Food festival chaos, debauchery and excess, Avenger entitlement, and a dash of family—all delivered with the infectious, wry sense of humor you’d expect from a Chicago chef who never meant to end up in the restaurant industry. Matt is a solid-gold first guest and sets the perfect tone for the Turn & Burn podcast.

We also discuss his soon-to-launch food truck concept, including booting up social media for a new business when you’re “not that guy.”

It’s not perfect, but we’re pretty proud of our first episode.

Restaurant sound effect from Pixabay. Bourdain clip from “Anthony Bourdain, Leadership Lessons From the Kitchen, 2006” from StarChefs.