Dishing It Out: Inside the World of Culinary Television | Traverse City Food & Wine

Name: Dishing It Out: Inside the World of Culinary Television | Traverse City Food & Wine
Start: 2025-08-23T19:00:00-04:00
Location: City Opera House

Schedule

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

City Opera House | Traverse City, MI

The National Writers Series and Traverse City Food & Wine are excited to convene talented alumni of several food TV competitions with a long-time food television creator and producer for a one-of-a-kind conversation. Chefs Mei Lin and Sarah Welch take the stage with television producer Jim Berger, to dish about what it’s like to be on a reality competition show and how it compares to real life in the kitchen. These chefs will talk about how they rose through the ranks and share their stories about finding a balance between a love of making great food and being successful in a televised culinary competition. Food writer and TASTE podcast host Matt Rodbard will moderate the panel.
This conversation will inevitably shed new light on the chefs’ and producer’s experiences creating and competing on the shows, and what it’s like to turn a creative culinary passion into engaging television.