Rob Petrone

Big news, Westchester friends ... My directorial debut, "86'd: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World's Culinary Capital," is coming to YoFiFest in Yonkers this November.

Screening date and other details will be announced soon. Would love for you to come out!

Wanna get away?

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I wrote a piece for Esquire about some things to consider when dining out during a global pandemic. (Empathy's at the forefront.)

You Really Gotta Be Nicer to Your Server A post-vax boom of chaotic behavior and delta variant-inspired fear have both put the service industry in a tough spot. The least you can do is not be a dick.

Me and four of my former Restaurant Hunter Fios Originals OnDemand colleagues made a documentary about how COVID impacted New York's restaurants. It premieres Thursday, July 29 at the Long Beach International Film Festival. Here's the trailer. Would love for you to come out and see this important film.

86'd: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World's Culinary Capital (Official Trailer) "86’d: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World’s Culinary Capital" captures the fear, anger and resilience of New York’s restaurant community during the early...

People love to ask what I've been up to. Well, a lot -- including directing and co-producing a documentary for the first time. And I have some big news about it (including where you can see it) on this week's podcast (listen below).

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: Chapter 3, "Anger" (86'd: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World's Culinary Capital) on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Chapter 3, "Anger" (86'd: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World's Culinary Capital) - Jun 9, 2021

I wrote an article (and recipe) for The Washington Post defending the indispensable star of my pandemic cooking: ground turkey.

It’s time to show ground turkey a little respect If you’re looking for a protein that’s a blank canvas for your spice cabinet, ground turkey is your friend.

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How does a rock star eat? Not how you may think ...

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-the-story-of-a-rock-star-food/id1497368408?i=1000521570002

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: This Is ... The Story Of A Rock Star & Food on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep This Is ... The Story Of A Rock Star & Food - May 13, 2021

How did this highly successful TV & film producer, writer and director wind up starting a bread business?

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: This Successful TV Producer Started A Bread Business on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep This Successful TV Producer Started A Bread Business - Apr 28, 2021

This was FUN! A podcast episode featuring:

- '90s music
- Burger King and Olive Garden memories
- Why "Spaghetti, fettuccine and veal" is not a three-course meal, despite what Diddy thinks

Listen below or search "Hot Takes on a Plate" wherever you listen to podcasts!

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: '90s Nostalgia with Rob Harvilla on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep '90s Nostalgia with Rob Harvilla - Mar 24, 2021

Thanks, Westchester Magazine, for spreading the word about this important documentary podcast.

Restaurant Hunter Rob Petrone's Podcast Features Westchester Eateries In his subseries 86'd: How a Global Pandemic Rocked the World's Culinary Capital, the foodie host interviews local restaurants about the impact of COVID-19.

This special documentary podcast was a year in the making ...

In chapter 1 of 86'd: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World's Culinary Capital, I look back at "Ground Zero" of COVID in New York and how restaurants were responding to the emerging crisis this time last year. (Most interviews you hear in this episode were recorded last March and April.)

Thanks to Dale Talde of Goosefeather, Wilson Tang of Nom Wah, Ellen Sledge of Penny Lick Ice Cream Company, Jerry DeJesus of The North End Tavern and Chip Wade of Union Square Hospitality Group for taking the time to share their stories -- and to Helen Rosner of The New Yorker for reflecting on the year that was.

Listen to this special Hot Takes on a Plate below or wherever you listen to podcasts.

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: Chapter 1, “Ground Zero” (86’d: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World’s Culinary Capital) on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Chapter 1, “Ground Zero” (86’d: How A Global Pandemic Rocked The World’s Culinary Capital) - Mar 10, 2021

I wrote a very personal essay for the Washington Post about my relationship with food -- and how that impacts my career -- in the wake of my heart attack.

Food was my life — until a heart attack at 41 almost killed me Food was my life, professionally and personally. After my heart attack at age 41, everything had to change.

Since my heart attack over a year ago, I've often found myself going down a rabbit hole of looking up "healthy" foods. But what is healthy, exactly? It can be pretty confusing. Which is why on this week's Bleav Podcasts Hot Takes on a Plate, I spoke with an expert.

Please listen, rate and subscribe!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-healthy/id1497368408?i=1000510454199

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: What Is Healthy? on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep What Is Healthy? - Feb 24, 2021

Really enjoyed talking to Roger Mooking for this week's podcast. There's so much more to him that what you just see in short clips on TV.

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: Why Roger Mooking Chooses To Laugh on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Why Roger Mooking Chooses To Laugh - Feb 10, 2021

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‎Hot Takes on a Plate: Safety Is Sexy -- Unless You're Bon Appétit, Andrew Cuomo Or A Super Bowl Party on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Safety Is Sexy -- Unless You're Bon Appétit, Andrew Cuomo Or A Super Bowl Party - Feb 3, 2021

What will you all be eating and drinking in 2021? Is such a thing predictable? I discuss with Food Network Magazine editor-in-chief Maile Carpenter on this week's Hot Takes on a Plate!

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: Food Trends with Maile Carpenter on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Food Trends with Maile Carpenter - Jan 27, 2021

An interesting conversation on why we "cancel" some people and forgive others ...

‎Hot Takes on a Plate: David Chang & Accountability (with Hannah Selinger) on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep David Chang & Accountability (with Hannah Selinger) - Jan 18, 2021

To use or not to use those restaurant gift cards you've received -- that is the question. With restaurants struggling right now, how do gift cards play into the equation?

I spoke with Adam Lathan of The Gumbo Bros about the gift cards I've received to his restaurant that I can't bring myself to use. What he had to say was enlightening.

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: Should You Use Those Restaurant Gift Cards? on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Should You Use Those Restaurant Gift Cards? - Jan 6, 2021

I love cooking turkey for Thanksgiving -- but not this year. I'm taking this Thanksgiving off, not cooking a single thing. Instead, I'm outsourcing all of the work to two of my favorite restaurants, The Gumbo Bros and Liberty Street Bistro. Why? I've done too much cooking in 2020, we're not eating with people outside our home and, most importantly, restaurants need our help right now.

If it's not too late, I encourage you to find a restaurant (or restaurants -- you can mix-and-match like I'm doing) you love and order some things for this holiday. Share your ideas in the comments below and tag your favorites!

I discuss this idea and so much more about what is a very different Thanksgiving on a special Hot Takes on a Plate podcast featuring Washington Post food and dining editor Joe Yonan.

LISTEN: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pandemic-thanksgiving-with-joe-yonan/id1497368408?i=1000499917942

Do you miss Restaurant Hunter? It's been a year since Fios1 News (and thus, the show) went off the air.

On this week's Hot Takes on a Plate, I share what the last year has been like and what I see the future holding for me as it pertains to television. I also answer a whole bunch of your questions and chat with my longtime videographer on the show, Danyella Vitucci, about our experiences making the show.

Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-year-without-restaurant-hunter/id1497368408?i=1000498114858

What is the best Halloween candy? Which candies are underrated? Which are overrated?

I did a candy draft with Eater NY critic Ryan Sutton to get to the bottom of this. Take a listen and let me know who had the best team!

LISTEN ⬇️

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: The Halloween Candy Draft (with Ryan Sutton) on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep The Halloween Candy Draft (with Ryan Sutton) - Oct 28, 2020

I've never met a chef who's willing to express publicly hotter takes than Eric Rivera. And he has plenty to say. Listen ⬇️

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: This Chef Won't Let You Eat At His Restaurant (Eric Rivera) on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep This Chef Won't Let You Eat At His Restaurant (Eric Rivera) - Oct 21, 2020

It's easy to advertise your political stances as a restaurant when you know the community you're in mostly agrees with you. But what happens when two restaurants share very different political beliefs in a small town that went to Trump by +12 in '16 -- but also has a large number of weekenders who visit from very liberal places?

Two restaurants. Same town. Very different politics. That's this week's Bleav Podcasts Hot Takes on a Plate.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-restaurants-same-town-very-different-politics/id1497368408?i=1000494699327

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: Two Restaurants. Same Town. Very Different Politics. on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Two Restaurants. Same Town. Very Different Politics. - Oct 14, 2020

Where do you stand on the pumpkin flavored products during fall?! Rob Petrone discusses with Ali Khan Eats and Allison Robicelli 🔥 Don't miss Hot Takes on a Plate: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bleav-in-hot-takes-on-a-plate/id1497368408

IS PUMPKIN SPICE NICE? It's not for just lattés anymore ... this ubiquitous (notorious?) flavor is now finding its way into turkey and mac & cheese.

Lots of hot takes to discuss this week with my guests, Food Network personality Ali Khan and food writer Allison Robicelli!

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: Is Pumpkin Spice Nice? on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Is Pumpkin Spice Nice? - Oct 7, 2020

Dan Pashman is arguably the most successful food podcaster there has ever been. And like so many broadcasters, the road to success was full of potholes; Dan had been laid off from six different jobs in eight years prior to launching The Sporkful with Dan Pashman in 2010. "If I own my own podcast, at least no one can cancel it but me," he tells me on this week's Bleav Podcasts Hot Takes on a Plate. "And here I am, 10 years later, I still haven't canceled myself!" Fresh off the show's 10th anniversary, Dan shares with me how he's stayed relevant over all these years, plus we debate some of his hottest all-time food takes.

Listen ⬇️

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: Dan Pashman on 10 Years of Food Hot Takes on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Dan Pashman on 10 Years of Food Hot Takes - Sep 29, 2020

NEW Hot Takes on a Plate with Rob Petrone featuring guest and food writer Alicia Kennedy! Rob and Alicia talk awards: what purpose they serve, the biases baked into them, and the conflicting emotions and realities that surround them.

Tap in here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bleav-in-hot-takes-on-a-plate/id1497368408

I've been fortunate to win some awards over the years. They're great for the resume -- but there are also drawbacks.

I had a great chat with the brilliant food writer Alicia Kennedy about awards -- in particular, the James Beard Awards, which are the Oscars of the culinary world -- and how flawed they are.

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: Awards with Alicia Kennedy on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Awards with Alicia Kennedy - Sep 22, 2020

"Everyone wanted to open a restaurant and I sometimes feel, aside from the federal government bailing us out or not bailing us out, this is kind of like a stock market correction, to be quite honest with you."

Wilson Tang of the century-old Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown shared hot takes on bailouts, premature New York obituaries and Chinese food on this week's Bleav Podcasts Hot Takes on a Plate.

Listen and share your thoughts!

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: Wilson Tang Believes In New York, Market Corrections And Chinese Takeout on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Wilson Tang Believes In New York, Market Corrections And Chinese Takeout - Sep 15, 2020

That's not me in the picture (but I'd love to be wherever that dude is right now!)

On the latest Hot Takes on a Plate, Rob Petrone takes a break from food opinions to discuss his mental health routine. Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bleav-in-hot-takes-on-a-plate/id1497368408

End of summer. Back to school. Holidays around the corner. Oh,and COVID.

Stress and anxiety are pretty high right now for all of us. So on this latest Bleav Podcasts Hot Takes on a Plate, I thought I'd share some personal tips for staying calm and collected during these unprecedented times.

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: My Mental Health Routine on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep My Mental Health Routine - Sep 9, 2020

Rob Petrone and Carrie Melago are talking all things SCHOOL FOOD on the latest Hot Takes on a Plate! Remember those sloppy joes lunches? Tune in to the show here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bleav-in-hot-takes-on-a-plate/id1497368408

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How do you feel about what will be a school year unlike any other? Also, are PB&J sandwiches overrated?

This week's Bleav Podcasts Hot Takes on a Plate is dishing on back to school bites -- figuratively and literally.

‎Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate: Back To School Bites (Figuratively and Literally) with Carrie Melago on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Bleav in Hot Takes on a Plate, Ep Back To School Bites (Figuratively and Literally) with Carrie Melago - Aug 31, 2020