Grandmothers, Restaurants and Latin Evolution | Jose Garces

The BanterThe Guys talk about fast food and the Super Size Me guy, Morgan Spurlock, a former guest on the show whose work impacted their lives. The ConversationThe Restaurant Guys catch up with Chef Jose Garces in his busy kitchen to discuss his story from Spain to New York to Philadelphia. Chef and The Guys both opened up restaurants in October 2005 named after their grandmothers! The Inside TrackThe Guys and Chef Garces have crossed paths over the past several decades and held friends in common, but never met. “I think it was a turning point for me as a chef, I realized then that I could drive traffic with just consistent food, consistent, fresh, delicious food day in and day out,” Chef Jose Garces on The Restaurant Guys 2024BioChef Jose Garces is known as a leading culinary authority of Spanish and Latin-American food from the Spanish tapas at Amada, his first restaurant, to the playful Japanese street food at Okatshe in Atlantic City, Chef Garces continually pushes the boundaries of culinary excellence.To help provide ongoing and actionable assistance to the immigrant community, Chef Garces co-founded The Garces Foundation in 2011. The Garces Foundation provides services, including community health days, English language skills classes, and a providing food supplies to the food insecure.Chef Garces won James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic as well as the title Iron Chef.He is the author of two cookbooks, Latin Evolution and The Latin Road HomeInfoChef’s Projectswww.chefgarces.comChef’s Restaurantshttps://garcesgroup.com/Morgan Spurlock’s Book & MovieDon't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America by Morgan SpurlockSuper Size MeJamon Iberico de Bellotahttps://www.tienda.com/We're bringing our kitchen to the farm!Join us at Dreyer Farms in Cranford, NJ for a Table-to-Farm Dinner.Sunday, September 13 @ 5:30https://www.stageleft.com/event/91326-table-to-farm-dinner/Our PlacesStage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Reach Out to The [email protected]