The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

Francis Lam

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Booking Overview

The Splendid Table is a weekly, culture-forward food show that pairs culinary craft with people and travel, making it attractive to authors, chefs, and researchers who can talk beyond recipes. For PR teams, it’s a credible platform for mainstream audiences—especially those with strong writing, cookbooks, or food culture expertise.

Metrics

Episodes: 789

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 55.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Francis Lam - Hosted by award-winning food journalist Francis Lam. The show covers food from recipes and restaurants to history and science, farmers markets, and the Thanksgiving feast, featuring fresh voices an...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Typically bestselling or notable authors (especially cookbooks/memoirs), established food journalists/critics, and chefs (world-class or rising) with a clear cultural or science/history angle; sometimes academics/scientists/other public figures with food expertise or research.
Required Achievements:  
Published books (cookbooks, memoirs, food history titles), Staff roles or senior editorial positions in major food outlets, High-visibility culinary credentials (restaurant criticism, chef recognition), Notable media projects such as major best-restaurant lists

Recent Guest Discussions

Saeng Douangdara - Laotian Cultural Identity Through Sticky Rice; Upbringing In Wisconsin; Favorite Recipes Including His Take On Laab Taco

Monti Carlo - Food Identity; Returning Home To Puerto Rico And Reconnecting With Roots; How It Shaped Her Approach To Traditional Dishes; Recipes And Her Spin On Them

Wini Moranville - How Earlier Work As A Restaurant Server Influenced Her Reviewing; Differences In Criticism Between Smaller Cities And Larger Markets

Bill Addison - Approach To Critical Writing; Favorite Restaurant Experiences; Evolution Of California Cuisine; Major Best-restaurants Project For The Los Angeles Times

Recent Topics

Food, Cooking, Restaurants, Food History, Culinary Science

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
:

851: Spanglish with Monti Carlo and The Lao Kitchen with Saeng Douangdara

June 12, 2026

This week, we explore traditional foods and identity with two amazing chefs. First, Food editor and author Monti Carlo talks about her visit home to Puerto Rico after many years away and how reconnecting with her roots shaped her approach to cooking traditional dishes, even adding her own spin, like her Bacalaíto Battered Onion Rings recipe. Monti Carlo is the Senior Food & Dining Editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and author of the latest book, Spanglish. Then, we get into the sp...

827: Life of a Restaurant Critic with Bill Addison and Wini Moranville

June 05, 2026

This week, we talk to two longtime restaurant critics from different parts of the country about what makes their work so interesting and what they're excited to eat. First, Bill Addison, restaurant critic for The Los Angeles Times, talks about his approach to critical writing, his favorite restaurant experiences, and the evolution of California cuisine. He just wrapped up one of the most ambitious projects of his career, the list of the One Hundred and One Best Restaurants in California for T...

Culinary Masters Collection -Anthony Bourdain

June 02, 2026

This week, we went deep into our archives to bring you a conversation with the legendary, Anthony Bourdain. In the early days of our show, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, the OG and co-creator of the show, talked with Tony about his book, A Cook’s Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal. He tells us about his adventurous travels, his definition of “perfect meals,” and how his Food Network series by the same name came to exist

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