The Corner Table Podcast
1) Episode 14: The creator of 'Top Chef Wisconsin'
"Top Chef" executive producer/showrunner Doneen Arquines joined the “Top Chef” team during its very first season, working as a production assistant. She was promoted to showrunner during t...Show More
2) Episode 13: Stocking the 'Top Chef' kitchen
Kyle Knall, chef/owner of Birch in Milwaukee, joined the judges' table during a recent "Top Chef" episode filmed at Harbor House. Kyle reflects on his own decision to move from a major market back to ...Show More
3) Episode 12: The art of the recap
Stephanie Bedford, a local book critic, food freelancer and fiction writer, reserved the URL TopSteph.com about 30 seconds after learning the show was coming to Wisconsin. A minute after that, I ...Show More
4) Episode 11: 'Milwaukee Dan' Jacobs
This week we hear from Wisconsin's first "Top Chef" contestant, James Beard-nominated Milwaukee chef Dan Jacobs. Jacobs talks about how team challenges remind him of youth sports, what his favor...Show More
5) Episode 10: Native ingredients
Amber Bristow is a fifth generation cranberry grower, but even she had never seen cranberry soup before the cranberry challenge on "Top Chef." "I was blown away by their creativity," said Bristow, who...Show More
6) Episode 9: Restaurant Wars
Restaurant Wars is an iconic "Top Chef" challenge. Chefs must create a whole restaurant with a coherent concept, smooth service and good food in 24 hours, all on TV. Everyone on the episode this...Show More
7) Episode 8: Sausage races
This week on the podcast, we're talking ballpark food. Loren B. Rue grew up loving baseball, and now has his dream job — executive chef at American Family Field, home of the Milwaukee Brew...Show More
8) Episode 7: What chaos means to me
Chef Paul Bartolotta, the Milwaukee restaurateur and two-time James Beard winner, was bemused by a recent challenge on "Top Chef Wisconsin." "When I heard 'chaos cuisine' I was like, what the he...Show More
9) Episode 6: The capital for a reason
No drone shot of Madison would be complete without a view of the Memorial Union Terrace and its iconic sunburst chairs. That, in fact, is where "Top Chef" producers first got the idea for a challenge ...Show More
10) Episode 5: Supper club style
This week on our "Top Chef Wisconsin" companion podcast, we have a full Madison episode! First, host Lindsay Christians takes a deeper dive into the Taliesin challenge with food and arts writer Gwen R...Show More