World of Mouth podcast

Sarah Thompson is the executive chef of Casa Playa, a coastal Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas. She was raised in Boston and attended culinary school in New York before working at Michelin-starred Italian seafood restaurant Marea. She moved on to work at Cosme, the famous eatery opened by Mexican chef Enrique Olvera, and was fascinated by the flavours and ingredients of the regional Mexican cuisines. In the podcast Sarah Thompson will tell about her creative process and how she finds the best produce for her Mexican dishes. She will also reveal her favourite places to eat in Las Vegas, from the best coffee roastery and goat birria tacos to a must visit 1950’s steakhouse. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/

Tekuna Gachechiladze is the chef and founder of Café Littera in Tbilisi, Georgia. She has been called the godmother of Georgia’s culinary revolution and fuses thousand year old Georgian flavours with contemporary international influences. We will hear how Tekuna Gachechiladze, to her family’s disappointment, switched her academic career to chef-restaurateur and how important the ceremony around eating is for the Georgians, especially in times of oppression and political turmoil. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/  

In the first episode of the World of Mouth Destination guides, recorded in Helsinki not far from the World of Mouth headquarters, we’re meeting local chefs and World of Mouth experts Helena Puolakka from restaurant Savoy, Ina Niiniketo from Canvas Canteen and Tom Hansen from Restaurant Kuurna. In the podcast they will tell what makes Helsinki unique as a culinary destination and guide you to the best places to eat and drink in town, from local must eats, like a 3 euro meat pie snack, to the best Michelin starred fine dining experiences. This podcast will cover all your needs during your Helsinki stay. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ 

Eric Robertson is the co-chef of restaurant Pearl Morissette in the Niagara region of Canada. As a young chef he left Canada for Europe, where he worked at some of the best restaurants in Belgium, France and with Magnus Nilsson at Fäviken in Sweden. We will hear how Eric Robertson, after returning to Canada, started working at Pearl Morissette in 2017 together with his friend, chef Daniel Hadida, sourcing the best Canadian seasonal produce from producers and their own farm. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ 

Daniel Berlin is the chef and restaurateur of restaurant VYN in Southern Sweden. He has a strong connection to the land and as a young chef trained and worked for the best chefs in the region. In 2020 he closed his two-Michelin-starred restaurant Daniel Berlin Krog, one of Sweden’s best restaurants, and soon after, his wife passed away. We will hear how Daniel Berlin a few years later started a new restaurant in a new place, and how he sees his role as a chef and restaurateur in a small rural region. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ 

Garima Arora is the chef and owner of Restaurant Gaa in Bangkok. She was born in a Punjabi family and grew up in Mumbai. In 2018, Arora, at the age of 32, earned a Michelin star for her restaurant, and in the following year, Restaurant Gaa made its debut on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list at No. 16 with the Highest New Entry Award. In the podcast we will also hear about how it is being an Indian chef in Bangkok and about the status of the Indian cuisine. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ 

Bo Bech is the chef and owner of restaurant Bobe in Copenhagen. He is one of the most famous Danish chefs and a pioneer of the restaurant scene in Copenhagen. He first made his name at Restaurant Paustian, where he earned a Michelin star, before setting up Geist in 2011. Working mostly with Nordic produce, his dishes are personal reflections of him as a chef, of his background and his travels. We will hear Bo Bech tell about the birth of the modern restaurant wave in Copenhagen and about his creative cooking process. He will also reveal his favourite restaurants in Copenhagen and in the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ 

Will Guidara is a former restaurateur and author of the best-selling book Unreasonable Hospitality, where he chronicles the lessons in service and leadership he learned during his restaurant career. He is the former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, which under his leadership received three Michelin stars, four stars from the New York Times and in 2017 was named #1 on the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. He is the host of the Welcome Conference, an annual hospitality symposium. In the podcast Will Guidara will tell his whole story about becoming the best among restaurateurs. He will also reveal the secret to great hospitality and his favourite restaurants in NYC and the rest of the world. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ 

Atsushi Tanaka is the chef of restaurant A.T in Paris. He was born in Japan and grew up in Kobe. As child, his interest for cooking started after he watched the Iron Chef tv show, and at 16, he decided to become a chef after reading the avant garde cookbook of French chef Pierre Gagnaire. He worked in Tokyo, Paris, Spain, Copenhagen and Stockholm, and ten years ago opened his own restaurant, A.T, in Paris. In his podcast, he will talk about the similarities between the Japanese and French cuisines and which restaurant destinations he loves the most. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/