Food and Loathing | Covering the Las Vegas Food Scene

Al Mancini, Samantha Stevens

Booking Overview

A local food-and-restaurant interview show focused on the Las Vegas culinary and bar scene, typically featuring chefs, bartenders, restaurateurs, journalists, and other regional food-industry experts. Agencies could credibly pitch Las Vegas chefs, restaurant and bar operators, culinary award nominees or winners, and food journalists with relevant local expertise; booking difficulty is medium because the show prioritizes established regional figures and timely local news.

Metrics

Episodes: 266

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 4.2k followers

Contact Information

rich.johnson@utterclarity.fm

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Host

Al Mancini - Veteran Las Vegas food writer and journalist covering the city’s restaurant and bar scene.

Samantha Stevens - Las Vegas food-scene commentator and co-host covering restaurants, chefs, and culinary events.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Las Vegas-based chefs, bartenders, restaurateurs, food journalists, and culinary professionals with notable venues, awards, nominations, new openings, or other meaningful contributions to the regional food scene.
Required Achievements:  
James Beard awards or nominations, Leadership of notable Las Vegas restaurants or bars, International or regional culinary recognition, Successful restaurant openings or sold-out culinary events

Recent Guest Discussions

Jake Yorgensen - Bar Boheme’s Sold-out Sunday Bake Shop Event And Its Culinary Offerings.

Floriana Pastore - Winning An International Pizza Award And The Las Vegas Pizza Scene.

Brian Howard - His Culinary Work, Las Vegas Dining, And James Beard Recognition.

Sarah Thompson - Her James Beard Recognition And Las Vegas Fine Dining.

Recent Topics

Las Vegas, Restaurants, Chefs, Bars, Dining

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Food and Loathing | Covering the Las Vegas Food Scene
:

Five Years of Food & Loathing

July 03, 2026

Food and Loathing has been the voice of the Las Vegas food and restaurant community for five years and counting. And in this anniversary episode we're sharing our takes on some of the biggest stories and issues we've examined in that time. Starting with a discussion of Strip casinos' attitudes towards local culinary talent, we move on to: -       -   Big chefs coming to big new casino -      Vegas Unstripped -      Summerlin becomes a food destination -      Fine dining in a strip club -    ...

Las Vegas Pizza wins in Milan!

June 28, 2026

Al is back in town after a nearly two-week vacation in Italy. But not soon enough, so Gemini and Rich have hijacked the show once again. Gem scores the first interview with Las Vegas's own Floriana Pastore of Signora Pizza since it was named "Best Street Pizza" by THE BEST PIZZA AWARDS broadcast from Milan Italy. She also talks to Jake Yorgensen minutes after Bar Boheme's first Sunday Bake Shop event sold out -- in about one hour. Gem also shares a few Vegas restaurant visits, Rich is loving ...

Beard! Paging a... James Beard.

June 19, 2026

We ask because it's been a while since we've seen evidence of the late, great gourmand in Sin City. But our long shutout streak is over! Sarah Thompson, executive chef of Casa Playa at Wynn Las Vegas, won for Best Chef: Southwest. Gemini was there, and talked to Thompson. She also cored a conversation fellow Best Chef nonminee Brian Howard of Sparrow + Wolf. Rich Johnson checks in from Seatle, where the grip of World Cup Fever is tightening. This show is dropping just a few  hours before the ...

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