Jill Matthias of Chez Nous and Juan Cassalett of Malagon are married and it seems their temperaments and their separate restaurants complement each other. Jill Matthias and Juan Cassalett on the Hidden F&B Charleston ..read more

This episode was recorded as Michael and Caitlin Toscano were about to open their new place, Da Toscano Porchetta Shop and they were scrambling, but they were nice enough to stop and chat. In fact, if you listen carefully, you may hear the background conversation of construction. The shop has since opened, after a brief flood, and the two are juggling that and their other businesses while keeping it delicious. Michael and Caitlin Toscano, on the Hidden F&B Charleston ..read more

Christine England started Lowcountry Eat Out as a little Facebook group to connect restaurateurs with people looking to buy their overstocks during COVID. It’s grown to almost 100,000 followers and restaurant owners say the attention this group has given them may have saved them. The only rule? Don’t yuck on someone’s yum. Christine England, the creator of Lowcountry Eat Out, on the Hidden F&B Charleston ..read more

We talk with Jim McCourt and James Walsh, owners of Prohibition. Prohibition is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, and that’s quite an accomplishment in these days of bars that trend and fade. The two talk about the changes they’ve seen on busy King Street, and why, despite their lovely Irish accents, they didn’t open an Irish bar. Jim McCourt and James Walsh on the Hidden F&B Charleston ..read more

Kevin Johnson of the Grocery is venturing out into the 'burbs with his new restaurant, Lola Rose ..read more

Tracey Richardson brings the sweet heat with her Lillie's of Charleston barbecue sauces, hot sauces, spices and rubs, and now, popcorn. Tracey talks about how these sauces went from her dad’s restaurant when she was young, to bottles on Charleston grocery store shelves, and on Amazon nationwide. Tracey Richardson, on the Hidden F&B Charleston ..read more

Don’t call Lauren McDuffie a chef – she says she’s a professional home cook and she wants to keep it that way so she keeps enjoying cooking. Lauren’s got a new cookbook, Southern Lights, coming out June 6 and she talks with us about how she wants to lighten up southern food ..read more

Maybe you've heard of kombucha. Maybe you've heard of hard cider. But have you heard about hard kombucha? It would be hard to find two nicer people to introduce you to the concept than Marissa and Clay Carlisle of Beve Bene Brewing in Charleston. Beve Bene Brewing on the Hidden F&B Charleston ..read more

Jason DuPree, executive chef of Johns island's Blu Oyster Sushi + Seafood is one of the few African American executive chefs in the Charleston area and he has some opinions on what it takes to succeed ..read more

Bintou N'Daw fell in love with Charleston when she saw how similar it was to her native Senegal. She decided it was the perfect place to relocate her New York business making African sauces, Nafi’s Original Sauces. Bintou N’Daw on the Hidden F&B Charleston ..read more