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The Chef JKP Podcast — 175 episodes

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1

What The Kitchen Taught him About Leadership | Glen Ballis (E167)

2

Why He Left Oil & Gas for Champagne | Ben Kouider (E166)

3

How CUPBOP Took Korean Street Food Global | Dok Kwon & Junghun Song (E165)

4

This Woman Fought 22 Years for Water | Angie Pajak (E164)

5

He Became A Chef At 15 To Buy Football Shoes | Shehab Medhat (E163)

6

The Hospitality Fixer Who Knows Why Guests Don’t Come Back | Samuel Graham (E162)

7

The Rise of Indian Food with Himanshu Saini and Liam Collens (E161)

8

Why Do Some People Never Stop Chasing Food Stories? | Tiffany Eslick (E160)

9

What a Life in Storytelling Really Looks Like | Keith Dallison (E159)

10

He Started Cooking In His 40s And Reached The Top Of Fine Dining (E158)

11

The Chef Who Said No To Engineering And Built An Empire Instead (E157)

12

The Woman Behind Dubai’s Most Viral Food Series | Laura Lai Coughlin (E156)

13

Can Friendship Survive Building a Restaurant Together? | Neha Mishra and Panchali Mahendra (E155)

14

What’s Coming This Season and Why It Matters....Season 12 Begins...(E154)

15

What People Don’t Understand About Celebrity Chefs | Tasneem Rawat and Jenny Morris (E153)

16

What MENA 50 Best 2026 really feels like inside Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi (E152)

17

What Great Kitchens Get Right About Leadership (E151)

18

The Pressure That Comes After Michelin Recognition (E150)

19

How Great Chefs Built Standards Before Visibility Mattered (E149)

20

Why Discipline and Curiosity Matter More Than Talent in the Kitchen | Carmen Rueda Hernandez (E148)

21

Christmas Special on Food, Hospitality, and What Really Mattered This Year (E147)

22

What It Takes to Launch a Restaurant in Today’s Hospitality World | Georgie Woollam Edwards (E145)

23

How Early Food Memories Shaped Path to the Michelin World | Alex Dilling (144)

24

The Woman Behind the Food Brands Taking Over the Middle East | Victoria Hassani (E143)

25

How A Blog, A Camera, and A Leap of Faith Led Leen Al Zaben to 50 Best | Leen Al Zaben (E142)

26

How Two Engineers Built Dubai’s Favourite Meat Brand | Dan & Fix (E141)

27

What No One Tells You About Building a Restaurant in Dubai | Akmal Anuar (E140)

28

Can passion take you from Mexico’s street food to Dubai’s fine dining ? Sergio Hernandez Ruiz (E139)

29

How Chef Fabrice Rosso Earned Qatar’s First Michelin Star (E138)

30

How a Family Business Became a Global Cookbook | Joan Tuaño Rumsey (E137)

31

What It Takes to Lead Pastry at Atlantis The Royal Dubai (E136)

32

Do Chefs Need to Suffer to Create Great Food? | Chef Thinus Van Der (E135)

33

Does Dubai Really Need Another Fine Dining Restaurant | Solemann Haddad (E134)

34

Is There Really Nothing New You Can Do With a Potato? | RJ Harvey (E133)

35

Season 11 Begins | Chef JKP on Updates, Q&A and Life in Hospitality (E132)

36

Season Finale 📣 Inside Time Out Market with the Team Behind the Magic (E131)

37

Can Dubai Compete with Global Food Capitals? (E130)

38

Hattem Mattar - The Man Behind Dubai’s Most Talked-About BBQ (E129)

39

Reif Othman - The Chef Behind Dubai’s Viral Toilet Roll Cake (E128)

40

From a DM to Dubai: How to build a Culinary Phenomenon (E127)

41

The Family Business, Boundaries, & The Mother of Dragons (E126)

42

The Latino Chef's Takeover (E125)

43

Thai Street Food in Dubai (E124)

44

Pitfire Pizza -and The Secret Sauce (E123)

45

Coffee, Ice Cream & $3,000 Desserts (E122)

46

From Gaggan to Dubai: Chef Prashant’s Culinary Evolution (E121)

47

The Chef JKP Podcast x Time Out Market: Dubai’s Food Scene, Unfiltered (E120)

48

Limited Series with Varlhona ! Chef Khaled (E119)

49

Limited Series with Valrhona ! Carmen and Kelvin (E118)

50

Limited Series with Valrhona ! Olivier, Hadrien and Reif (E117)

51

Limited Series with Valrhona - Guillaume Lafaix General Manager (E116)

52

Limited Series with Varlhona - Brice Konan Ferrand (E115)

53

Regan Hillyer - From Burnout to Global Icon (E114)

54

Forget Everything You Know About Fine Dining! Bjorn Frantzen & Torsten Vildgaard (E113)

55

Jack Jarrott - Screaming Guests, Openings, Live Fire Cooking! (E112)

56

Raj Dagstani - Marmellata (E111)

57

Troy Payne - Crafting Culinary Memories (E110)

58

Hospitality & Headspace with Scott Armstrong (E109)

59

Health Hacks for Hospitality with Michael Canas (E108)

60

Natasha Sideris ! CEO and Founder of Tashas Group (E107)

61

Pallavi Sangtani! The Complex World of Food Writing (E107)

62

Mental Health Special with Dr. Bisi and Dr. Gurveen - Clinical Psychologists (E106)

63

William Drew - Director of Content for the Worlds 50 Best (E105)

64

The Chef JKP Podcast Season 9 - Wellness (E104)

65

SEASON 8 - Episode 12 - Pierre Koffmann - The Original Bear!

66

Pierre Koffmann - The Original Bear (103)

67

Neha Mishra - Kinoya, and a Story of Food !

68

Neha Mishra - Kinoya, and a Story of Food (102)

69

Doxis Bekris - Emirates Flight Catering

70

Doxis Bekris - Emirates Flight Catering (E101)

71

Celebrating 100 Episodes (E100)

72

Fay Economides - From Strategic Analyst to Award Winning Restaurateur (E99)

73

Carmen Landsberg - Capetown to Brunch & Cake (E98)

74

Emma Banks - A Hospitality Powerhouse (E97)

75

2024 Festive Special (E96)

76

Sandy Muirhead - No More Bottles (E95)

77

Bo Songvisava & Dylan Jones

78

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Daniel Birk - Leading Michelin Kitchens !

79

CHEF JKP Podcast Season 8 - Change-makers (E94)

80

SEASON 8 - Change-makers (E93)

81

Reim El Houni - If You're not Visible, You're Invisible

82

Reim El Houni - If You're not Visible, You're Invisible (E92)

83

Chef Shaw Lash - Lila Taqueria and Beyond

84

Chef Shaw Lash - Lila Taqueria and Beyond (E91)

85

Magdalena Orzechowska - The Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sommelier (E90)

86

Magdalena Orzechowska (E89)

87

Alex Augusti - Just Food DXB (E88)

88

Prachi Kulkarni - Pushing Beyond Limits (E87)

89

Kyung Soo Moon - Culinary Director of Sunset Hospitality (E86)

90

A Tribute to Greg Malouf

91

A Tribute to Greg Malouf (E85)

92

Michele Johnson - Pitfire Pizza (E84)

93

David Tapley - Editor in Chief of FACT Magazine (E83)

94

Marwan Sardouk - Cooking in Michelin to Cooking on TV (E82)

95

Luigi Vespero - From Culinary into Service and Hospitality (E81)

96

Mihai Florescu - The Truffle House (E80)

97

Perseverance Works (E79)

98

Omar Shihab - BOCA, Sustainability and Beyond (E78)

99

Panchali Mahendra - CEO of Atelier House Hospitality (E77)

100

Russel Impiazzi - Mentoring The Next Generation of Chef's (E76)

101

Ben Milne - Restaurants to Food Distribution (E75)

102

Dr. Dionysia Angeliki Lyra - Halophytes and Hospitality (E74)

103

Chang Sup Shin - 1004 Gourmet and Beyond (E73)

104

George Lyon - Kitchen Lessons (E72)

105

Judith Cartwright - Understanding Revenue Management (E71)

106

Anand Kumar - The Accidental Chef (E70)

107

Steve Pyle - The CEO of Chef Middle East (E69)

108

Marvin Alballi - The Hospitality Guru (E68)

109

Sustainability Within Hospitality! (E67)

110

Etisalat Beach Canteen - Dubai Food Festival 2024 - Part 2 (E66)

111

Etisalat Beach Canteen - Dubai Food Festival 2024 - Part 1 (E65)

112

Colin Clague - Hard Work Beats Talent (E64)

113

Halil Asar - Hospitality is a Feeling (E63)

114

Kelvin Cheung - Jun's, Fame & Push Ups (E62)

115

Giovanni Papi - Armani, The Burj Khalifa and Michelin (E61)

116

Hadrien Villedieu - From Junk Food to Chez Wam (E60)

117

Kelvin Kelly - Humble Lessons (E59)

118

Alex Stumpf - Chef's, Business and Family! (E58)

119

Govind Shepley - Interior Designers and Chefs are the Same (E57)

120

Tom Allen - Leading Dinner by Heston (E56)

121

Peggy Li - SPS Affinity and Beyond! (E55)

122

Carmine Faravolo - Roots are Important! (E54)

123

Failure Is Your Best Friend! (E53)

124

Christmas Special - Rundown of 2023 and Predictions for 2024! (E52)

125

Himanshu Saini - The World's Most Humble Chef! (E51)

126

Solemann Haddad - Moonrise and Beyond (E50)

127

Claudia De Brito - San Pellegrino 50 Best Restaurants MENA Vice Chair (E49)

128

Nick Alvis - From London Kitchens to the Dubai Dream (E48)

129

Fahim Al Qasimi - Seafood Souq! (E47)

130

Stasha Toncev - The Chief Soul Kitchen Officer! (E46)

131

Liam Collens the Founder of Eat, Go, See (E45)

132

Jason Atherton - The Chef of Chef's (E44)

133

Duncan Fraser Smith - Author, Concept Creator, Visionary (E43)

134

Jean Winter - CEO of Touch - An Inclusive Talent Agency Like No Other! (E42)

135

Tom Arnel - Chef To Managing Director! (E41)

136

Ego, The Chef's Worst Enemy! (E40)

137

Pre-Season Special - The Chefpreneur Reif Othman! (E39)

138

Greg Malouf - The Godfather - Part 2! (E38)

139

Greg Malouf - The Godfather - Part 1! (E37)

140

Ahmed Salih & Bassel Siblini - Meelz! (E36)

141

Sarah Hedley Hymers - Broadcaster, Journalist, and Michelin Explorer! (E35)

142

Michael Desouza - In-Flight Purser to Professional Chef! (E34)

143

Martin Koebke - Obsession (E33)

144

Gregoire Berger - The Perfectionist Chef (E32)

145

The Caviar Spoon (E31)

146

Alannah Francesca - The Accidental Pastry Chef! (E30)

147

Courtney Brandt AKA - A to Zaatar! (E29)

148

Carlos de Garza - 3Fils (E28)

149

Un-sung Heroes (E27)

150

Ramadan 2021 Special - Chef Tim Newton (E26)

151

Ramadan 2021 Special - Chef Mohamad Chabchoul (E25)

152

Conversation with the FOOD SHEIKH (E24)

153

Maria Stevens - The Marketer! (E23)

154

Craig Best - Into Hells Kitchen (E22)

155

Joe Barlett - The Foraging Chef (E21)

156

Sunjeh Raja - I.C.C.A (E20)

157

Giovanni Ledon - Vegas to Dubai! (E19)

158

Luke Garnsworthy - From Chef to CEO (E18)

159

Chef Troy Payne aka - TROTSKIE (E17)

160

Carl Greenslade - The Coach (E16)

161

Robert Stevens - The Viking in the Desert (E15)

162

Hattem Mattar - The Pitmaster (E14)

163

Season 2 - My Kitchen Life by JKP (E13)

164

Samantha Wood aka FOODIVA (E12)

165

Vanessa Bayma - Catering, Consultancy and Events (E11)

166

Homan Ayaso - The Gastronaut (E10)

167

Shane Born - The Cultured Chef (E09)

168

Tjalling van den Burger - Food Waste Warrior (E08)

169

Sahar Parham al Awadhi - 7 Star Chef (E07)

170

Alasdair Hooper - Boutique GM (E06)

171

Simon Ritchie - The Editor (E05)

172

Roberto Segura - From Peru to Dubai (E04)

173

Halil Asar - Master Maitre'D (E03)

174

The Rise of the Take Away Chef (E02)

175

Who is Chef JKP? (E01)