrossing segments on the newest restaurants, restaurant promotions, the latest chef moves and tips from guests about everything from new ingredients to the worlds of fine wines, spirits and brews. Listeners of all food faiths will enjoy taking sides in David and Nycci's playful "food fights" - call it, "Foodie and the Beast" - and polar views on what really makes the best in food and drink.
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July 29th, 2012
"Next Food Network Star" chef-testant Malcolm Mitchell
Neighborhood Restaurant Group CEO Michael Babin
Kosher pastry chef and best-selling cookbook author, Paula Shoyer
Emily Sprissler, Top Chef (Season 2) contestant and chef/owner of DC's new Mayfair & Pine
Perry Smith and mixologist Justin Sins of Matchbox, Ted's Bulletin and DC 9
Mitch Berliner of Central Farm Markets
July 15th, 2012
Robert Weidmaier, chef/owner of Brasserie Beck, Marcel's, Brabo, The Tasting Room and Mussel Bar, in talking about Belgian Restaurant Week
L'Academie de Cuisine's Chef Patrice Olivon, with a demo of seasonal recipes
Chef Rob Weland of Cork Wine Bar, discussing his new summer, "whole animal" grillouts
Tiffany Soto, sake sommelier from Pabu, in the Four Seasons, Baltimore
June 10th, 2012
Live At Black's Bethesda for the new Tiki Bar launch
Guests include our hosts, Jeff and Barbara Black, and Black's Mixologist, Doug Doyle
Travis Croxton of Rappahannock Oysters
Craig Shniderman, Director, Food & Friends
Dan Gross and Bruce Wood of Toby Creek Oysters
Jackie Greenbaum of Jackie's restaurant and the new El Chucho and Chef Diana Devila
DC's Miss Pixie
June 3rd, 2012
Chef Richie Brandenburg, curator of the new Union Market
Dave Coleman and Mike McGarvey from the new Three Stars Brewery in Tacoma Park, MD
Alison Reed, pastry chef at Ripple and Sugar Magnolia Bakery
Chef Christine Van Bloem from the Kitchen Studio Cooking School in Frederick
Winemaker Sebastien Marquet of Doukenie Winery
May 20th, 2012
Live remote at Founding Farmers, Potomac, with:
Founding Farmer's Executive Chef Joe Goetze, Director of Honey Val Zweig and Master Mixologist Jon Arroyo
From the new Four Seasons, Baltimore's, Michael Mina concept restaurants, Wit and Wisdom and Pabu, Pastry Chef Chris Ford (Food & Wine Magazine's 2012 Pastry Chef of the Year) and Pabu's Executive Chef, Jonah Kim
Wagshal's Pam the Butcher and Bibiana's Executive Chef Nick Stefanelli in talking about the LambJam national cooking competition.
The Fancy Food Show is coming back to DC - Ron Tanner with NASFT, exhibitors Peter Kaldes of Kaldes Bros. Imports and Maggi Castelloe of Hunt Country Foods.
May 13th, 2012
Chef/Owners Robert Weidmaier (Marcel's, Brabo, Mussel Bar and more) and Michel Richard (Citronelle, Central) in talking about their new restaurants in Atlantic City's newest resort, Revel. Gianluigi Dellaccio, founder of Dolci Gelati La Sandia restaurant's Daniel Mahdavian, mixing up new kinds of guacamole, including one with crickets! Chef Cam McNair of the new, New Orleans Po Boy Shop Eric Platt of Pacifica Prime Wines in with Dr. John Forrest, proprietor of New Zealand's Forrest Winery.
May 6th, 2012
Live remote at 14th Street's Black Jack Bar with:
Owner Jeff Black and other contestants in the Chefs' Chicken Fried Steak Competition:
- Scott Drewno, The Source
- Adam Sobel, Bourbon Steak
- Kyle Bailey, Birch & Barley
- Victor Albisu
- Judges Amanda McClements (Metrocurean) and David Hagedorn and Tim Carman of The Post's Food Section
- Dr. Fran Cogen of Children's Hospital Diabetes Care Complex
April 29th, 2012
LIVE from the Carpenter's Cookoff at The Birchmere!
Tim Clune of Planet Wine, Andy Cooke of Bread and Chocolate, Exec Chef Shannon Overmiller from The Majestic, Pork Barrel BBQ's Bill Blackburn and Brett Thompson, Jackson 20's Executive Chef Brian McPherson and Johnny Mo, the Musical Chef
April 22nd, 2012
Live from Carmine's...
with Top Chef™ standouts Mike Isabella (Graffiato) and Spike Mendelsohn (Good Stuff Eatery),Carmine's Chef Terry Natas, Georgetown Bagelry's Mary Beall Adler, Neighborhood Restaurant Group's beer gurus, Greg Engert and Meghan Parisi, Michael Mina Group's David Varley, Cochon 555 founder Brady Lowe, Granville Moore's Teddy Folkman
Ommegang Brewery's Steve Cardello
April 15th, 2012
A virtual tour of Fredrick, with Kara Norman, Executive Director, Downtown Frederick Partnership; Serina Roy of Dublin Roasters; Elin Ross of Moxie Bakery; Maggie Lebherz of Lebherz Oil & Vinegar Emporium (LOVE) and Tom Flores, brewmaster at Brewer's Alley
April 1st, 2012
Chef Mario Richmond, Bistro 525
Chef Cedric Montpellier of Mintwood in with Stacey England of Food and Friends
Chef Ris Lacoste of RIS in with Dr. Janet Lewis of GWU Hospital
Bar chef Jonathan fain of Bar Pilar
