Ep 20.2 How competing on Top Chef changed Shirley Chung’s life and more celebrity chef stories from Caryl Chinn!

Part Two of our chat with Top Chef star Chef Shirley Chung and food industry expert Caryl Chinn! This week we dig deeper into what it’s like to work with and be a celebrity chef.  Caryl tells the story about the first time she met Chef Gordon Ramsay and Shirley gives us a glimpse into what it’s like to compete with other amazing chefs on Bravo’s Top Chef, where she finished in the top 3 twice and was runner up in Season 14. We also talk a little about the future of the food industry. Intern Producer Madison got home from school just in time to sit in on this hour and we had our producer chat after the outro song, so don’t miss that!

Please check out Caryl and Shirley’s Dumpling Mafia! You can find them @dumplingmafianft on Instagram, or get the NFT online at https://opensea.io/collection/dumpling-mafia-bosses If you want to join Shirley for a Lantern Festival dumpling cook-a-long on Feb 17th, you can get a package of dumpling ingredients sent to you via Gold Belly (Ms. Chi Cafe),  https://www.goldbelly.com/shirley-chungs-ms-chi  THE INFATUASIAN PODCAST WILL BE THERE! You can order Ms. Chi Cafe food from Gold Belly all year long to have Shirley’s cooking at home! (US shipping only)

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