Dirty Secrets of Chain Restaurants | Chef Andrew Gruel
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Turning Point USA
5 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Is the seafood you’re eating a SCAM? Are Michelin stars just fancy nonsense? And WHY is tipping getting so out of control?! We’re diving deep with Chef Andrew Gruel—Food Network star, founder of Slapfish, and CEO of American Gravy Restaurant Group.
From judging on Chopped Junior to launching a new family-friendly cookbook with BRAVE Books, Chef Gruel brings the heat with insider stories on food, family, and the future of dining in America 🍽️ If you eat food (uh, that’s you), you NEED to hear this!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You agree that tipping culture is completely out of control. |
| 0:03.4 | They started making sure that you would tip in every single area so you could subsidize their wages. |
| 0:08.1 | Government gets highly involved in the way in which somebody does business, |
| 0:11.2 | and then you end up having these unintended consequences, i.e. tip screens every single place you go. |
| 0:20.3 | You know, What's the real deal when it comes to eating seafood in America? |
| 0:43.1 | Are Michelin stars all they're cracked up to be, or is it all just hype? |
| 0:46.7 | And why has tipping culture become so out of control? |
| 0:50.4 | If these are the burning questions on your mind, you're in for a treat today. |
| 0:53.7 | We're sitting down with the one and only chef, Andrew Gruel, a Food Network star and the founder |
| 0:58.0 | of Slapfish, the wildly popular seafood chain with over 15 locations. |
| 1:02.6 | Chef Grohl is here to spill the secrets behind the seafood industry, restaurant culture, |
| 1:06.2 | and a whole lot more. |
| 1:07.2 | Trust me, you're not going to want to miss this. |
| 1:09.3 | From politics to Maha, he has an answer |
| 1:11.6 | for everything. He's teamed up with brave books to create a brand new family Christian and |
| 1:16.3 | conservative-based cook book that's all about creating nourishing meals kids will love to cook and |
| 1:20.6 | eat. Get ready for an eye-opening conversation about food, family, and the future of dining in |
| 1:24.9 | America. Watch this episode on the Real Alex Clark YouTube channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify. |
| 1:29.3 | And don't forget, leave a five-star review to support the show for free. |
| 1:32.3 | Or if you are an OG fan and you want to support in a really big way, we are completely donor-funded. |
| 1:37.3 | If you donate to the show in the link through the description, it will be tax deductible. |
| 1:41.3 | It is tax season, so something to consider. Please welcome celebrity chef |
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