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The Perfect Bite

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

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54:51

Beth Le Manach's Perfect Bite | How “Entertaining...

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2025/11/06

In this episode of The Perfect Bite Podcast, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Beth Le Manach, creator of Entertaining with Beth and author of Entertaining 101. Beth shares how she turned her love of home cooking and hosting into a thriving digital media brand — from her early days at Scripps and Food Network to building a YouTube channel with over 600,000 subscribers.They explore the journey behind Entertaining 101, the art of making guests feel at home, and Beth’s lessons from 13+ years in the

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58:09

Catherine De Orio’s Perfect Bite | Her Recipe for...

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2025/10/30

In this episode of The Perfect Bite, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Catherine De Orio — food & lifestyle media personality, former host of “Check, Please!” Chicago, executive director of the Foundation for Culinary Arts, and founder of Casa De Orio, a new media brand celebrating la dolce vita.Catherine’s journey is one of reinvention, resilience, and creativity. From her early years in an Italian-American family where food focused on connection and nourishment, to her transition from

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55:05

Logan Neisel’s Perfect Bite | Blending History and...

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2025/10/23

In this episode of The Perfect Bite, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Chef Logan Neisel, the creative force behind North Coast Culinary Group — known for his innovative Prologue Dinner Series pop-ups and private dining experiences in Cleveland.Logan’s approach to food blends fine-dining precision with personal storytelling, drawing on history, culture, and art to craft meals that are as thought-provoking as they are delicious. From his culinary beginnings to curating one-of-a-kind experiences,

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Zubair Mohajir’s Perfect Bite | Reinventing Indian...

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2025/10/16

In this episode of The Perfect Bite, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Chef Zubair Mohajir, the creative force behind Lilac Tiger, Coach House, Mirra, and Sarima Café—four of Chicago’s most inventive and culture-forward restaurants.Zubair’s journey is anything but traditional. Born in Chennai, India, and raised in the Chicago suburbs, he went from a career in finance to the kitchens of Jean-Georges, Bouchon, and even Gaggan in Bangkok. His story spans immigration, resilience, mentorship, and the

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50:48

Mark Elvidge's Perfect Bite | Paving the...

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2025/10/09

When Mark and Gail Elvidge’s son Tanner had a life-threatening reaction to peanuts, they knew they had to make a change. What started as a way to keep their family safe became Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, a pioneering allergen-friendly confectionery brand founded in 1998.In this inspiring episode of The Perfect Bite, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Mark Elvidge, co-founder of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, to talk about building a beloved brand for families with food allergies — and why safe, great

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49:15

David Rabie's Perfect Bite | Building Oprah’s...

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2025/10/02

What if dinner could be fresh, delicious, and stress-free—without hours in the kitchen?In this episode of The Perfect Bite podcast, host Sarah Perkins sits down with David Rabie, co-founder and CEO of Tovala, the smart steam-powered countertop oven and meal service that reimagined home cooking. From humble prototypes to being named one of Oprah’s Favorite Things, Tovala has grown into a national brand that’s changing the way people cook at home.David shares the full journey:Growing up with

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Laura Gardner’s Perfect Bite | Packing Chicago’s...

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2025/09/25

What happens when you mix hometown pride, bold flavors, and decades of CPG experience? You get Local Style Potato Chips, Chicago’s favorite foods reimagined in snackable form. This week on The Perfect Bite, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Laura Gardner, founder of Local Style, to talk about her journey from Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo to launching a startup that has Chicago buzzing.Laura shares how memories of eating Better Made chips with her grandmother and a honeymoon in Japan enjoying

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53:17

Sapna Punjabi's Perfect Bite

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2025/09/18

Food is heritage, healing, and storytelling — and in her new cookbook Dal Chawal, Sapna Punjabi brings all of that to life.In this episode of The Perfect Bite, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Sapna Punjabi — registered dietitian, culinary educator, and founder of beSPICED— to talk about her journey from Mumbai to Texas, how Ayurveda shapes her philosophy of food, and the inspiration behind her debut cookbook Dal Chawal.Sapna shares:Why she wrote Dal Chawal and how it celebrates Indian food

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Catch The Perfect Bite on Hospitality Bites!

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2025/09/15

I was so honored to join Colleen Silk on Hospitality Bites! You can listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Captivate. Read more about our chat below: In this episode ofHospitality Bites, hostColleen Silksits down withSarah Perkins, Cherry Bombe member, founder ofPerkins Creative Consulting, and host of ThePerfect Bite podcast.Sarah shares her journey from working as the “phone girl” at a pizzeria to building a career rooted in storytelling, creativity, and entrepreneurship.From being

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Chef Dan Jacobs and Billy Zureikat’s Perfect Bite

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2025/09/11

What do food, sports, and determination have in common? For Chef Dan Jacobs (DanDan, EsterEv, James Beard-recognized Top Chef alum) and Chicago pizza and media entrepreneur Billy Zureikat (Tripping Billy), they’re the foundation of friendship, creativity, and their new podcast Over the Line.In this episode of The Perfect Bite podcast, host Sarah Perkins dives into Dan and Billy’s incredible stories:Dan’s journey from Door County line cook to co-owner of Milwaukee’s acclaimed restaurants DanDan and

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56:16

Britney Ziegler's Perfect Bite

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2025/09/04

What if restaurants could understand every guest and their personal preferences across reservations, private dining, e-commerce, and events — all in one place? That’s the vision behind Panso, the 360 degree hospitality CRM platform founded by Britney Ziegler.On this episode of The Perfect Bite podcast, I sit down with Britney to talk about her journey from working alongside celebrity chefs and food icons like David Burke, Carla Hall, and Molly Baz, to launching a startup that’s reshaping how

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56:49

Sally Ekus's Perfect Bite

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2025/08/28

What does it really take to get a cookbook published today? I sat down with Sally Ekus, lead of and senior literary agent at The Ekus Group (now a division of JVNLA), to explore the intersection of food, publishing, and entrepreneurship.Sally has spent over 16 years representing cookbook authors, chefs, food writers, and culinary thought leaders, helping them bring their unique stories and recipes to print. She shares how publishing has evolved from the days of Julia Child and Emeril Lagasse to the

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1:00:11

Matt Jennings's Perfect Bite

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2025/08/21

It’s no secret: The best entrepreneurs tackle problems they inherently understand. In Matt Jennings’s case, that’s how he built MAJC.ai, to tackle one of the hospitality industry’s biggest problems: how to recruit, retain, and develop strong teams in restaurants and beyond.Matt is a serial entrepreneur through and through: From being a five-time James Beard Foundation–nominated chef, to running his own restaurants and Full Heart Hospitality group, to now tech founder and podcast host. We explore how

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48:27

Chef Chaz Lindsay's Perfect Bite

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2025/08/14

“Honest cuisine”: That’s probably my favorite phrase now for seasonal or farm-to-table cooking. Thanks to Chef Chaz Lindsay, you can have the most honest, delicious Italian-Mississippi cuisine at Pulito Osteria. Chef Chaz brings his Michelin star background, including time spent at Eleven Madison Park, paired with a stint abroad as a chef at a farm restaurant in Tuscania, Italy to Pulito Osteria, from the freshest Mississippi tomato salad you can imagine to a seasonal mafalde with summer squash

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59:24

Joshua Chemparathy's Perfect Bite

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2025/08/07

You’ve had cold brew coffee, but have you heard of cold brew chai? Sinwise Farms founder Joshua Chemparathy has created the first canned cold brew chai and gorgeous canned coffee, all with ingredients from his family’s farm in Kerala, South India.It’s hard to believe Josh and I have known each other for about 15 years now, thanks to being in the same co-ed business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, at Santa Clara University. He’s always been so cool, calm, and collected, and now he has the coolest chai

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1:03:26

Simple Goodness Sisters' Perfect Bite

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2025/07/31

When you hear farm to table, food is probably what first comes to mind. But what if we applied this to our cocktails too? Thanks to the Simple Goodness Sisters, we can!Belinda Kelly and Venice Cunningham are the sisters and founders behind Simple Goodness Sisters, bringing the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor at the world’s first cocktail farm in the Pacific Northwest to customers nationwide. From their new cocktail book, Drink Your Garden, to their unique, multi-use syrups and Cocktail Farm

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47:57

Chef Donald Young's Perfect Bite

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2025/07/24

What do you get when you combine Michelin-starred culinary training with a hint of whimsy? Duck Sel, the private dining concept from Chef Donald Young. It's hard not to smile when you have a bite from Duck Sel, paired with dry ice and equally magical storytelling.Don has always been creative and someone who pushes against the grain, a fan of heavy metal and studded belts. But it took going back to the kitchen time and time again to really enjoy food and expand his palate under the mentorship of

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51:09

Soul & Smoke's Perfect Bite

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2025/07/17

Nothing screams summer more than BBQ! How about barbecue from a Michelin-trained chef? Now that’s even better.I loved catching up with Chef D’Andre Carter and Heather Bublick, co-owners of Soul & Smoke. These two really cook and work from the soul—elevated barbecue, but also from all they do for their community to keep bellies full. It’s like getting the perfect home-cooked meal at your favorite new hot spot. You won’t want to miss the incredible flagship location opening in Evanston, IL

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Janie Brooks Heuck's Perfect Bite

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2025/07/10

Calling all wine lovers!This is our first episode with a winemaker extraordinaire. I was so happy to catch up with Janie Brooks Heuck, Managing Director of Brooks Wine, to talk about how she entered the winemaking business, the importance of biodynamic farming (keeping people and our planet healthy!), and balancing a B. Corp certification with the tough realities of the wine industry. The winery’s incredible product is why Brooks has been named one of the Top 50 Wineries in the WORLD!I loved

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Paula Haines's Perfect Bite

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2025/07/02

Your local businesses have a greater impact on your community than you realize.This is especially true for Freedom a la Cart, a Columbus cafe, catering business, and nonprofit supporting survivors of human trafficking through workforce development programming, giving them a chance to stand on their own two feet with respect and dignity.I had the immense pleasure of speaking with Freedom’s CEO Paula Haines about the nourishing food and resources the organization provides to survivors and the Columbus

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