Show 189, September 17, 2016: Gretchen Beaumarchais, Regional Executive Chef – West, Legends Hospitality

Gretchen BeaumarchaisChef Gretchen Beaumarchais is the Regional Executive Chef West for Legends Hospitality. This includes supervising the food at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum for USC Football and L.A. Rams Football. With the return of The Rams food expectations are especially high.

A new item already attracting attention is the Giant Pretzel weighing in at almost a pound. It’s baked by Homeboy Industries.

Their better burger is the new Bacon Bacon Bacon Burger with a special bacon beef patty blend topped with pepper pork belly, housemade sweet bacon jam, and garlic aioli. See our Instagram feed for the food porn image.

The ever popular fan favorite is the Brisket Sandwich. Between the brioche bun halves is a pile of beef brisket, BBQ sauce and coleslaw.

Taken to a new level for the 2016 season is Suite and Club Dining. In Club Sections there are rotating chef menus with signature dishes highlighting the visiting teams’ hometown favorites.

Local food scene standouts on the expanded menu are Randy’s Donuts, Seoul Sausage Co., Neal Fraser’s Fritzi Dog and our own Chef Andrew’s Slapfish.

Chef Gretchen joins us for the delicious 411 on what’s new on the menu for the 2016 season.