In The Weeds Podcast
ITW is an often ridiculous, sometimes insightful and always entertaining look at professional food and beverage. Your hosts are Franz, AJ and Remi, long time pals and industry die-hards with nearly 75 years shared F&B experience. The show shares perspectives and stories from food and beverage professionals across the entire hospitality ecosystem. Our mission is to legitimize food and beverage as a respected and worthwhile career while highlighting the value it brings to our communities. Join ITW for exciting guest interviews, heart warming bromance, ignorant pontification and intermittent glimmers of wisdom. Bon Apetit!
Episodes
51 episodes
ITW S2 The gang from Hanks and Nowhere Restaurant
The clout that Hanks *A Restaurant caries in our fair city is unmistakable. For years they have been creating innovative and exciting dishes that have sparked a buzz throughout the food scene in Victoria. And it's not just the regul...
ITW S2 E18 Shawn Soole Part 2
Part 2 of our conversation with Shawn Soole!We talk travel, mentorship, craft cocktail culture, BC spirits, 14 different style of ice & why gin is awesome. We might have even fallen down a comic book rabbit hole...Join...
ITW S2 E17 Shawn Soole Part 1
Victoria Bartender and hospitality entrepreneur Shawn Soole is arguably the city's best-known bar and beverage expert.Since arriving from his native Australia, Shawn's impact on the Victoria bar scene has been epic. His involvemen...
ITW S2 E16 Papooch's Truffles With Janel and Matty
Have you ever thought about visiting Italy, but there's a global pandemic getting in your way? We all hate it when that happens. But lucky for you, Matty and Janel from Papooch's Truffles are here to bring beautiful flavors of Italy...
ITW S2 E15 Three's Company with Franz, Remi and AJ
Some keen observers might have noticed a missing component in our podcast over the past few months. And no, before you say it, not our social media presence... that's always been bad!!I'm referring of course to the Athos to our Th...
ITW S2 E14 Dallas Harwood from Vic Food Guys
Dallas Harwood is half of the team behind The Vic Food Guys, a podcast and social media team dedicated to supporting the YYJ food scene. And "dedicated" is definitely not an overstatement. Especially because he does not work in the ...
ITW S2 E13 Andrew Paumier from Indecent Risotto
Some people are just naturally talented. Enter Andrew Paumier, co-owner of Indecent Risotto. He and his partner Shannon, both in life and business, have been slingin' arancini balls all around the CRD since 2016. Aside...
ITW S2 E12 Brian Tesolin from The Courtney Room
This week on In The Weeds, Franz & Remi spoke with Brian Tesolin, Executive Chef for The Courtney Room at The Magnolia Hotel & Spa. Brian has worked for a number of very highly respected restaurants in his career, most nota...
ITW S2 E11 Mitchell Scott with The Very Good Butchers
We've all experienced a terrible veggie burger haven't we? You know the earmark; dry, under seasoned and completely lacking in any semblance of love.Michell Scott and business partner James Davidson were tired of the type of veggi...
ITW S2 E10 Dan Bain - Keeps em' high n' tight
A little under 13 months ago, we embarked on this podcast journey.While Covid was certainly on everyone's mind, we soon realized that the real focus needed to be on the beautiful characters that have dedicated their lives to food & ...
ITW S2 E9 Rachelle Cornish - Graphic Design to Pastry Chef
This week we are treated to a conversation with Rachelle Cornish who is currently working her magic at Cold Comfort.This amazing pastry chef started off as a graphic designer but decided to drop that and pursue her passion in baking.&nb...
ITW S2 E8 Shane & Kyle from Haus Sausage Co
This week our guests are Shane Harwood and Kyle Clayton of Haus Sausage Co. These guys have been work like hell for the past 5 years to make their dreams come true. Starting off renting kitchen space to use after hours, work...
ITW S2 E7 Chris and Stu from Dobell Sign Co
This week, we get to hang out with Chris and Stu from Dobell Sign Co. These two wonderful Aussie's have been making an impact on the culture of Victoria for the past 15 years.You can see their work all over Victoria like the sign ...
ITW S2 E6 From office to fields - the Alderlea Vineyards story
In 2017, Zac and Julie left the corporate world behind and took a massive leap of faith into the new and exciting waters of owning their own vineyard.But it wasn't just a dream and any old plot of land. After much consideration, t...
ITW S2 E5 Patrick Francis has a black belt in hospitality
These days, it can be so rare to find someone in food & beverage who just gets it. Someone who truly believes in hospitality and all the subtleties that just make the whole experience click into place.On the off chance you are...
ITW S2 E4 Sea Cider & Kristen Needham -she sells cider by the sea shore (try saying that 5 times fast)
This week on ITW, we get a masterclass on cidermaking from Kristen Needham. She is the founder, president and cidermaster at Sea Cider, located on the Saanich Peninsula here on Vancouver Island. We take a deep dive into what it takes to b...
ITW S2 E3 Sidney Scones' Secret recipe revealed click here!
Scones. Scones? You heard me. Scones. But not just any scones. Sidney Scones. This week on ITW we speak to Chelsea Columbus, the Wonder Woman behind some fo the tastiest baked goods on the planet. We take a look in the rearview mir...
ITW S2 E1 Leechtown Blacksmith Company
What do you get when you mix a British environmentalist turned blacksmith with a heavy machine fabricator? Charm, humour, chaos and lots of hot metal! This is the second time we have tried to connect with these two and it was completely w...
S2 E1 Big Wheel McNeil
After a one month hiatus which (maybe) left our listeners foaming at the mouth, we are back for season 2. We've got some great guests lined up with some surprises along the way. Our first guest of the year is none other than Calen ...
ITW S1E32 The ITW season finale Christmas Special
In this special episode, our Executive Producer Remi takes his turn in the host's chair and interviews us! Get to know your hosts a little better- maybe even better than you wanted. This week is stuffed full of Christmas cheer and seasonal magi...
ITW S131 Chef Charlotte Langley of Scout Canning
Chef Charlotte Langley is a force of nature. This week, we were lucky enough to catch up with her all the way from Summerside PEI. Her F&B career started late but she has more than made up for it with passion, commitment and gum...
ITW S1 E30 Mark Wachtin Hospitality Odyssey
Mark Wachtin is a super nice guy with a serious wine business. Owner of Storied Wines & Spirits- Mark has 30 years of international hospitality experience under his belt. His passion for service, stories (his dad ran a successful printing c...
ITW S1E29 Remi is a conference dream weaver
In another life, I used to be a wedding planner. Fortunately I never ruined anyone's special day but that was just good luck. If I had continued on in that career, I most certainly would shit the bed. So to think that Remi has the mental fortit...
ITW S1E28 Getting cured with Cory Pelan from The Whole Beast. This episode is the Wurst.
Sausage, pate, salumi, charcuterie, ham, salami, saucisson, prosciutto, jamon, wurst. Call it what you want, we call it meat magic. In Victoria, the wizard behind the curtain is Cory Pelan of @wholebeastmeats. This week on ITW we get schooled o...
ITW S1 E27 From Langford with love: Chef Castro Boateng
By a stroke of sheer luck, we managed to steal 60 minutes from Chef Castro Boateng. We caught up with Castro during service and spoke about a variety of topics ranging from re-building building a 5-Diamond resort in post-hurricane B...