Evan Kleiman, Francis Lam & Dan Pashman

Teaches at Caveat

Chef, author, radio host, restaurateur and sought after speaker, Evan Kleiman has been called "the fairy Godmother of the LA food scene" for her central role in bringing a community of food people together through her radio show, Good Food. As proprietor and chef of Angeli Caffe for 28 years before its close, Evan was credited with reintroducing rustic Italian cooking to the US. Evan is the author of eight books on Italian food, including her debut cookbook Cucina Fresca, which is considered a classic.

Francis Lam is the host of The Splendid Table, produced by American Public Media. Lam is the former Eat columnist for The New York Times Magazine and is Editor-at-Large at Clarkson Potter, a division within Penguin Random House that is a leader in cookbook publishing. For two seasons, Lam was a regular judge on Bravo’s hit show, Top Chef Masters. An award-winning writer, Lam has written for numerous publications, including Gourmet, Bon Appetít, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, Saveur, Salon, Men’s Journal, and the Financial Times.

Dan Pashman (host) is the James Beard Award-nominated creator and host of The Sporkful food podcast at Stitcher and Cooking Channel’s You’re Eating It Wrong. He’s a contributor to NPR and has appeared on shows as varied as Radiolab, Planet Money, WTF with Marc Maron, the Today Show, and Guy’s Grocery Games. As host of The Sporkful Dan has interviewed Rachel Maddow, Weird Al, Rosie Perez, Guy Fieri, Amy Sedaris, Kumail Nanjiani, Alton Brown, Padma Lakshmi, Jim Gaffigan and many more.