Acquired Taste Food Podcasts

Luca Servodio

Booking Overview

This is a weekly Los Angeles food and restaurant show combining host-led industry commentary with interviews featuring chefs, food writers, and culinary personalities. Agencies could credibly pitch established chefs, restaurant owners, food critics, culinary authors, and experts on dining trends or restaurant operations; booking difficulty is medium because the show features recognizable regional figures but is focused on the Los Angeles scene.

Metrics

Episodes: 202

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 54.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

lservodio.la@gmail.com

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Host

Luca Servodio - Los Angeles restaurant commentator and podcast host known for covering the city’s chefs, restaurants, dining trends, and food culture.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Established chefs, restaurant owners and operators, food writers, culinary media personalities, and recognized experts on Los Angeles dining or food culture.

Required Achievements:

Operating or leading a notable restaurant, Established food writing or culinary media work, Recognized expertise in regional cuisine or restaurant trends, Professional experience shaping the Los Angeles dining scene

Recent Guest Discussions

Bill Esparza - Ensenada-style Fish Tacos, Baja Cuisine, And The Standards That Distinguish Authentic Regional Preparations.

Karen Palmer - Restaurant Branding, Los Angeles Sandwiches, Hillstone, New Restaurants, Michelin Coverage, And Current Dining Trends.

Nancy DaSilva - The Anthony Bourdain Biopic, Culinary Media, And The Portrayal Of Bourdain’s Life And Career.

Recent Topics

Food, Restaurants, Los Angeles Dining, Chefs, Food Culture

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Acquired Taste Food Podcasts

Cake on the floor! (Cake Week) | GBBO S17 E1 | COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF

September 29, 2026

Nancy DaSilva and Bits Nicholas are back in the Great British Bake Off tent and we are so excited to have them here!!! Lots to discuss on this first episode, most notably the departure of our dear Prue, the entrance of Nigella Lawson, and not one but TWO cakes on the floor.Join us for our coverage of GBBO series 17!!!!!!!!!

Daniel Humm Sells Out. Luca Cries During Dinner. And a New Podcast Joins the Network. | LA FOOD PODCAST

September 25, 2026

Big news for the feed: Compliments to the Chef is joining Acquired Taste Media. Hosts Bits Nicholas and Nancy DeSilva join Luca to talk about their friendship, their Top Chef obsession, what they know about the next season, and the Great British Bake Off coverage coming to this feed next week.First, they compare restaurant notes: Bits and Nancy return to Brooklyn’s reopened Ugly Baby, Luca falls hard for Little Mountain in Montecito, and somehow the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizza place in...

Why the New York Times’ Best Restaurants List Is Better Than Michelin. Plus, Influencer “Licenses,” the Unreasonable Unreasonable Hospitality Backlash & Crumbl Under Fire.

September 18, 2026

The New York Times named its 50 favorite restaurants in America, and somehow Komal is the first LA Mexican restaurant to make the list in six years. Luca and Sal break down LA selections Komal, Jacaranda and Yerord Mas Bakery & Deli, debate whether the list actually represents how America eats, and name the two Los Angeles restaurants they would have chosen instead. Plus: shrinking portions at Dune, Pawn Shop and Daisy Margarita Bar, the backlash against food influencers, “unreasonable ho...

Publicly listed emails

lservodio.la@gmail.com

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