Gary He

03/07/25 • 69 min

Today on our episode #408 of All in the Industry, Shari Bayer's guest is Gary He, a James Beard Award-winning photographer and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Gary's style of on-the-ground visuals-driven storytelling has been published in The New York Times, Bloomberg, Bon Appetit, Eater, and Saveur. His first book, McAtlas: A Global Guide to the Golden Arches, was published in November 2024. Today's show also includes Shari's PR tip to have a good slogan; Speed Round; Industry News on the closing of legendary restaurateur Drew Nieporent and Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro's Tribeca Grill after 35 years in Tribeca, NYC; The World's 50 Best Restaurants launching a North America-Specific List featuring the US, Canada and parts of the Caribbean later this year; plus, upcoming events, including The TASTE Awards on March 10 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, where Shari will be a presenter; Ojai Food + Wine presented by FOOD & WINE, taking place March 3-16 at the Ojai Valley Inn in Ojai, CA, where Shari will be leading two sessions — a cooking demo with Blackberry Farm's Chef Cassidee Dabney, and a one-on-one conversation with Farmer Lee Jones of The Chef's Garden; and The Women in Hospitality Leadership Conference presented by MAPP and the Women's Hospitality Initiative from March 30-31 at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV. Shari also shares her solo dining experience at Quique Crudo in Manhattan's West Village on a snowy weekend evening.
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Michelle Bernstein; SOBEWFF 2025

Today on our episode #407 of All in the Industry, Shari Bayer's guest is Michelle Bernstein, a James Beard award-winning chef and restaurateur who was born and raised in Miami of Jewish and Latinx descent. Michelle is fixture in the culinary world — both in restaurant kitchens and in the media spotlight. Along with her husband/partner David Martinez, her restaurants, bars and concepts include, recently revived Sra. Martinez, Café La Trova, Sweet Liberty, La Cañita, and Michelle Bernstein Catering. Michelle hosts two TV shows: Check, Please! South Florida and the Emmy-award winning production SoFlo Taste, plus makes regular appearances on other wonderful programs, including Top Chef and Chopped. Today's show also includes Shari's PR tip to smile from the heart; Speed Round; & Industry News on the 24th annual Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SOBEWFF) presented by Capital One, which was founded by Lee Schrager and is returning this weekend, February 20-23, 2025. Shari will once again be attending, and Michelle will be hosting Noche Cubana presented by BACARDĺ Rum along with David Martinez and Gio Gutierrez. To purchase tickets and learn more, visit sobewff.org and @sobewff. Shari also shares her solo dining experience at Itamae AO, Chef Nando Chang's contemporary Nikkei chef's counter in Miami's Midtown neighborhood, and big brother restaurant to Maty's with his sister Chef Valerie Chang.

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"On the Road" at MENA's 50 Best Restaurants 2025, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Today on our episode #409 of All in the Industry, Shari Bayer has a special “On the Road” show from MENA’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, which took place in Abu Dhabi, UAE on January 28th, 2025. This was the fourth edition of the Middle East & North Africa's 50 Best Restaurants awards, sponsored by S. Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, and hosted in partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT).

Launched in 2022, MENA's 50 Best Restaurants is a celebration of the best places to eat across 19 countries in the Middle East & North Africa region. Restaurants from across 11 cities were announced as the 50 best places to eat in the region at the event held at Erth Abu Dhabi, culminating with the region’s #1 restaurant, Orfali Bros Bistro, for the 3rd consecutive year.

In addition to attending the MENA’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards Gala, Shari took part in a Meet the Chefs press event & #50BestTalks on January 27th at The Abu Dhabi Edition. Shari's exclusive interviews include:

Raj Dagstani, Chef/Owner, Marmellata Bakery, Abu Dhabi, UAE (#29 MENA)
- Mostafa Seif, Executive Chef, Khufu’s, Cairo, Egypt (#4 MENA)
- Guillaume Barray, Restaurant Manager, Ossiano, Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, UAE (#5 MENA; Art of Hospitality Award 2025)
- Solemann Haddad, Founder/Chef, Moonrise, Dubai, UAE (#10 MENA)
- Neha Mishra, Founder/Chef, Kinoya, Dubai, UAE, (#3 MENA)
- Mohammed Orfali, Owner/Chef, Orfali Bros Bistro, Dubai, UAE (#1 MENA)
- William Drew, Director of Content, 50 Best

Many thanks to everyone who joined Shari in conversation & congratulations to all, including the top 3: #1 - Orfali Bros Bistro for the 3rd year; #2 - Chef Himanshu Saini’s Tresind Studio, Dubai; Shari’s #solodining on ep #403; Chefwise; and #3 - Neha Mishra’s Kinoya, Dubai; Chefwise. Thanks & congrats to the entire 50 Best team. Wonderful to be a part of the celebration! For more info & the full list, go to theworlds50best.com & @theworlds50best #MENAs50Best.

Today's show also includes Shari's PR tip to celebrate the positive; Speed Round with Solemann Haddad, Moonrise; & Shari's incredible Solo Dining experience at FZN by Bjorn Frantzen at Atlantis, The Palm, The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai.

Support for this episode comes from the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE). To learn more, visit ICE.edu today.

Find all of our new & archived shows at AllintheIndustry.com. Listen at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe & leave us a rating/review.

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Check out Shari's book, Chefwise: Life Lessons from Leading Chefs Around the World (Phaidon), available wherever books are sold. #chefwisebook

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