Episode 125 - Locals Seafood

-How two gentlemen Ryan Speckman and Lin Peterson went from selling local shrimp on the side of the road to becoming the preeminent purveyor of high quality North Carolina seafood in the RDU triangle. -We discuss the evolution of http://localsseafood.com from wholesaler to restauranteur. The luck of hiring chef Eric Montagne and all the cool things you can do with Red Mullet. People talk about no waste in restaurants, this is legitimately using the entire fish with ZERO waste! -Eat local, buy local, listen locally! -Looking for a home in the Triangle? Contact Lora Harris - your Restaurant Industry Preferred Agent https://ncfbhomes.com -And get your wine & beer at https://trianglewineco.com Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&B podcast.  Max is a front-of-house vet/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus. Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina two years ago and works as a wine distributor.  For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected] Eat & Drink Merrily!