What Simplicity Means After Top Chef ft. Chef Mei Lin (Daybird, 88 Club)

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Industry Only at The Cheese Store

Dominick DiBartolomeo and Andy Wang

33 episodes

3 days ago

For chefs, writers, and restaurant-industry insiders, the private tasting room at The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is a place for celebration of food, drink, community, and of course, cheese, and a no-holds-barred arena for conversations on the state of the hospitality industry at large. Dominick DiBartolomeo (owner, The Cheese Store, Domenico’s Foods) & Andy Wang (writer, founder of Industry Only) welcome friends & colleagues to the store for conversations about running award-winning kitchens, developing world-famous dishes and how, no, they can’t help you get that last-minute reservation.

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What Simplicity Means After Top Chef ft. Chef Mei Lin (Daybird, 88 Club)

Industry Only at The Cheese Store

53 minutes 19 seconds

5 months ago

What Simplicity Means After Top Chef ft. Chef Mei Lin (Daybird, 88 Club)

Chef Mei Lin drops by the Cheese Store for a conversation that spans from cutthroat cooking competitions to the delicate art of letting wontons speak for themselves..

The Top Chef winner and Daybird founder reflects on her evolution as a chef—from building intuitive muscle memory on shows like Tournament of Champions to finding a new groove with 88 Club, her elegant, straightforward Chinese restaurant in Beverly Hills. The crew dives into issues of pricing and perception in ethnic cuisine, the myth of the $55 tasting menu, and why simplicity might be the boldest move of all.

Plus: a sentimental chicken dish, Taiwanese breakfast evangelism, and a surprise call to Nicholas Kraft—co-founder of the fast-food fashion collective Chain—about getting Dom his own limited-edition Arby’s x Chain BBQ bib.

Follow Mei, 88 Club, and Daybird:

www.instagram.com/meilin21

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www.instagram.com/daybirdla

Follow Dom, Andy, Industry Only, and The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills:

www.instagram.com/domsfoods

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And make sure to check out the 🔥 Arby's x Chain drip at www.instagram.com/eatatchain !