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You Know I’m Right, Episode 230: Chef Michele Di Pietro
42 minutes Posted May 10, 2023 at 12:13 pm.
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On the 230th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by chef Michele Di Pietro for an exclusive interview to discuss:

  • - When did she learn to cook?
  • Experiences growing up in an Italian family?
  • - Earning her B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University, working as Public Accountant at a top New York City firm (Ernst & Young, 1 of the "Big 4")
  • - What was the moment she decided to leave her profession to pursue culinary arts?
  • - What was it like working in various management roles for Whole Foods Market and developing “It’s All About The Food”
  • - Advice for people who want to pursue cooking as a career?
  • - During the pandemic she decided to write a cookbook, SOUPified. Where did the idea come from to turn traditional dishes into soups? What was the process like writing a book? Did she think the idea was unique enough to sell?
  • - What is the process like balancing using social media to promote/tease her work and does certain content work better than others?
  • - What are her personal favorite dishes to cook?
  • - Favorite and least favorite holidays to cook for?
  • - What celebrities would she like to cook for?
  • - When creating a new dish, what is the trial-and-error process like? When experimenting, whose taste buds does she trust the most: family or friends?
  • - “You Know I’m Right” moment