Food Dude Bruce Newbury

The Olympics have nothing on The Great Chili Cook-off in Newport, Rhode Island. As the curling and luge was going on, hundreds of chili fans sampled some of the greatest chili creations from Newport and Rhode Island restaurants and chefs. With Food Dude reporter Ben Newbury, we talk to the creators and more important, the tasters as they vote for the Chili Champions. Who's going for (red) Gold? Dig in and find out. with the help of Rheds Hot Sauce.

A Super Side trip for New England fans on today's episode. Joy Sterling and Iron Horse Vineyards want to be part of the Welcome Wagon for everyone following the Patriots out to the Bay Area. Just an hour from the Golden Gate in Sebastopol are some of the Russian River Valley's finest sparklers and Chardonnay and more. Perfect with Dungeness crab which is in season right now. Speaking of seafood, how about a real top taste of New England chowder. What's on top is special. New England Common Crackers. We'll go to the only place that still makes them. And it's Providence Restaurant Weeks so we're dining around with Christine Phillips of GO PVD.

Chef Cara Marie Mourning, new executive chef, Mill's Tavern, Providence and Emily Schario, content officer and founder of The B-Side. I'm an influencer, you're an influencer, he's an influencer, she's an influencer, wouldn't you like to be an influencer too! We get to talk to a couple of people who are really on the leading edge of what is going on in food and in one kitchen in particular. A couple of great chats you'll enjoy.

I'm allowed one Dad joke per episode. So Providence RI needs some love. One of my hometowns, it had a tough week before the week before Christmas. So my friends at Track 15 send this one out. Then its off to the Vermont inn where it always snows on Christmas Eve - the Waybury - my Vermont home with Chef Antonio. And then back to PVD for the best cooking class ever with Dean of Students and Champagne Sabering King Bob Burke at his legendary Pot au Feu. Merry Christmas my dear friends.

Borrowed from Mardi Gras - Laissez les bontemps rouler! Let the good times roll. By French law, on the Third Thursday of November the new Beaujolais wine may be released. It has been in the barrel and the bottle for about ten minutes. Okay, six months. It's a fun, fruity red wine that as Bob Burke says, you want to date, not marry...Ah, the French. So, he throws a party every November and it's here. The barrels are being rolled out in Providence RI and it has become a landmark in North America. You're invited. By the way, this wine pairs very well with turkey....

And there's ice cream, coffee milk and chips! We're tasting our way through a bunch of treats today. First, seafood - that's the Blue food. Emmy Award Winning TV Personality / Chef/ Cookbook Author / James Beard Winner Andrew Zimmern and Award Winning Chef and Sustainable Seafood Expert, Barton Seaver talk and share recipes from their new Blue Food Cookbook. Then we're off to Dave's Marketplace in Rhode Island for Local Tasting Day with local specialty makers Schartner Farms,Navad Bakery, Wright's Dairy Farm and Nantucket Crisps. I'm full!

So the cheese never stands alone. We had a great time at the Grafton Village Cheese Company's Okemo Valley Tasting Room and Retail Store in Proctorsville, Vermont. Inside we were treated to the state of the cheesemaker's art with aged cheddar and some of the finest cheddars and other specialty cheeses that have ever been tasted. Outside, our neighbors had some high-end hardwood grills going and served up amazing Smoked Mac and Cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches that go way beyond anything you have ever tasted. We spoke to Kent Underwood - yes, the Big Cheese - and Jack and Shadow who know their cheeses and Arnie on the grill. And some of our friends who stopped by. There's more of our friends in this episode. Chef Antonio Petri from Waybury Inn and I talk about fall and Thanksgiving, Kathleen Stine talks Oktoberfest at her Orchard and Mon Ami Bob Burke and I talk about a Supper Club and a fancy night out in Providence RI!

It's tea time so mind your manners and pinkies up! We're off to a Gilded Age style High Tea in Providence RI at the always amazing Mill's Tavern. Then you'll be one of the first to try the new JT Commons restaurant in Newport just over the line in Middletown. It's a cool concept from Newport Restaurant Group. And I think I see Peak Foliage. How about Foliage and Flavor! Everything tastes better in Vermont and especially during Foliage Season. So our friends at Grafton Village and Vermont Farmstead Cheese are throwing a Peak Colors Peak Flavors party and you're invited.

Wait what?? We're all over it on this week's episode. You'll be among the first to taste with your ears the new Girl Scout Cookie Exploremores. And of course what goes better than a Fall Pumpkin Beer? We'll pop the top on a few with Jen Brinton of Greysail Brewing in Rhode Island. Bookend all that with a stay at my Vermont home, the Waybury Inn, and my Newport hideaway, the Chart House and it's a great Fall getaway. Enjoy.

Wanna be my Tailgate Date? We're going tailgating with Chef Jamie Gwen who has already said she would. Don't fight over me now. It's Maine Lobster Week and Gillian Britt will be our tour guide all over the great State of Maine. And from the Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival, culinary director Chef Kevin Des Chenes and guest celebrity chef Jen Behm-Lazzarini.

So, how's your French? If you know, you know. In French, it's "House of Tent" which works. We're at Waybury Inn where the new "Great Outdoors" tent just went up. Some guests are already calling the Waybury Dome. It's going to host some amazing events this fall and Chef Antonio fills us in on a big one upcoming - O'hAnleigh's 1000th Show Sept 21. Now if you said, "Cheese Tent," you're right too. It's Cheese Week in Vermont. Kent Underwood and Meg Gonzalez from Grafton Village Cheese Co are at the party. Then we are off to Barkeaters in Shelburne to talk amazing fall specials with proprietor David Zeidler. Enjoy!

Who says no to pie and coffee? Not us. Especially when its Vermont Coffee Company and the North American Maple Pie Competition! Jacob Powsner who is Baird Farm's Coffee Bean Counter is first up from his family farm's 4th Annual North American Maple Pie Competition before the event took place. Then, it's our first-ever Coffee Show with Mira Rinder-Goddard from Vermont Coffee Company taking us from espresso to Americano and everything in between. Pour yourself a big mug and enjoy.

Fans of Farmers' Markets have their favorites, each with its own special charm. The Shelburne (VT) Farmers Market is getting more charming each week. It has become one of the largest in Vermont. We spent the last Saturday in July visiting with the vendors and turned it into an hour of Food Dude Radio. And we just got started. Also, a stop at Vermont's only A&W Drive-In and we get ready for culinary school with a new college degree program getting off the ground this September. We begin at the Waybury Inn to talk about peak summer with Chef Antonio Petri. Enjoy.

You ask everyone, "How is your summer going?" and the reply is usually, "Great but too fast." Summer has a habit of slipping away. Summer food events come fast and furious. Here are a couple more to savor before the seasons change. The Summer Soiree to benefit Little Sisters and Fishes At The Fort on behalf of Eating with the Ecosystem. Meet Lauren Clem who is organizing the Soiree and chefs Josh Berman (Little Fish) and David Standridge (Shipwright's Daughter) who are cooking at Fishes.

July 21 2025 - How do you grow a 7-foot sunflower? How do you cook and butter your sweet corn? Where is the most seafood in one place in New England? These questions are answered on today's episode with guests Anson Tebbetts, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture; Heather Paliotta, director of the Charlestown (RI) Seafood Festival; andHarmony Edosomwan, who is touring Vermont this summer with her soul food business, Harmony's Kitchen. And some food news thrown in. Enjoy.

It's our Wine Show with Winemaker James Davids, Tasting Room manager Drew Eichinger and proprietor Marissa Stashenko of Sakonnet Vineyards in Rhode Island - New England's oldest vineyard and winery. But it's much more. Also in this episode - Providence Restaurant Weeks with Christine Phillips of GO Providence and Nicole Canning of the Stoneacre Experience and the new Cafe at the Carriage House at the Elms, one of the Newport (RI) Mansions. This is a sample show for broadcast affiliate review. Thanks for your consideration to add Dining Out with Bruce Newbury - The Food Dude to your lineup. Thanks for listening!

It was a perfect summer day on Lake Champlain in Vermont and perfect to taste, learn and enjoy the best from winemakers, chefs, makers, creators, artisans and your Food Dude at the 2025 Burlington Wine and Food festival. Our broadcast live on the radio featured Chef Antonio Petri from Waybury Inn, Chefs Kevin Des Chenes "Kev D" and Brian Duffy, Chef Sean Blomgren from Spruce Peak, wine and artisan food purveyors from Fleury de Sel, Grafton Village Cheese, Louis Sel. And the crowd went wild as you will hear.

Dave's Fresh Marketplace in Rhode Island has been the Food Dude's exclusive Broadcast Bistro for over a decade. I could not be more proud to represent and speak on behalf of this great grocery success story. This year, IGA, the nation's grocer association named Dave's Marketplace its Grocer Of The Year. We're not taking a victory lap just yet. Dave's just redid its flagship East Greenwich (RI) store. Sue Budlong and I did a walk and talk through the freshened up Dave's Fresh Marketplace!

You can sample Championship Mustard from the Worldwide Mustard Competition and be part of a webinar with me and Mr Mustard - kenz@paulwmarks.com. Then we're off to Burlington Wine and Food with Tracy and Mike Stolese and a visit to Chart House Inn in Newport RI with Nicole Canning.

There is Daylight Saving Time and then there is Waybury Time. At the Waybury Inn in Vermont, guests take time to relax and to go back in time. In our guest rooms, our dining room and in our Pub where friends gather. This June, there's good times in our Pub with the music of AO'Hanleigh. Tom Hanley and I spent some Waybury time talking things over. Before that, Chef Antonio Petri talked about great food and wine discoveries coming to the Waybury this June as well as at Burlington (VT) Wine and Food.