83. 'It Starts With Us' w/ Alvin Cailan, Author, Chef and host of The Burger Show

Update: 2023-01-16

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*Season Finale* Alvin Cailan is a chef, author, and host of The Burger Show on First We Feast. Alvin grew up in a Chicano section of LA as an AMBOY (American raised Filipino), and trained as a world-class chef with Thomas Keller before striking out on his own as founder of the now iconic breakfast brand Eggslut. Alvin and Rich Tu sit down and talk about his early days as a "tournat", how grind culture has changed, his love of Filipino cuisine, and how he has become the most high profile in voice America's Filipino food movement.

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Audio produced by Timothy Simonson / @timwicked

Illustration by Eugenia Mello / @eumiel

Thanks to DesGin for their support

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