The Secret to Shopping the Farmers Market Like a Chef, and Technology Transforming Hospitality!!
6/15/202645 min
Farmers market season is here, so Adrienne and Joe are sharing the tips, tricks, and insider knowledge that chefs use to find the best ingredients. From the questions you should be asking farmers to the relationships that can completely change the way you shop, they break down how to get the most out of every trip to the market. In this episode: The questions every shopper should ask at the farmers market How to build relationships with farmers and better understand seasonal produce The creative process behind developing new dishes and menus Why seasonal ingredients drive menu planning in great restaurants How technology is changing the hospitality experience for guests The growing role of AI in reservations, phone service, and restaurant operations Adrienne's Walk-In Confession involving a cooking demo, a head of cabbage, and a chef's knife This episode of The Chef's Cut is sponsored by Slang AI. Visit https://www.slang.ai/ to learn more! Follow the show: @chefscutpod Follow Adrienne: @chefadriennecheatham Follow Joe: @insta.flamm
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First 90 secondsAdrienne Cheatham· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This week on "The Chef's Cut," farmer's market season is at its early peak, and we are gonna tell you what questions to ask your farmer to make the most out of it. What are you excited about today? Farmers love that question. We'll talk about the new technology people are using to enhance the guest experience.
Joe Flamm· Host0:31
You see some places that have just, you know, just don't answer the phone at all anymore.
Adrienne Cheatham· Host0:36
And a helpful lesson about how not to cut those fresh vegetables you get at the market. That knife dislodged from the cabbage and lodged into the back of my hand. But first, Chef's Cut Nation, you know what time it is. We need 10 seconds of your day. Please rate and review wherever you get your pods because Joe and I are hitting the summer and this really helps. [upbeat music] So we've talked about farmer's market on the pod, and a lot of people were really excited because a lot of people who aren't chefs don't realize that the best produce and the best things that you're gonna learn, you're gonna find out by talking to the people at that stand. Yes, you wanna look around, and something at that stand is gonna draw you in. But let's kind of decode farmer's markets