The Four Top Explained

The Four Top
Hosting:Katherine Cole
Updates:Monthly (Monday)
Theme Music Composer:Kielen King
Opentheme:El Luchador Negro (Instrumental)
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:62[1]

The Four Top is an American food and beverage podcast hosted by wine journalist Katherine Cole previously presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting.[2] [3] [4] The podcast addresses current topics related to the food and drink industry in the United States and abroad. The Four Top debuted in September 2016 and airs weekly and seasonally.[5] [6] [7]

Format

The Four Top is a roundtable discussion of current issues related to food and beverage culture.[8] Episodes are broken up into three "courses," or discussion topics. Three guest panelists join Cole for each episode. A "four top" is a restaurant-jargon term for a table for four diners.[9]

Guests

The Four Top's panelists rotate from episode to episode. Guests have included food-media personalities like Christopher Kimball, Steven Raichlen, Sprudge founder Jordan Michelman and Andrew Knowlton; authors like Bianca Bosker, Alice Feiring, Michael Ruhlman, Karen Karbo, and Alex Prud'homme; and others including Harold McGee, Dave Arnold, Curtis Ellis, and Gregory V. Jones.[10] [11]

Awards

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Four Top episodes . Spreaker .
  2. Web site: The Four Top on Apple Podcasts . Apple Podcasts . June 28, 2023 .
  3. Web site: Guest on The Four Top Podcast . tovedanovich.com . August 14, 2017.
  4. Web site: 4 Tips for Starting a Drinks Podcast . SevenFifty Daily . July 10, 2018.
  5. Web site: O. P. B. Staff . Listen: 'The Four Top' Presented By OPB . opb.org .
  6. Web site: The Four Top. 2021-12-17. Spotify. en.
  7. Web site: Group. Pamplin Media. 'The Four Top' podcast takes on food and beverage culture. 2021-12-17. Pamplin Media. September 22, 2016 . en-us.
  8. Web site: 'The Four Top': Breakfast Insanity Dining Out On Apps Talking Trash About Food Waste . www.opb.org .
  9. Web site: The Hidden Language of Restaurant Kitchens . August 7, 2014.
  10. Web site: Guests . The Four Top A Food and Beverage Podcast.
  11. Web site: 'The Four Top': Dana Frank Jordan Michelman Andrea Slonecker . . August 20, 2018.
  12. Web site: The 2017 James Beard Media Award Winners . .
  13. Web site: James Beard Foundation Announces 2017 Portland Awards Finalists . . March 15, 2017.
  14. News: Portland Restaurant Critic Scores James Beard Media Award . . April 26, 2017.
  15. Web site: Crowley. Chris. Here Are the 2017 IACP Award Winners. 2021-12-17. Grub Street. March 6, 2017 . en-us.
  16. Web site: Filloon. Whitney. 2017-03-06. Here Are the 2017 IACP Cookbook Award Winners. 2021-12-17. Eater. en.