Kitchen Convos Ep. 41: 2017 Cincinnati Food & Wine Classic Pt. 1

This episode features 2 different interviews conducted at the 2017 Cincinnati Food & Wine Classic.
First up are two engineers, artists, and visionaries. Luis Laya and James Payne of Fire Lab are the designers and master builders of Cincinnati Food + Wine Classic’s Live Fire Grill Pavilion. Hear their fascinating and unique story of how their desire to build a local community around the tradition of open fire cooking began with a challenge from their colleagues at Rookwood Pottery

Fire Lab

In the second half of the show you’ll hear from Melissa Ball from Happy Chicks Bakery and Laurel Meadows of the Sleepy Bee Cafe. Two Rising Stars in Cincinnati’s culinary industry get behind the mics with host Rachel DesRochers to talk about what fuels their creative drive.