#31. Join us for an engaging podcast episode featuring Nilou Motamed, a prominent figure in food journalism with over two decades of experience. Nilou's impressive career includes crafting her role as Features Director at Travel and Leisure and holding the prestigious position of Editor-in-Chief at Epicurious and Food & Wine Magazine. She's not just an editor; Nilou is also an Emmy-nominated TV personality and the former Director of Inspiration at Conrad Hotels. As if that wasn't enough, she's a co-founder of Story Collective, a brand and strategy consultancy firm.

Currently, you can catch Nilou Motamed as a permanent judge on Netflix's revival of Iron Chef. This conversation with Nilou was so captivating that we've decided to split it into two episodes.

In this second episode, we dig into the importance of storytelling, and specifically as it relates to chefs in today's world. And this leads into a conversation about the show in which Nilou is a permanent judge on Iron Chef, and the incredible talent that's in the kitchen in that show. And these chefs are not only creating delicious food, and they're not only technicians, but they're also telling incredible stories. We also dig into how to make great food at scale. Then we end with a game where Josh asks Nilou some questions about some opulent ingredients.

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In this episode, we cover:

(02:05) Nilou's background in law
(3:24) Nilou's reflection on her successful career
(7:29) The importance of being surrounded by talented people
(12:03) Nilou's experience with Travel & Leisure
(15:20) Nilou's experience with Epicurious
(17:10) Narcissism in leaders
(18:54) Nilou's travel lists
(26:10) Storytelling and Iron Chef
(38:59) Food at scale
(40:11) A new kind of Q & A

Nilou Motamed (Part 2)

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