Chewed UP

CHEWED UP isn't just another food show. It's a full-contact kitchen reunion. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon are back together stirring up unapologetic opinions, kitchen chaos, and comfort food that hits right in the feels. Think part cooking show, part lifestyle therapy session, with a side of "did they really just say that?" Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the trio serves bold takes, soul-warming recipes, viral food trends, and the kind of unscripted banter you didn't realize you were hungry for. It's the reunion food lovers have been craving, served loud, messy, and made to binge.

Chewed UP is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 124 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Chewed UP, a arts show with 124 episodes published.

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  Episode #419

  Blind Tomato Sauce Taste Test: Michael Symon's Tomato 101

  Aug 17, 202646 minS4

  Ever wondered why your homemade tomatoes don't taste like the ones at restaurants? Michael Symon, Carla Hall, and guest Christina Miros break down everything you need to know about selecting, preparing, and cooking tomatoes in the first episode of Michael's 101. In this episode, the hosts share pro tips including the Jacques Pepin salt-tasting technique to dial in your seasoning, how to blanch and peel tomatoes properly, the best roasting methods from quick to overnight, and clever ways to use every part of the tomato including tomato water and infused oils. Plus, they conduct a blind taste test of five popular store-bought tomato sauces and reveal which ones they'd actually buy. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors: Frontgate → Premium home, kitchen, and entertaining essentials — including Michael Symon's collection featured on the show.https://frontgate.com FreshDirect → Fresh groceries delivered straight to your door.https://www.freshdirect.com Vinted → Buy and sell pre-loved fashion and more on the online secondhand marketplace. https://www.vinted.com Produced by Simple Alien → https://www.simplealien.com/ Camera, Audio and Crew provided by TV Boy → https://tvboynyc.com/ About Chewed Up: Three lifestyle icons reunite with zero filter, strong opinions, and even stronger flavors. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon are back in the kitchen with comedy, comfort food, and unfiltered conversation — served loud. Episodes drop 3x a week: * Monday – Appetizers * Wednesday – Mains * Friday – Desserts Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss a bite. Want to Watch? →⁠Spotify⁠⁠ (https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z9NDuHH7XP03FXQIhHlQ3) →⁠YouTube⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/@ChewedUpShow) Want to Listen? → ⁠Spotify⁠ (https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z9NDuHH7XP03FXQIhHlQ3) → ⁠Apple⁠ (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chewed-up/id1840993910) → ⁠Amazon⁠ (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1fc5d229-459b-4334-8970-ce0d6f925982/chewed-up) → ⁠RedCircle (https://redcircle.com/shows/c42dbec1-e576-4927-acc7-f22e988c1a81) Fan Giveaway: Every episode we pick one lucky subscriber for a fan giveaway. This week's Giveaway: Want in? Subscribe and sign up here: https://chewedupshow.com/fangiveaway

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  Episode #408

  Clinton Kelly's Five-Star Summer Sides

  Aug 10, 202631 minS4

  Today on Chewed Up , Michael Symon and Clinton Kelly welcome Chef Ari back for a celebration of classic summer sides. Clinton shares two of his most requested recipes: a crunchy homemade coleslaw and his "award-winning" potato salad, both built for backyard barbecues, burgers, hot dogs, and everything else summer has to offer. His recipes are decidedly unscientific - think generous splats of mayonnaise, glugs of apple cider vinegar, and salt and pepper with "reckless abandon" - but the results speak for themselves. For the coleslaw, Clinton combines green and purple cabbage, shredded carrots, jalapeño, Dijon, mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, and plenty of celery seed for a crisp, tangy side that only gets better as it sits. Then he moves on to potato salad made with smashed new potatoes, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, scallions, fresh corn, mustard, mayonnaise, and vinegar - finished with extra toppings so everyone knows exactly what they're getting into. Michael quickly declares it good enough to eat by the bucketful. Once the sides are handled, the conversation turns into a full round of summer hot takes. Clinton goes off on people who reserve hotel pool chairs with towels for hours, Michael argues that parents still need to watch their kids at restaurants and beaches, and the group debates summer fashion, flip-flops, pedicures, bad feet, lobster rolls, Jersey tomatoes, and the summer foods they refuse to go without. During fan mail, Michael and Clinton share the shows and podcasts they recommend constantly, including The Wire , The Sopranos , Breaking Bad , and How Did This Get Made? Michael also reflects on the career he almost pursued before food: coaching wrestling, something he still hopes to return to someday. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors: Frontgate → Premium home, kitchen, and entertaining essentials — including Michael Symon's collection featured on the show. https://frontgate.com FreshDirect → Fresh groceries delivered straight to your door. https://www.freshdirect.com Produced by Simple Alien → https://www.simplealien.com/ Camera, Audio and Crew provided by TV Boy → https://tvboynyc.com/ About Chewed Up: Three lifestyle icons reunite with zero filter, strong opinions, and even stronger flavors. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon are back in the kitchen with comedy, comfort food, and unfiltered conversation — served loud. Episodes drop 3x a week: Monday – Appetizers Wednesday – Mains Friday – Desserts Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss a bite. Want to Watch? →⁠Spotify⁠⁠ ( https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z9NDuH... ) →⁠YouTube⁠ ( / @chewedupshow ) Want to Listen? → ⁠Spotify⁠ ( https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z9NDuH... ) → ⁠Apple⁠ ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ) → ⁠Amazon⁠ ( https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1fc... ) → ⁠RedCircle ( https://redcircle.com/shows/c42dbec1-... ) Fan Giveaway: Every episode we pick one lucky subscriber for a fan giveaway. This week's Giveaway: Want in? Subscribe and sign up here: https://chewedupshow.com/fangiveaway

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  Episode #416

  The Secret to Bakery-Style Chocolate Walnut Chip Cookies

  Aug 5, 202634 minS4

  Today on Chewed Up , Michael Symon and Clinton Kelly welcome back Danielle Sepsy - the Scone Queen, bestselling cookbook author, and founder of The Hungry Gnome -for the ultimate chocolate chip cookie episode. They begin with a blind tasting of four popular store-bought cookies, comparing everything from artificial vanilla and milk chocolate to buttery flavor, crisp edges, chewiness, and dunkability before unanimously choosing their favorite. Then Danielle shares her recipe for a thick, New York bakery-style chocolate chip walnut cookie with a caramelized exterior, crisp edges, a tender center, and plenty of semisweet chocolate. She explains why cold butter, light brown sugar, chilled dough, and a hotter oven help cookies stay tall and thick; how resting the dough improves both flavor and texture; and why adding vanilla directly to the butter makes its flavor more pronounced. She also demonstrates how to balance baking soda and baking powder, avoid overmixing the flour, freeze pre-portioned dough, and bake fresh cookies whenever the craving hits. Along the way, Michael admits that he cannot stop after one cookie, Clinton revisits his infamous baking curse, and the group debates Long Island accents, astrology, group chats, staying friends with an ex, and which American cities deserve more recognition for their food. Michael argues that Los Angeles may currently be the best food city in America, while Cleveland and Pittsburgh also get their moment. Most importantly, the finished cookies are declared nearly perfect - although Michael insists he will only be able to eat four. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors: Frontgate → Premium home, kitchen, and entertaining essentials — including Michael Symon's collection featured on the show. https://frontgate.com FreshDirect → Fresh groceries delivered straight to your door. https://www.freshdirect.com Produced by Simple Alien → https://www.simplealien.com/ Camera, Audio and Crew provided by TV Boy → https://tvboynyc.com/ About Chewed Up: Three lifestyle icons reunite with zero filter, strong opinions, and even stronger flavors. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon are back in the kitchen with comedy, comfort food, and unfiltered conversation — served loud. Episodes drop 3x a week: Monday – Appetizers Wednesday – Mains Friday – Desserts Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss a bite. Want to Watch? →⁠Spotify⁠⁠ ( https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z9NDuH... ) →⁠YouTube⁠ ( / @chewedupshow ) Want to Listen? → ⁠Spotify⁠ ( https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z9NDuH... ) → ⁠Apple⁠ ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ) → ⁠Amazon⁠ ( https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1fc... ) → ⁠RedCircle ( https://redcircle.com/shows/c42dbec1-... ) Fan Giveaway: Every episode we pick one lucky subscriber for a fan giveaway. This week's Giveaway: Want in? Subscribe and sign up here: https://chewedupshow.com/fangiveaway

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  Episode #415

  The Secret to a Perfectly Moist Lemon Loaf

  Aug 3, 202640 minS4

  Today on Chewed Up , Michael Symon and Clinton Kelly welcome The Big Brunch finalist, Hungry Gnome founder, and bestselling cookbook author Danielle Sepsy for a full-on summer baking episode. Danielle makes an ultra-moist strawberry lemonade loaf with bright lemon flavor, a soft pound cake-like crumb, and a thick pink glaze made with freeze-dried strawberries. It is sweet, tart, colorful, and exactly the kind of snack cake that works with morning coffee, afternoon tea, or whenever you need a little taste of summer. Along the way, Danielle shares the professional techniques she has learned from producing more than 15,000 baked goods a day, including rubbing lemon zest into sugar to release its oils, combining butter and oil for both flavor and moisture, adding extracts directly to the fat, using room-temperature eggs, choosing cake flour for a softer crumb, and baking the loaf low and slow to keep it evenly tender. She also attempts to break Clinton's infamous baking curse while Michael discovers that "fat carries flavor" may be the perfect excuse for gaining weight. The conversation goes far beyond the loaf as Michael recounts his nightmare trip through New York traffic, the group debates whether everyone in Scooby-Doo was high, and Clinton and Danielle revisit childhood television, old-school Entenmann's cakes, and the lost tradition of neighbors stopping by unannounced for coffee. During fan mail, they discuss Clinton's alleged three-minute ab routine, Broadway, why people who do not care about food may be untrustworthy, and the pressure to either eat too much or feel guilty for eating at all. Their conclusion is simple: life is too short not to have the strawberry lemonade loaf. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors: Frontgate → Premium home, kitchen, and entertaining essentials — including Michael Symon's collection featured on the show. https://frontgate.com FreshDirect → Fresh groceries delivered straight to your door. https://www.freshdirect.com Produced by Simple Alien → https://www.simplealien.com/ Camera, Audio and Crew provided by TV Boy → https://tvboynyc.com/ About Chewed Up: Three lifestyle icons reunite with zero filter, strong opinions, and even stronger flavors. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon are back in the kitchen with comedy, comfort food, and unfiltered conversation — served loud. Episodes drop 3x a week: Monday – Appetizers Wednesday – Mains Friday – Desserts Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss a bite. Want to Watch? →⁠Spotify⁠⁠ ( https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z9NDuH... ) →⁠YouTube⁠ ( / @chewedupshow ) Want to Listen? → ⁠Spotify⁠ ( https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z9NDuH... ) → ⁠Apple⁠ ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ) → ⁠Amazon⁠ ( https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1fc... ) → ⁠RedCircle ( https://redcircle.com/shows/c42dbec1-... ) Fan Giveaway: Every episode we pick one lucky subscriber for a fan giveaway. This week's Giveaway: Want in? Subscribe and sign up here: https://chewedupshow.com/fangiveaway

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  Episode #431

  Clinton Kelly's Cherry Torte Goes Completely Off the Rails

  Jul 29, 202634 minS4

  Today on Chewed Up, Michael Symon and Clinton Kelly welcome Chef Jackie B. back to the kitchen for a summer episode built around Clinton's cherry almond torte. Inspired by his grandmother's recipe, the simple dessert combines a buttery batter with peak-season cherries, sliced almonds, and a crunchy sugar topping, then gets served warm with vanilla ice cream. It is an easy, make-ahead dessert that works just as well with plums, peaches, or apricots, but a stubborn mixer, forgotten almond extract, parchment-paper confusion, and plenty of unsolicited help turn the demonstration into complete kitchen chaos. Along the way, they share tips for freezing seasonal fruit, debate which nostalgic summer trends deserve a comeback, pitch Garanimals for badly dressed adults, revisit '80s music and retro swimwear, compare workout routines, and reveal their favorite fast-food orders. Michael also explains why his granddaughter has started calling him "Squishy Grampy" and makes a strong case for Heavy Handed serving the best smash burger in America.

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