Chef Andrew Gruel

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310 appearances 3 recordings 2 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 18 Sep

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And then I started to kind of dibble and dabble in the in the nutritional side of it.
But strictly culinary, go without the seed oils.
Which is why we focused on the in the recipe with RFK Junior on making your own vinaigrette and showing how simple it is because that's one of those things you reach for and you grab in the fridge two or three times a day, you know, seven days a week, 21 times you're buying that over and over again.
That seed oil and those preservatives and all the extra sodium, it starts to add up.
And it's so simple to make at home.
It's always going to be cheaper.
You can pick your olive oils, pick your vinegars.
It's really kind of that that jazz standard that you can use.
Great question.
I mean, COVID was a litmus test.
It was almost a filter to see how aggressive the government would get.
And you could use COVID because it's really emblematic of the way in which they make decisions in so many other areas.
But generally speaking, you know, it was about the unintended consequences.
And the point about outdoor dining was, you know, if you're forcing people away from outdoor dining, where are they going to be?
They're going to be in tight enclosed spaces in their houses or in their backyards having parties and there's a higher likelihood that they
Transmit or they cross-pollinate what COVID, right?
Um, so the unintended consequence, you got people sicker.
Now you can apply that unintended consequence theory to pretty much anything.
So when I look at it from the perspective of restaurants or food service, every single time the government from a local or state or even a federal level gets involved in trying to manipulate the food system, ultimately the problem gets worse.
So I've been very bold about this free market approach to
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