Ep. 13: Chef Andrew Gruel: Learning to Cook Again—with Dr. Brian Kerley

Tucker Goodrich: Debugging Life

Introduction

Brian and I are honored to be joined by the illustrious Chef Andrew Gruel. He tells us the story of how he got into cooking, how he had to learn to cook again after discovering that his academic chef training left out natural fats, and the impact using proper fats has had on his health, the health of his staff, and his customers in his latest restaurant venture.

We also have an extensive and very interesting discussion on fish, fish farming, and the health benefits of eating fish.

Guest info

Web: www.chefgruel.com (It throws a security error…)

X: https://twitter.com/ChefGruel

Substack: “The Food Porn Master”! https://substack.com/@andrewgruel

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgruel/

Calico Fish House: https://calico-restaurant.com/

Biography:

“Andrew Gruel, a graduate of Johnson & Wales University, is a food entrepreneur and television personality – he is the Founder of Slapfish Restaurant Group (27 locations), the award-winning food truck turned international brick and mortar, based out of Huntington Beach, CA and currently CEO and founder of American Gravy Restaurant Group which comprises Calico Fishhouse, Big Parm Pizza, Two Birds Chicken, Butterleaf, Lolo’s Tacos and 101 Burger.

“Andrew has appeared on multiple television series including his most recent role as a judge on Food Network’s “Chopped Junior” with Megan Markle. He was the Host of FYI Series “Say It To My Face”, as well as a judge on Food Network’s “Food Truck Face Off.” He has made appearances on the TODAY show, Fox News, CNN, NBC Nightly News, PBS, Cooking Channel, and has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Men’s Health, Food & Wine magazine, USA Today, Entrepreneur and Nation’s Restaurant News. He was named Top 25 Business Executives for Fast Casual magazine as well as featured in Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2017 Power List. In 2013 he was named top 40 under 40 entrepreneurs in Orange County. He and his wife Lauren Gruel were named Pandemic Heroes by Restaurant Business Magazine alongside Guy Fieri and Jose Andres. He is currently the Co-Host of The SoCal Restaurant Show on AM 830 and a regular contributor on various national news channels.”

http://www.chefgruel.com/index.php/about-us.html

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Co-host

Dr. Brian Kerley

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Tucker Goodrich

Substack: https://tuckergoodrich.substack.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuckerGoodrich

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tuckergoodrich0

Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tucker-goodrich-podcast/id1617481825

Spotify podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wVZ3TnRjGsa1cP2gzWY0y

Podcast: https://sites.libsyn.com/408758

Blog (deprecated, but still a lot there!): http://yelling-stop.blogspot.com/

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Show Notes

Slapfish: https://www.slapfishrestaurant.com/

Nina Planck, “Real Food” https://amzn.to/3OhJBG8

Callico Fish House Restaurant: https://calico-restaurant.com/

Tom Brenna ep. 5: https://tuckergoodrich.substack.com/p/podcast-ep-5-prof-tom-brenna-on-omega

Cargill & McDonalds: “Removing Trans Fats from McDonald’s® Famous Fries” https://www.cargill.com/history-story/en/HIGH-OLEIC.jsp

“Podcast Ep. 0: What VICE Left Out: Bitcoin and Seed Oils—Starting a Podcast” https://yelling-stop.blogspot.com/2022/04/what-vice-left-out-bitcoin-and-seed.html

If you have any questions about sources for things discussed please ask in the comments.