Cooking as Art With Michael Cimarusti

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Society & Culture, Arts, Food

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Dave talks about the new promotional poster for 'The Bear'—and its use of tongs. He then interviews his friend and the executive chef/owner of Providence, proclaimed by Dave as "one of the best restaurants in the world," Michael Cimarusti. They discuss why you have to touch your food while cooking, how to figure out the things you don't know, and the different schools of cooking. Chef Michael goes through his career path and its connections to some incredible culinary icons and asks Dave if he thinks cooking is an art or a craft. They finish with an Ask Dave about fish cookery. Learn more about Providence here: https://providencela.com/ Reserve your seat at the Providence 20th anniversary celebration here: https://www.opentable.com/r/providence-los-angeles Learn more about Connie & Ted's here: https://www.connieandteds.com/ Send in your questions to [email protected]. Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedavechangshow. Subscribe to Recipe Club on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@recipeclubofficial. Submit your favorite food moments in your favorite movies to majorfoodporn.com. Join our community Discord on majordomo.com. Host: Dave Chang Guest: Michael Cimarusti Majordomo Media Producers: Kelsey Rearden and David Meyer Spotify Producer: Felipe Guilhermino Editor: Stefano Sanchez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	On today's podcast, we're going to interview chef Michael Chimuristi of Providence in L.A.
0:34.1	I think the best restaurant in Los Angeles and should have three Michelin Stars.
0:39.2	It will get three Michelin Stars. I will guarantee it. I know it. Also, if you're curious
0:45.2	about cooking with tongs and why chefs like Mike and myself don't cook with tongs in a kitchen,
0:51.6	you might want to stay tuned and listen up.
0:57.7	Welcome to the Dave Chang Show, part of the Ringer Podcast Network, presented by Major Domenia.
1:01.1	Thank you, Yol Latangelo, as always.
1:03.7	We're going to have Chef Michael Jim Maristie of Providence, one of my most favorite chefs,
1:09.1	one of my most favorite restaurants.
1:11.1	I'm a huge fan of Providence.
1:12.7	Celebrating 20 years cannot be understated the significance of that.
1:16.8	And also the importance of that restaurant for the L.A. dining scene as a whole.
1:22.3	But before we get into that, I just want to quickly talk about one thing.
1:27.3	And it's going to be a reference to chef Mike about tongs or no tongs.
1:33.3	And the reason I bring this up is just for the record, I don't want any pull quotes.
1:37.7	I don't want chef or any of the cooks or people I know that work on the bear to be upset or Christor.
1:44.2	This is not it.
1:44.9	So this is how I imagine it to happen.
1:47.7	On the cover of the new marketing for the bear that's coming out, I think, in mid-June and
1:52.4	very excited for that.
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