The Pass is Calling – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, we sit down with Tom Aikens, a chef who's made waves in the culinary world through TV shows, cookbooks, and multiple restaurants.

He takes us on a journey through the challenges and triumphs of running restaurants in London, including his latest venture, Muse. At Muse storytelling plays a central role. Tom explains how storytelling can elevate the dining experience and why Aikens believes that memorable meals are made of much more than just ingredients.

— Where to find Tom Aikens:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomaikens/

• Website: ⁠https://tomaikens.co.uk/⁠

— Where to find Gronda: • App: ⁠https://gronda.app.link/get-app⁠ • Website: ⁠https://gronda.com⁠ • Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gronda/⁠ • Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/⁠ •  TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork⁠ — Where to find Valentin Schütz: • Gronda: ⁠⁠https://gronda.com/@valentin-schuetz⁠ • Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/⁠⁠ • Linkedin: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz⁠⁠ — Referenced: —

In this episode, we sit down with Scott Braithwaite to discuss restaurant gardening. Scott serves as one of the Sous Chefs at the legendary Eleven Madison Park restaurant in New York. He shares his experiences working at L'Enclume, a 3-star restaurant in Cartmel, UK, where the farm plays a central role in the concept and where they grow up to 80% of their own ingredients. In addition, Scott discusses the struggles and challenges Eleven Madison Park faced when starting their own farm.

If you're considering starting your own garden, or you're curious about the role chefs play in restaurants like these, this episode is for you!

— Where to find Scott Braithwaite:

• Gronda: https://gronda.com/@scott-braithwaite • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottbraithwaite/ — Where to find Gronda: • App: ⁠https://gronda.app.link/get-app⁠ • Website: ⁠https://gronda.com⁠ • Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gronda/⁠ • Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/⁠ •  TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork⁠ — Where to find Valentin Schütz: • Gronda: ⁠https://gronda.com/@valentin-schuetz • Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/⁠ • Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz⁠ — Referenced: —

• https://www.lenclume.co.uk/our-farm

• https://www.elevenmadisonhome.com/page/our-story

Joris Bijdenijk runs a Michelin-starred restaurant and is one of the most famous dutch chefs. Together with Gronda he produced a vegetable masterclass, which got a worldwide hit. In this episode, we talk about this success, but also about the process of creating cookbooks, running restaurants, leading teams, and sharing knowledge. 

Listen now on Apple and Spotify 

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Where to find Joris Bijdendijk:
• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JOZT83GR7tb
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jorisbijdendijk
• Website: https://www.jorisbijdendijk.nl/ 
• Shop: https://jorisbijdendijk.shop/

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Where to find Gronda:
• App: https://gronda.app.link/get-app
• Website: https://gronda.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gronda/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/
•  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork 

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Where to find Valentin Schütz:
• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JJmp3b4Q7tb
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz

Andreas is one of the best chefs in the world and an absolute legend in Switzerland. In this episode, he talks about his beginnings and how he built a successful restaurant with little capital. Besides that we cover planting vegetables, inventing new dishes, and how to create an industry where young talent wants to work again.

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Where to find Andreas Caminada:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/9s4BbBFR7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreas_caminada_schauenstein/

• Website: https://www.andreascaminada.com/

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Where to find Gronda:

• App: https://gronda.app.link/get-app

• Website: https://gronda.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gronda/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/

•  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork

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Where to find Valentin Schütz:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JJmp3b4Q7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz

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• Uccelin Foundation: https://uccelin.com/

Throughout his career, Joe Sasto worked in the top kitchens on the US west coast. After that, he became a full-time creator and started to share his recipes on Instagram and TikTok. Covid skyrocketed his career and now he is one of the top creators out there. In this episode, he explains to us what it takes to become successful as a creator and why you need to adapt to the world after covid if you want to stay relevant. 

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Where to find Joe Sasto:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chef.joe.sasto

• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCdS8zeTzAXA3q3c9GEr2cw

• Website: https://www.joesasto.com/about

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Where to find Gronda:

• App: https://gronda.app.link/get-app

• Website: https://gronda.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gronda/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/

•  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork

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Where to find Valentin Schütz:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JJmp3b4Q7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz

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Chef Binta is the Rising Star 2021 and the Basque Culinary World Prize winner of 2022. With her pop-up restaurant Dineonamat she offers an immersive nomadic Fulani culinary experience around the world. In this podcast episode, she talks about her beginnings in Africa and what it takes to build a successful pop-up.

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Where to find Fatmata Binta:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chef_binta/

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Where to find Gronda:

• App: https://gronda.app.link/get-app

• Website: https://gronda.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gronda/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/

•  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork

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Where to find Valentin Schütz:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JJmp3b4Q7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz

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Mateo Zielonka is a chef from Poland who became the most followed pasta chef on social media. This fame helped him to launch an amazing book about pasta which was an instant success. In this episode, he talks about his way to success and explains how to publish a cookbook successfully.

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Where to find Mateo Zielonka:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/jQ0oTNAR7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mateo.zielonka/

• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHuETi6--uh8-g-_7fdEJhw

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Where to find Gronda:

• App: https://gronda.app.link/get-app

• Website: https://gronda.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gronda/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/

•  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork

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Where to find Valentin Schütz:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JJmp3b4Q7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz

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Isabella Potì is one of the most famous female chefs in Italy and beyond. Together with her husband, Floriano Pellegrino, she opened the Bros' restaurant in Lecce, Italy, which not only received a Michelin star but also became a worldwide brand. In this episode, Isabella talks about being a mother while running a restaurant, winning a Michelin star, and building a brand as a chef. 

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Where to find Isabella Poti:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/pUhqv3eGhub
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isabellapoti/
• Website: https://www.pellegrinobrothers.it/en/isabella-2/ 

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Where to find Gronda:
• App: https://gronda.app.link/get-app
• Website: https://gronda.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gronda/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/
•  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork 

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Where to find Valentin Schütz:
• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JJmp3b4Q7tb
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz 

Martin Lippo is an Argentinian chef who runs the Vakuum lab in Barcelona. Besides being one of the most followed creators on Gronda, he is developing revolutionary recipes in his kitchen lab while also teaching culinary courses. In this episode, he explains how to open and run a kitchen lab successfully.

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Where to find Martin Lippo:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/jIup2DwR7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vakuum_by_martin_lippo/

• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9tSNf0Qeh_yBgAdekjDwnw

• Website: https://martinlippo.com/

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Where to find Gronda:

• App: https://gronda.app.link/get-app

• Website: https://gronda.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gronda/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/

•  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork

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Where to find Valentin Schütz:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JJmp3b4Q7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz

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Gregoire Berger is one of the most awarded chefs in the world. He has made a name for himself by being the mastermind Chef of the iconic Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai. He is also known for creating unique and recognizable dishes, which you can admire on his Instagram account. In this episode, he shares the process of creating such dishes (and much more).

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Where to find Gregoire Berger:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/Rl0PHAtR7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefgregoireberger/

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Where to find Gronda:

• App: https://gronda.app.link/get-app

• Website: https://gronda.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gronda/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrondaEN/

•  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grondanetwork

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Where to find Valentin Schütz:

• Gronda: https://gronda.app.link/JJmp3b4Q7tb

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vleosch/

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz

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