Joan Of Arc & Kris Of The Food Shed

How do we fix the labor shortage in the food service industry? Are restaurants truly successful? Why does the whole chicken at the local farmers market cost so much? What you can do with 10% of your grocery store budget that will change the future for the better of our farmers. Kris Reid knows. Chef Kris Reid knows a ton about food. Chef Reid has been referred to as the Joan of Arc to the local Charlotte food movement.  This episode is rich with topics affecting our "food shed." We talk about the price of food, what you pay for it at the grocery store and at restaurants is not accurate. Listen, learn, do something to affect positive change! . . .  Need wine & beer? Of course you do, get it 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 and now produces multiple podcasts.  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] or [email protected] Eat & Drink Merrily!