In this podcast we are talking with Chef Wayan Kresna Yasa. He is a successful global executive chef, culinary director and co-author of the recently released cookbook Paon – Real Balinese Cooking. Chef Wayan was trained and worked in the US for six years in Michelin-rated kitchens and helped launch several restaurants in Indonesia. He is…
In this episode we are talking with Addy Sulley. He is the owner and gregarious host of Addys Dutch Cafe & Restaurant, located downtown Greenville,SC. Addys is one of the few Dutch restaurants in the US. What makes Addys unique is the interior, imported decoration from Holland to make it exactly like an Amsterdam “brown”…
Meet Melany Lintuuran, founder of the Indonesian Women Alliance (IWA), a non-profit organization founded in Los Angeles in 2015. Together in unity, IWA has grown into a global movement to empower women to thrive and make a positive impact. IWA’s members come from all backgrounds, all ages and all professionals from Housewives, Activists to Entrepreneurs, from Nurses, Caregivers…
In this episode we have a conversation with Ian Claproth. Together with his cousin Stephanie, his business partner, they run Satay LA a pop-up and food stand specializing in Indonesian satay! The menu features delicious items like pork satay, tofu satay (for vegetarians), nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice – recipe by his grandmother) and satay…
Meet Joseph Gidman, our guest in this episode of The Rice Table. Joseph is chef and co-owner of Van Gogh’s Eeterie, a Dutch-inspired restaurant – the only one of its kind in the state of Missouri. Gidman, along with his mother, Claire, also owns Cafe Cusco, a Peruvian restaurant and Chabom Teas + Spices shop…
In this episode of The Rice Table podcast our guest is Cédric Vongerichten, chef and owner of Wayan, a French Indonesian restaurant in New York’s City’s Nolita neighborhood – his first solo venture which he opened in February 2019. Chef Cédric has worldwide experience in the hospitality industry and opened restaurants in four different continents…
Our special guest in this episode is Kathiana LeJeune, author of The Power of the Palate: Through the Great Exchange. We have a conversation about Culinary Diplomacy and her passion for peace-building policy, women’s rights, human rights, women’s access to global higher education, and global public relations. Kathiana realized how food drives our relationships, connections, and…
Our special guest in this podcast is Pepy Nasution. Pepy is a blogger, photographer and cooking instructor. She has been featured on Winnipeg Free Press, and magazines in Indonesia and Malaysia and different websites also in Canada and the US. Recently, she contributed to two Indonesian cookbooks published in the Netherlands. We have a conversation on…
In this episode we have a conversation with Willem Meiners, holder of two world records flying from Alaska to Antarctica as a helicopter aviator, former newspaper editor, radio station owner, former publisher, and author of the book The Dutch Touch. Willem Meiners, born in Amsterdam, has lived and worked in America since 1991. He has…
In this episode we have a conversation with Dessy Andriani, Publisher, PR-manager auditor, catering chef and event organizer in Los Angeles. Dessy was born and raised in Indonesia and came to the US to pursue her dream. Listen to what Dessy is passionate about and her successes. She takes great pride in her native country and…
Meet Farah Quinn, Indonesian celebrity chef, restauranteur and award winning media personality, known for her culinary television shows. Farah Quinn hails from Bandung Indonesia, has a bachelor’s degree in finance at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of culinary arts at Pennsylvania Culinary Institute in the US. She participated in the World Pastry Championship…
Meet award-winning Chef Yono Purnomo of Yono’s restaurant in Albany in NY. Owned and operated by the Purnomo family, this fine dining restaurant has been serving contemporary American and Indonesian fusion since 1986 and has been recognized by the James Beard Foundation, Wine Spectator, Santé, DiRoNA & The American Culinary Federation among others. Chef Yono…