Daniel Boulud is a world renowned restauranteur hailing from Lyon, France. He is chef and owner of several of the top restaurants around the globe, including Daniel, the 3 Michelin Star NYC restaurant. This year Restaurant Daniel is celebrating it's 20th year of business and success. Daniel has been in the restaurant industry since he was a teenager, learning and apprenticing in France, before moving to New York City and taking the restaurant industry by storm. This year he has a book coming out "Daniel's My French Cuisine", his first coffee table recipe cookbook. "My French Cuisine" will be based around the food at Daniel today, with a little bit of history. Tune in to Taste Matters for an incredible conversation on Daniel's career, his influence on this generation of chefs and the importance that influence has on the way we eat today. This program was sponsored by Bonnie Plants. Break music provided by Wreck Tech.

"You see a lot of young American chefs today who are touring America rather than the world and France. They are born in Cleveland and work in San Francisco and move down to the south and come back to New York, and every region brings something different." [05:00]

"I think it [Daniel] has a timeless feel as well, and yet it feels very much today." [18:50]

--Daniel Boulud on Taste Matters

On a very special episode of The Speakeasy, Damon Boelte is joined by artist and author of "Lush Life, Portraits from Behind the Bar", Jill DeGroff and her husband, "The King of Cocktails", Dale DeGroff. Jill and Dave tell incredible stories of their travels and experiences in bars across the world and share their passion for the people on both sides of the bar. Learn how the two met, why they were drawn to drinks and what inspires Jill in her portraits of the people who frequent the bar scene. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

Things get rowdy on this week's episode of The Speakeasy as host Damon Boelte hangs out with Employees Only's wild bartenders Steve Schneider and Vincent Vitek. Steve and Vincent touch on the brotherhood and camaraderie felt amongst bartenders and explain what it's like working behind a bar with high quality drinks and exceptions that come along with them. Tune in for some ice smashing fun as the crew talks shop and makes a slammin mint julep on-air. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. For more information visit www.SurryFarms.com.