2 MANY COOKS
Episode 16 - Hell of a Snell
Chef Kevin Snell brings a bottle of hooch to Kitchen Studios and talks with the 2 Many Cooks boys about his journey from tech school stoner to tech school executive chef! He tells how setting fires in his back yard lead to a James Beard nomination in the year of covid and how covid lead to rearranging his priorites. Rick shares a story of Chef Snell's Cast Iron Pozole sending him into the spirit world, and there's discussion of rescue furniture at first apartments. All of that, solid safety tips and so much more on this the 16th episode of 2 Many Cooks.
Episode 15 - Naan Stop Tyler Whitson All Day
Chef Tyler Whitson never landed a coveted line cook job at Garfield's, but he has cooked in some very impressive kitchens. He sets down with Rick and CR to spill the beans on how a marathon of "Unwrapped" set fire to his culinary career. His troubles with driving to work and staying awake at The Pioneer Woman's popular mercantile, and the joys of harassing his former students. The boys find out about Chef Tyler's love of self proclaimed pop up chefs and Indian food. We find out more on the formation of he and Chef Nate Christenson's catering company Rustic Kings and talk of the comfortable seats in their new restaurant, Copper Dome. Olive this and so much more on the 15th episode of 2 Many Cooks!
Episode 14 - Talkin' Bout Nate Christenson
After knowing Chef Nate Christenson for several years Rick and CR learn of his outlaw youth, how it lead him to chilly reception from Alaskan locals, and how he escaped the frigid North with only the "Theme From Shaft" to keep him company. Nate tells of the generosity he witnessed from Weird Al and paints a colorful portrait of his culinary career that lead him to teaming up with Chef Tyler Whitson to form Rustic Kings Catering and one of Tulsa's most innovative new restaurants, Copper Dome. All that, string opinions on Chicken Parm and so much more on the 14th episode of 2 Many Cooks.
Ep 10 - It's Pronounced Bad Mitch!
After debating the pronunciation of their guest's last name Rick and CR get the story and DNA make up of "Bad" Mitch Gilliam from the US power metal band Blind Oath. He talks about growing up in Coweta with field trips to the ice cream plant and turning his back on youth sports in favor of music. He gives the guys his impressive resume; which includes Tulsa bands like the cult favorite Lizard Police, being the world's greatest delivery man, and also an award winning journalist that interviewed Weird Al. "Bad" Mitch also gives Kitchen Studios his account of talking a co-worker out of going to sandwich college. There's whisky and a live audience involved, as well as, so much more on this the 10th episode of 2 Many Cooks!
Ep 9 - I Can Get Fuller On Shrimp!
Bass player, bartender, human banana, and general man of mischief, Jacob Fuller from Blind Oath rolls into Kitchen Sink Studios. He regales Rick and CR of his humble beginnings as a Sallisaw Black Diamond and how following his heart brought him to Tulsa. We find out the many ways he has celebrated his birthday, and how being talked into dropping out of Sandwich College set him on the path to chasing his metal dreams! Fuller shares the secrets to eating 100 shrimp, and has perhaps one of the most interesting answers CR has received to a question. It's endless fun with that and so much more on the 9th episode of 2 Many Cooks!
Episode 5 - Chris West after 45 Gallons of Red Beans
Don't worry! He didn't eat' em! Chris West with Lassalle's French Market & Farm, OklaNola Pepper Co., & the indigenous sludge metal band Medicine Horse made the trek to Kitchen Sink Studios after a long day of farmin' and a cookin'. Chris talks to CR & Rick about making Oklahoma his new home after Hurricane Katrina and the natural disasters awaiting him and his family when they got here. We find out how the lamented Lassalle's New Orleans Deli came to be and came to pass. We talk roux tricks, bass player stuff, and so much more on this episode of 2 Many Cooks.
Episode 3 - Chuck and Cheese and Cannibal Sandwiches OH MY
A Tulsa radio legend, Chuck Stikl aka Chuck The Sports Guy from 104.5 The Edge, joins the guys in Kitchen Sink Studios. They discuss his 30 plus years in the rado business, how he lived near Jeffrey Dahmer, and ironically his home state's wild ass tradition of Cannibal Sandwiches. Talk of Edgefests past, eggs, and which Mexican food is the buenoest! That and so much more on the third installment of 2 Many Cooks.