"Fine" Dining

Michael Ornelas

Booking Overview

This is a hybrid restaurant-history and food-tasting show featuring the comedian host alongside recurring personal collaborators and entertainment-industry acquaintances. Credible pitches would include restaurant founders, food writers, culinary personalities, chain-restaurant executives, and entertaining food-focused creators; booking should be relatively easy because the show favors accessible, conversational guests over high-profile experts.

Metrics

Episodes: 187

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 23.8k subscribers

Instagram: 1.8k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

finediningpodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Michael Ornelas - Comedian and host who explores the history and food of chain restaurants.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Accessible food, restaurant, or entertainment personalities who can share firsthand experience, opinions, or a humorous perspective on chain restaurants and dining culture.

Required Achievements:

Recent Guest Discussions

Grayson Alamango Shapiro - JINYA Ramen Bar's History, Growth, Hollywood Appeal, Celebrity Clientele, Restaurant Experience, And Food Tasting.

Grayson Alamango Shapiro - JINYA Ramen Bar's History, National Expansion, Celebrity Clientele, And Restaurant Culture.

Court McGowan - Slice House By Tony Gemignani, Pizza Styles, Restaurant Atmosphere, Food Preferences, And The Chili's Comparison.

Court McGowan - Tony Gemignani's Pizza Achievements, Pizza Competitions, Restaurant Expansion, And Pizza Culture.

Seif Rahoumi - Five Guys Burgers, Fries, Bacon, Hot Dogs, Restaurant Design, And Customer Service.

Recent Topics

Chain Restaurants, Restaurant History, Food, Fast Food, Pizza

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

"Fine" Dining

Septemburger 2026 Begins NOW!

September 02, 2026

Fill out the Septemburger 2026 Bracket here by 11:59PM PST on September 15th, 2026!! 🍔🏆 Septemburger 2026 Begins: Five Burgers Enter the Tournament! 🏆🍔 SEPTEMBURGER 2026 IS HERE! Five returning guests join me for the official kickoff as we revisit the burgers entering our first batch of tournament matchups. Luke Pace, Sandy Rose, Bennett Cohen, Seif Rahoumi, and Joyce are back to defend their respective restaurants, talk an unreasonable amount of trash, and find out which burgers survive the...

JINYA Ramen Bar: I'm Obsessed!

August 26, 2026

🍜🔥 JINYA Ramen Bar Review: Tableside Birria, Garlic Heaven, and a One-in-a-Million Mishap 🔥🍜 Grayson Alamango Shapiro (@grayson.a.shapiro), first AD of Obsession, is back as we finally eat our way through JINYA Ramen Bar and put it to the Chili's Test! The ramen is pretty solid, the appetizers keep delivering, and then Garlic Rice with Beef Birria steals the entire meal. But even with all that deliciousness, JINYA manages to give us a service mishap so bizarre that I've genuinely never seen ...

Jinya Ramen History with "Obsession" Crew

August 19, 2026

🍜✈️ JINYA Ramen Bar: The Allure of Hollywood, First-Class Collaboration, and Keanu Reeves ✈️🍜 This week, Obsession first AD Grayson Alamango Shapiro (@grayson.a.shapiro) joins me to dig into the history of JINYA Ramen Bar, a chain that helped take ramen from a regional specialty to a major national restaurant concept. We talk about the appeal of bringing JINYA to "Hollywood," some unexpected celebrity clientele, and how the brand grew into one of the biggest names in American ramen. And some...

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