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Tastemaker Talk
by Tastemaker Conference
Tastemaker Talk is a weekly podcast for food content creators. Join hosts and business besties Abbey Fish (formerly Rodriguez) & Chandice Probst as they pull the curtain back on what it takes to run a successful food creator business; chat with dynamic guests from the tech, SEO, and food product spheres; and legitimize the creator economy through community (not competition).
Episodes
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Is It Too Late to Make Food Content Your Career? with Heather Woodland
Heather Woodland is here, and she's got the "receipts 👏 proof 👏 timeline 👏" to show that it's never too late to make food content your full-time gig. We're talking all about how Heather worked through perfectionism, fear of being perceived, and tech roadblocks to share her recipes and grow her...
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The Case for Not Jumping on Every Bandwagon with Michelle Tam
And listen—no shade to anyone who does love a good bandwagon jump! Time and place, you know? In this episode, Michelle and Chandice are getting into Michelle's journey through the creator economy as the founder of Nom Nom Paleo. They're also teasing Michelle's upcoming appearance as the...
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Food Creator, It's Time to Stop Holding Yourself Back with Barrett Brooks
At some point, growing your business stops being just about getting more done and starts being about becoming the kind of leader who can support others as they build with you. In this episode, Barrett and Chandice are getting into the psychology of entrepreneurship, especially what happens when...
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What to Expect at Tastemaker Conference with Nicole Langdon
We're sitting down with Nicole Langdon (The Candid Cooks) to hear all about her experience attending Tastemaker Conference for the first time in Los Angeles! Nicole is sharing what surprised her most about the event, including how she managed the nerves, excitement, and emotions that aren't…
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What If You Create Authentic Content...and No One Cares? with Abbey and Daphne
Speaking very candidly, content creators have to navigate a lot of tension as an inherent part of their career. You're constantly being told that "authentic" content is what performs the best, but then you have to mindfully curate your brand (which is to say...yourself). There is an urge to...
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Why a Food Blogger is Publishing Fewer Recipes with Kathryn Doherty
Kathryn Doherty is the creator behind Family Food on the Table, and she's been in the food blogging game for over 10 years now. Kinda chic, right? So why would a food blogger in her shoes—with her audience reach and with so much industry know-how—make the decision to publish fewer recipes? It…
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How Creators Can Turn Growing Pains into Gains with Jessica Hylton Leckie
Sometimes food creators think that if they want to see growth, they need to pick a lane and never change it. But guess what? That's actually not how humans work. We evolve, grow, and develop new tastes—and Jessica Hylton Leckie is here to explore how doing so in public can actually make your…
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Your Next Creator Growth Strategy Isn't On Social with Jordan Gill
In this episode, Jordan Gill (Senior Affiliate Marketing Manager at Kit) shares the importance of building an owned audience through email for food creators navigating platform shifts. We're talking about strategies to increase engagement, maintain audience ownership through a smart email…
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How Working for Martha Stewart Shaped a Creative Career with Tara Bench
Tara Bench (Tara Teaspoon) is here! Live from Kit Studios NYC, we're asking alllll the questions about what she learned working for Martha Stewart in the early 2000's. We also cover how creators can diversify their revenue (and why it's so important), where Tara sees the industry heading in the...
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Knowing Your 'Why' Isn't Enough with Katie Trant
In this episode, branding expert Katie Trant (Foodie Brand Lab) shares insights on building a strong brand strategy for creators. Katie and Chandice are exploring the importance of understanding your brand's core, and providing practical steps to future-proof your revenue—even amidst platform...
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Why AI is Actually The Best Thing to Happen to Creators
Abbey and Daphne are LIVE from Kit Studios NYC to chat about what creators need to know from the Social Commerce Summit 2026 in New York. We're sharing hot takes all across the board—we get into the Taylor Swift wedding, the unsung horrors of Disney movie tropes, and also why we think AI is...
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How to Design Your Site to Generate Your Best Ad Income Yet with Jen Holt
Jen Holt (Jennifer Holt Designs) is here to chat with us about the best ways to turn your food blog into an ad income-generating machine! Sounds fun, right?! Jen has contagious energy and a wealth of knowledge that will have you nodding along and taking furious notes. We're diving into low-lift...
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Building a Meaningful Affiliate Community with Megan Benson (ThermoWorks)
Megan Benson is the Affiliate & Community Manager at ThermoWorks, one of the most trusted brands in temperature tools that has supported the Tastemaker Conference community from day one. Today she's sharing insights on building aligned creator/brand partnerships and the importance of gathering…
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Storytelling and Legacy-Building Through Food Content with Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack
Today on the pod, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack shares her inspiring journey of building the Muy Bueno brand, rooted in Mexican culture and family stories. We're chatting all about storytelling, authenticity, and community have fueled her success in food blogging, media, and cookbook publishing. Plus,...
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Food Systems and the Cultural Influence of Creators with Sam Kass
What if your dinner choices could help create positive change for the planet? Today Abbey sits down with Sam Kass, former senior food policy advisor to President Obama, to explore how our food systems are deeply intertwined with climate change. Sam’s book, "The Last Supper," reveals not just the...
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Choosing Art Over the Algorithm with Kalen Allen
We are SO excited to be joined by Tastemaker Conference 2027 MC, Kalen Allen! Kalen is an award-winning actor, television personality, and singer, reaching millions of people worldwide across his social media platforms and through his unique content. Today Kalen is chatting with Chandice about…
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6 Takeaways from Craft + Commerce with Leslie and Daphne
Daphne and Leslie on the mics this week! Make some noiiiise! We just got back from Kit's Craft + Commerce event in Boise, and we had THE BEST time. Tune in for our 6 takeaways inspired by the mainstage rapid fire session, including the AI tips we think every creator should know, a piece of advice...
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Your YouTube Growth Strategy with Maria Lucey
In this episode, Maria Lucey shares her journey from dietitian to successful YouTube content creator, exploring strategies for growth, monetization, and community building on YouTube. Discover how to leverage video content for long-term success and authenticity—tune in! Show Links Find Maria on…
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Founder's Message: The Ongoing Evolution of the Creator Economy
Abbey is back on the mic for her Q2 2026 Founder's Message, and she's sharing all of her thoughts, drawbacks, and joys surrounding the evolution of the creator economy over the last 10 years. With lessons learned from Yesteryear, Abbey's Master's Degree research, and Billie Eilish, the overall...
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You're a Brand, Baby! with Anastasia Shtompel
Join us as we explore the latest trends in food content marketing with Anastasia Shtompel, Forbes Council Member and former Head of Marketing at a multi-million-dollar company. Hit play to discover how niche audiences, strong visual identity, and strategic collaborations can elevate your content....
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Content, Community, and Culinary School with Alyssa Rivers (The Recipe Critic)
Alyssa Rivers, founder of The Recipe Critic, shares her inspiring journey through culinary school at age 41, overcoming challenges, gaining confidence, and pivoting her food blogging career. Discover her insights on mastering new skills, embracing vulnerability, and building real community in the...
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Make Food Content Value-Driven Again with Jack Thomas
Today Abbey sits down with Jack Thomas to explore the future of food content through an ethical lens, covering everything from social commerce and monetization to transparency, sustainability, and the real impact of AI. Jack shares the mission behind ACRE and challenges creators to think deeper...
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Why Creators Who Treat Their Blogs Like Media Companies Win Long-Term with Shaunda Necole
In this episode of Tastemaker Talk, Shaunda Necole shares her journey of transforming her blogs into a media empire, emphasizing the importance of positioning as a media company, leveraging SEO, and building trust through content. She discusses strategies for creating a recognizable brand…
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Bridging Creativity and Technology with Kelli Quinn
Kelli Quinn is the VP of Product, Customer Success, and People Ops at VEOX Inc, and she's also a longtime photographer. Today she's joining Abbey to talk about where creativity meets technology. From her journey into the AI space to practical ways creatives can use it without losing their voice,...
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Turning Food Content Into a Multi-Income Business with Lauren Less
Ready to move beyond relying on one income stream? In today's episode, Lauren Less sits down with Chandice to talk about building a multi-income creator business. We're covering brand deals, social commerce, blogging, email lists, and how to grow without burning out. Show Links Find Lauren on...
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How to Refine Your Signature Creative Style with Laura Scherb
Today Abbey is catching up with Laura Scherb, a food photographer and creator behind Page and Plate! Laura is sharing how she transitioned from food blogging to professional photography over the past decade, highlighting her evolution of creative style along the way. Because we can't get enough,...
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How To Become a Full-Time Content Creator with Josh Gale (The Chef Out West)
Josh Gale has spent the last year building @TheChefOutWest into an engaged community, and a full-time career. Today, he's chatting with Chandice about his journey to 1 million followers across platforms. While growth doesn't happen overnight, Josh is sharing the insights you need if you're…
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It's Time to Create a Traffic Shift with Christie Vanover
Like so many bloggers, Christie Vanover has seen her organic search traffic decline due to AI. That decline in views equals a decline in ad revenue. So she's been testing an automated way to populate social channels, using her existing blog posts, to shift where her traffic comes from. We're…
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The Pep Talk You Need to Hear with Rebecca Johnston
Rebecca Johnston (Devour Dinner) has been to every Tastemaker Conference since we opened our doors in Salt Lake City in 2018. Each year, she and Abbey kick off the conference weekend with a hug, which acts as a powerful symbol of what Tastemaker is all about. We're chatting all about the impact…
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Embracing the Joy of Your Younger Self with Naomi Andres
Today we're joined by Naomi Andres! Naomi is the founder of Knead Some Sweets, a baking and dessert blog she started at age 14. We're exploring Naomi's early interest in baking, her journey into food blogging, and her approach to balancing her blog with a full-time job. We're also chatting about...
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From the Founder: Humility, Resilience, and Breakthroughs with Abbey
Every quarter, Tastemaker founder, Abbey Rodriguez, writes an open letter to our community. For this quarter's message, Abbey is sitting down to have a one-on-one chat with you from her microphone, sharing pieces of her life, her thinking, and her goals--for Tastemaker, for the industry, and for...
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Making Every Day Grand with Jocelyn Delk Adams
We are SO happy to be sitting down for today's episode with Jocelyn Delk Adams, discussing her journey from baking cakes in Chicago to becoming a successful TV personality and judge. We're also exploring lessons learned from her recent endeavors with her ready-made cake line, Everyday...
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AI Copyright FAQs for Creators with Gavin Gillas
Today we're diving into copyright basics and AI's impact on content creators with Gavin Gillas, a former IP lawyer and co-founder of Copymight Coalition! Gavin is here to give us an overview of the challenges creators face with AI platforms using their content without permission, and explore...
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Creating a Whole Life with Mary Smith
Today we're joined by the lovely Mary Smith! Mary is the creator behind Mary's Whole Life, a gluten-free recipe blog and content platform. Chandice and Mary are unpacking Mary's journey, from being diagnosed with celiac disease to building a successful content creation business. Mary is sharing…
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Choosing Community in Challenging Landscapes with Marta Rivera Diaz
We're honored to be chatting with Marta Rivera Diaz (Sense & Edibility) in this special episode of Tastemaker Talk. Please note: This episode engages with nuanced social, political, and historical realities. We approach these topics with care, but some listeners may find parts of the conversation...
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The Food Stories We Keep with Jack Thomas and Azara Krovatin
In our SEASON 3 PREMIERE EPISODE (!!!), Abbey sits down with Jack Thomas and Azara Krovatin to chat about building a creator business that lasts—especially in the food space—without relying on ads alone. They get into what makes a great knowledge product (courses, digital products, memberships),...
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Tastemaker 2026 Takeaways with Abbey and Chandice
We had the BEST time at Tastemaker Conference 2026 at the JW Marriott Los Angeles LA LIVE -- such a good time, in fact, that we needed to close out Season 2 of the pod with our main takeaways. This quick episode explores the impact of community, the depth of the sessions, and the incomparable...
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HAPPY TASTEMAKER WEEK!
Hey hey! WE HEAD TO TASTEMAKER 2026 IN JUST A FEW DAYS! To celebrate, we 're revisiting one of our main stage sessions from Tastemaker Conference 2025 in Las Vegas! This panel discussion has never been released to the public before, and we hope that it can spark some exciting ideas and a-ha…
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Get Growing with Grocers List
We're so excited to be sitting down with Ben Jabbawy, founder of Grocers List, for today's episode! Grocers list is a platform built to help food creators drive more website traffic and capture more emails from social channels and unlock new forms of monetization. Ben is sharing all of his…
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Exploring Google's Core Update and Other Search Changes with Marie Haynes
As the search stars would have it, we sat down to record this episode with Marie Haynes 10 minutes after Google's December 2025 update launched! Tune in to hear what Marie makes of it all, and for her interpretation of what this and other AI updates mean for food creators. Show Links Learn more...
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So You Want to Start a Food Blog with Kayla Burton
We spend so much time talking about reaching new levels of your food content creation business, but what if you're at Level 1? In today's episode of Tastemaker Talk, we're sitting down with Kayla Burton from Food Blog Coaching to talk us through exactly what she would do if she wanted to start a...
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The Hidden Engine of Recipe Content (TC26 Session Teaser!) with Sandie Markle
We always love hearing from today's guest, Sandie Markle (Blueberri)! We're sitting down with Sandie to discuss the rapid changes in the tech landscape over the past 5 years, focusing on how AI, particularly generative and agentic AI, has transformed content presentation on search engine results...
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Your Sign to Keep Creating with Laura Ashley Johnson
Laura Ashley Johnson has amassed a loyal following at Dinner in 321, but her story is far from an overnight success. Tune in to hear how Laura Ashley built her brand, lost everything, and started completely over...twice! Laura Ashley is sharing her tried and true strategies for growth across...
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MVCon 2025 Recap! with Abbey & Chandice
We had the BEST time at MVCon in early November, and we're excited to spend some time unpacking everything we learned with you today! We've always known that Mediavine cares about creators (they've been a sponsor of our event from the very beginning!), but we gained a deeper understanding of...
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To Better Food Photography with Rachel Korinek
Today we're catching up with our friend Rachel Korinek from Two Loves Studio! We're diving into Rachel's career transition from editorial to commercial food photography, and exploring her creative evolution along with her approach to storytelling through visual details. If you're in need of a...
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Scroll-Stopping Content - TC26 Session Teaser with Natasha Pierre
This week we're discussing Natasha Pierre's upcoming session at Tastemaker 2026, which will teach you how to create a content strategy that will do #werk in 2026. Natasha is sharing insights on Instagram's evolving algorithm and strategies for creating more purposeful content on multiple…
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Do We Really Need Food Blogs Anymore? with Rachel Cunliffe
We are SO honored to have Rachel Cunliffe, founder and designer at Cre8d Design, joining us today--all the way from New Zealand!! Diving deeper into Rachel's article, "Why food blogs still matter (even in the age of ChatGPT)," we're dissecting the many ways that AI falls flat when it comes to...
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The Case for Self-Publishing a Cookbook with Erin Collins and Firewire Publishing
Today our good friend Erin Collins of Meaningful Eats joins us for her second appearance on the pod! Erin and Chandice are going even deeper this time around, getting into the technical aspects and details to consider when self-publishing a cookbook. We're excited to bring this one to you today,...
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When is the Right Time to Rebrand My Creator Business?
The Tastemaker Team is BACK, baby! Today we're talking all about our brand/website refresh, which you can enjoy for yourself later this October! We're walking you through our thought process when it comes to the rebrand, including how to identify your brand personality, the importance of working...
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Becoming a Sponsor Magnet with Justin Moore
We're so excited to bring you today's conversation with Justin Moore, founder of Creator Wizard and author of Sponsor Magnet! This conversation was recorded ahead of Justin's speaking appearance at VTC 2025, and we're stoked to be giving you a teaser of his full-length session: "How to Craft a...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Tastemaker Talk is a weekly podcast for food content creators. Join hosts and business besties Abbey Fish (formerly Rodriguez) & Chandice Probst as they pull the curtain back on what it takes to run a successful food creator business; chat with dynamic guests from the tech, SEO, and food product spheres; and legitimize the creator economy through community (not competition).
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