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Around the Table is a gamified talk show where Food Network Star Aarti Sequeira hosts a rotating guest list to talk about the food world's big news of the week. Each week: three topics and a quickfire. The most savvy take gets the gold star and everyone gets stickers so no one leaves sad, just temporarily defeated:) UNTIL NEXT WEEK.SO if you want to keep up on food news and trends, know what your favorite celebrity chef REALLY thinks and just have fun spanning time with chatty friends, Around the Table is your new weekly hangout!
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- 4 weeks ago29 min
Trader Joe's, AI & Placeholder Partners
What's YOUR favorite Trader Joe's item? Do YOU use AI to make food decisions? AND do you have or want a placeholder partner? What about... a plateholder partner? This week, Around the Table welcomes Antonia Lofaso, Ayesha Nurdjaja & Duff Goldman to the panel! Aarti Sequeira will lead them through the food + pop culture zeitgeist in a game night that is at turns funny, profound and occasionally absurd. From everything spice to self-care to the difference between Michelin friends and Nathan's hot dog friends... it's all here on this week's Around the Table!
- Apr 16, 202638 min
Pop(corn) Culture Fight, NOMA No Nos & Starring: Whiskey!
Season 1, Episode 6 Featuring Jeff Mauro, Damaris Phillips and Nikki Dinki Your bi-monthly food-meets-pop culture-meets-game-night where Aarti Sequeira invites her favourite food world weirdos to geek out over the latest dish from the culinary zeitgeist. This week, her panel will try to out-quip one another talking about Popcorn Container Battles! (from Dune 2 to Hail Mary to Devil Wears Prada) NOMA (abuse allegations in the GOAT of world restaurants) & Whiskey Business (the greatest STARRING ROLES for Whiskey in POP CULTURE HISTORY!) Her panel this month is DUFF GOLDMAN (Ace of Cakes, Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time) ANTONIA LOFASO (Tournament of Champions, Top Chef) & AYEHSA NURDJAJA (Triple Threat, 2026 James Beard nominee with a BRAND NEW COOKBOOK)
- Mar 1, 202626 min
Stranger/Tastier Things, The Death of the Tasting Menu & TikTik Solo Dining
Season 1, Episode 5 Featuring Jeff Mauro, Damaris Phillips and Nikki Dinki Your bi-monthly food-meets-pop culture game/talk show where Aarti Sequeira invites her favourite food world friends to navigate the ever-changing culinary zeitgeist! This week, guest will battle over who has the best take on nostalgic treats (sparked by the Peanut Butter Bopper revival, thanks to Stranger Things), whether a recent glut of tasting menu closures is a sign of the times or NBD AND whether the Tiktok solo dining trend is speaking to our hungry souls!
- Feb 14, 202633 min
Valentine's Day, The New Food Pyramid and Food Long Cons
Featuring Jeff Mauro, Damaris Phillips and Nikki Dinki! Your bi-monthly food-meets-pop culture talkshow where Aarti Sequeira invites her favourite food world friends to make sense of it all! This week, we wonder whether the new Food Pyramid is any tastier (or better?) than the previous version; whether going out for dinner for Valentine's Day is over-rated; and confession time! What foods have we all pretended to like but really hated?! AND HOW LONG DID WE LIE?
- Jan 2, 202629 min
Around the Table: Macro Mania
This week, Aarti Sequeira invites guests Jet Tila, Damaris Phillips & Troy Johnson to sit around the table and see who can explore the following questions with the greatest acumen of insight and soundbite! The National Protein Obsession: have we gone too far? Is Michelin coverage just bougie pay for play? AND should larger people pay more at group dinners? Wait, WHAT???!? ALL that PLUS a quickfire Naughty or Nice List sorting of THE CHRISTMAS TREATS WE JUST GORGED OURSELVES ON FOR THE LAST WEEK! Enjoy this preview episode of the forthcoming 2026 weekly show! Let us know what you think! Send us food world topics to tackle! Like and subscribe to know when the rollout begins! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
- Dec 27, 202540 min
Around the Table: Jingles All the Way
A special sneak peek episode - a Christmas offering for the forthcoming 2026 weekly series! S1 E1: Jingles All the Way The journey begins. Bells are jingling on horse sand reindeer and in the hands of Salvation Army Santas, but it's ALSO the season to be jolly about jingles ringing out to move product in an ADHD attention economy. AND THAT'S just the first topic of hot food world tea to be spilled and insider baseball to be analyzed here on AROUND THE TABLE - the show that gamifies discourse on the food business. Hot takes, cold takes, reheated in the microwave takes... and all without any need to tip the service staff. Although these celebrity chefs and food journalists DO appreciate appropriate levels of fawning. Another sneak episode next week! w/ host Aarti Sequeira & guests Troy Johnson (San Diego Magazine) Damaris Phillips (Simply Southern) Justin Warner (NFNS) TOPICS: Jingles All the Way, Year End Lists, ATT-ify Wrapped & CryptoCulinary
About Around The Table
Around the Table is a gamified talk show where Food Network Star Aarti Sequeira hosts a rotating guest list to talk about the food world's big news of the week. Each week: three topics and a quickfire. The most savvy take gets the gold star and everyone gets stickers so no one leaves sad, just temporarily defeated:) UNTIL NEXT WEEK.SO if you want to keep up on food news and trends, know what your favorite celebrity chef REALLY thinks and just have fun spanning time with chatty friends, Around the Table is your new weekly hangout!
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