Olive Garden To Olamaie: Chef Amanda Turner On Menus, Autonomy, And Pokemon Wisdom
b'Hosted by Kerry Diamond\\nProduced by Catherine Baker and Jenna Sadhu\\nEdited by Jenna Sadhu\\nMusic by Tralala, \\u201cAll Fired Up\\u201d\\n\\nAmanda Turner was drawn to kitchen life and wanted to move from front of house at Olive Garden to back of house, but was turned down because she \\u201cwas a woman and didn\\u2019t speak Spanish.\\u201d So she headed to culinary school (\\u201cout of spite\\u201d) and found her calling. Today, Amanda is the chef de cuisine at Olamaie, a fine-dining restaurant in Austin where the menu is reflective of her upbringing, autonomy is prized, and the Pok\\xe9mon theme song kicks off every service. \\n\\nAmanda joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about her early days at corporate culinary concepts like Chuck E. Cheese, her time in Japan, and working with Olamaie\\u2019s chef/owner Michael Fojtasek. She also shares more about her love of gaming and how Dungeons & Dragons factors into one of her pop-ups. \\n\\nThank you to OpenTable for supporting this episode. Learn more about the Cherry Bombe + OpenTable Sit With Us community dinner series here. \\n\\nRadio Cherry Bombe is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. This episode was recorded at 5th Street Studio in Austin. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here. \\n\\nMore on Amanda: Instagram, Olamaie Restaurant, The Fiery Talon pop-up'