
Hi! In this episode of Chinese Food Fight Club, we talk to Crystal Coser, who runs one of LA's most prominent catering companies and previously had a successful career in food media. Crystal is also co-host of LA Food Gang on social media-app Clubhouse, which she and Andy Wang used as a platform to tell the stories of chefs and restaurant owners around the city.
Crystal Coser is President of Bites & Bashes, a Los Angeles catering and events company with clients that have included President Clinton, Apple, Nike, Harry Winston, Facebook, Uber, Beats by Dre, Porsche and countless celebrities. Crystal and her mother/business partner, chef Julie Coser, also run the Bites & Bashes Cafe in LA's South Bay. Crystal was previously the associate editor of Eater LA. She worked at Hollywood experiential marketing firm NVE producing celebrity and corporate events before becoming the Director of Brand Strategy and Creative Director at age 25.
Chinese Food Fight Club is a multimedia platform and consultancy inspired by a dining club created by Andy Wang and Danica Lo at Legend in New York City in 2011. Our mission is to connect the Chinese-American community with other Asian communities while amplifying the stories of Asian and Asian-American creators, chefs, artists, activists, policy-makers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. You can find us elsewhere on the internet at Instagram and you can watch these episodes on YouTube.
Stuff we mention in this video:
• Beats by Dre at Coachella
• Seth MacFarlane's holiday party
• LA Food Gang and Pop Off LA
• Napkin Killa
• Angler San Francisco
• Joshua Skenes
• Olive-fed wagyu
• El Farolito
• Emeril Lagasse
• Zahav
• Animal
• Let's Eat Together Clubhouse fundraiser
• Smorgasburg LA
• Saucy Chick Rotisserie
• Spoon by H
• Anajak Thai
• Crafted Kitchen
• Roy Choi's Kogi
• David Chang's Majordomo
• Off Their Plate
• Petite Peso
• Burmese Please!
• Eater LA
• Luv2Eat Thai
• Charles Olalia and RiceBar
• Myung Dong Kyoja
• El Flamin Taco
• The Mozzaplex