Episode 19 - Royale with Cheese, Fixins & BREAD! Chefs Jeff Seizer, Jesse Bardyn & Bobby McF

Featured Guests: Chefs- Jeffrey Seizer & Jesse Bardyn

Joined by CDC Bobby Mcfarland

F&B establishments mentioned in the show:

• Boulted bread-Raleigh, NC

• Michael's English Muffins- Raleigh, NC

• Saint Jacques- A Raleigh French Restaurant

• Coquette- A Raleigh French Restaurant

• Vin Rouge- A Durham French Restaurant

• Gramercy Tavern- A Danny Meyer NYC Restaurant

• Union Square Cafe-A Danny Meyer NYC Restaurant

• Gramercy Park Hotel-A Danny Meyer managed property

• Blind Pig Supper Club- where Will Jeffers and Jesse met

• Big ED's- A Raleigh Institution

• Salumeria Biellese- Where Chef Jeff became the charcuterie master

• Mami Nora's- Raleigh, NC- Peruvian deliciousness

• Lucky's Deli- Durham, NC- Chef Jeff's daddy/daughter date spot

• Garland- Raleigh, NC - A Chef Jeff Recco

• Foundation- Raleigh, NC Where the Chef's drink

• Stanbury- Raleigh, NC

• Fearrington House, Pittsboro, NC

• Capital Club 16- Raleigh, NC-Where Max sings Polka version of "Doves Cry" and Jesse drinks pints

• Gallo Pelon- Raleigh, NC- feeding Chef Jesse's Mezcal obsession

Las Marias- Raleigh, NC- Chef Jesse's fav Mex/Salvadorian "near the Hooters"

Banana Leaf- Cary, NC- Chef Jesse fav Thai

F&B People mentioned on the show:

• Annabelle Comisar- of Michaels English Muffins

• Raymond Calvel- Author of The Taste of Bread

• Michael Ruhlman- Salumeria Biellese

• Colin Bedford- Certified Master Chef

• Lionel Vatinet- Master Baker- La Farm, Cary, NC

Other things discussed on the show:

• Euro Bread Vending Machines

• GMO- stands for “genetically modified organism”, which is a new organism, not found in nature, created by scientists when they genetically modify or engineer food plants. Health and environmental risks with genetically modified foods have been identified.

• Bromating or Bromated- by far the less common of the two terms, is a process in which potassium bromate (bromate) is added to flour to improve baked goods

• Whole Milled Bread

• Celiac Disease

• Duck A L'Orange- Classic French Dish

• Sous Vide (pronounced soo–veed) is a French term, meaning under vacuum. Sous vide is a culinary technique in which vacuum-sealed food is immersed in a water bath and cooked at a very precise, consistent temperature

• Chefsteps.com- for Sous Vide recipes

• Thermo Emergen Circulator- The expensive one

• Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon

• Mezcalera Mezcal- Jesse's favorite

• Cahor Wine in Southwest France

• What is Champagne & Champagne Method or Methode Champenois

• Dom Perignon- some of the worlds best Champagne brands

• Ruinart- some of the worlds best Champagne brands

• Krug- some of the worlds best Champagne brands

• Ace of Spades Champagne

• Grower Champagne- Where the winery also owns the vineyard where the grapes are made. The same winery makes the still wine from those grapes and then uses the Champagne Method (secondary fermentation in the bottle) to produce the champagne. The champagne is also aged at the winery.

Not Champagne but good sparkling wine options-Gruet, Schramsberg, Steininger Cabernets Sauvignon Rose Sekt