On a lively episode of The Main Course, Patrick Martins is joined by chef and friend of the show Shanna Pacifico, who has just announced she'll be leaving Back Forty for Back Forty West, and Zak Kell chef du cuisine at Community Food & Juice. Tune in for a conversation on everything from the culture of destination restaurants to the process of changing venues as a chef. Hear what Shanna expects from her new gig and why she's so obsessed with the cumari pepper right now. Listen as Zak explains what makes his catch of the day so important to him and how he had to make adjustments coming from Clinton Street Baking to Community Food & Juice. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market.

Photo 1: Shanna Pacifico, Photo 2: Community Food & Juice

"The new space [Back Forty West] has three floors, a basement, the main floor and a prep kitchen upstairs. I'm in for a challenge."

"For me, a lot of times its about recreating a dish I grew up with."

"I'm hoping that people go back to carnal eating."

--Shanna Pacifico of Back Forty West on The Main Course

"Anything at any point should be appetizing. The meat should look good off the truck, while I'm grinding it, when it's on the grill, etc."

--Zak Kell, chef du cuisine at Community Food & Juice

Katy is back and she brought a very special guest: Steve Jenkins of the Fairway Market. Steve talks about cheese, olive oil & what it means to be a purveyor. Steve is joined by Sarah Black.

Alexandra "Alex" Guarnaschelli is an Iron Chef, Food Network celebrity chef and the world-renowned executive chef at both New York City's Butter restaurant and award-winning The Darby restaurant. She is also a television personality on the Food Network shows Chopped, Iron Chef America, All Star Family Cook-off and The Best Thing I Ever Made. She hosts Alex's Day Off and The Cooking Loft on Food Network and Cooking Channel In 2012, she was crowned America's Next Iron Chef on Iron Chef America, currently the only woman with that distinction and only the second female ever to obtain that honor. On this week's episode of Chef's Story, hear Alex's story - from growing up as the daughter of esteemed cookbook editor Maria Guarnaschelli to culinary education across the world, to eventually finding her own style in the kitchen. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market.

"Everybody has a culinary identity that they base on their childhood and the repertoire of dishes they were exposed to." [04:00]

"I do think a big part of defining your cooking is what you buy and where you buy it from" [39:00]

"I like competition shows because they show the human side of people - that they are fallible, make mistakes and they crave being a hero" [41:00]

--Alex Guarnaschelli on Chef's Story