But I’ll Take a Pinot Grigio

Sundi and Emilie, longtime friend, former socialite and fashion maven, to unpack the first three episodes of Ladies of London. This one was a long one, folks, and we covered a lot of ground. Keep coming back for our takes on posh accents, American ex-pat antics and more champagne that is good for anyone. 
We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food).
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for Top Chef recaps dropping right after the show.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

Pucker up, puckerbutt, it's late on Monday so we're bringing you the spiciest top chef coverage in town.  We see the chefs navigate a gauntlet of flavor and texture combos in a COOL quickfire and then meander through the pepper patch and get HOT, hotter and hotter along the way.  We learn some things, we say a goodbye and play well as teams on this week's ep.  
Thanks for joining us once again:
We'll take a look at all the cheftestants and see which category of ours they fit into; weeded, seeded or defeated.  It's gonna be a great season, y'all.
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for season 12 recaps on Tuesday nights dropping right after the show.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 
 

We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food).
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for Top Chef recaps dropping right after the show.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 
We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food).
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for Top Chef recaps dropping right after the show.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 
 

We're so close to the end... of Kristen's rope. Her Tom Derangement Syndrome continues to flare as season 3 winds down. In this penultimate episode, Jax continues to be at the epicenter of all the mess and nobody else really cares. 
We're also covering the 23rd season of Top Chef, set in the Carolinas, so FINALLY Jeff can be the expert instead of Sundi. 
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for Top Chef recaps on Monday nights dropping right after the show.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 
 

The Season 12 Part 2 Vanderpump Rules reunion gives us a little more meat than the first part and we are here for it.  We will talk penis pumps, OF massages, feelings on stand up comedy and we take a look at several types of relationships.  Audrey gets a little ganged up on, Shayne shares a little more and Lisa gets involved with everyone-for the first time?
Overall the episode mixes outrageous revelations, awkward humor and real vulnerability as the cast reflects on the season and what might come next.
Andy asks the tough (and blue) questions as well.  We'll give you our recap on the season as a whole and tell you what we're looking for the 13th season coming next!
We're also deep in Vanderpump Rules Season 12, where the current cast continues to provide an embarrassment of riches and sometimes just embarrassment.
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for season 12 recaps on Tuesday nights dropping right after the show.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 
 

Ahead of the Bravo premiere of season 23 of Top Chef, we take a look another competition cooking show with a familiar face. Padma Lakshmi hosts America's Culinary Cup and we have thoughts.  Also, hosts Sundi and Jeff have some recommendations to read and (also) watch if you're a die hard Top Chef fan. 
Listen to our coverage of the premiere where we take a look at all the cheftestants and see which category of ours they fit into; weeded, seeded or defeated.  It's gonna be a great season, y'all.
We're also covering Vanderpump Rules Season 12 as it winds down at the reunion, and continues to provide an embarrassment of dumbassery.
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for season 12 recaps on Tuesday nights dropping right after the show.
Here's Jeff's rec: Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes by Ronni Lundy
And Sundi's: Souther Charm, season 3 episode 2, "Miss Domesticated" 
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Spoilers for episode 1, season 23 of Top Chef
 
Jeff is finally able to talk about food and and restaurants and service! It's his time to shine and we're gonna talk all things Top Chef for season 23.   Our main crew of Kristen Kish, Tom Collichio and the always beautiful and wonderful Gail Simmons.
 
For our first bites of Carolina flavor it's Nascar, Sweet Potatoes, some takes on southern food from new angles, a quick look around the season ahead and some great guest judges in Jamie Lynch and  Sean Brock. 
 
We'll take a look at all the cheftestants and see which category of ours they fit into; weeded, seeded or defeated.  It's gonna be a great season, y'all.
We're also deep in Vanderpump Rules Season 12, where the current cast continues to provide an embarrassment of riches and sometimes just embarrassment.
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for season 12 recaps on Tuesday nights dropping right after the show.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 
 

We're recapping Scheana's wedding and as its is in full swing, James double-fists his way into getting punched in the face and the-biggest-schmuck-in-the-universe, Schwartz accidentally pranks his girlfriend. Jax's losing game like a sieve and Tom and Ariana are total sweethearts and Sundi thinks its dumb. 
We're also wrapping up  Vanderpump Rules Season 12, with part 2 but the renuion, but the bigger news is our coverage of Top Chef season 23. 
Find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays and for Top Chef recaps on Mondays, right after the show.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 
 

It's here and it's not a drill. $90K and 300 guests later. Scheana and her crop top wedding dress have finally made it to the altar and this episode doesn't disappoint. You get to see Sandoval play personal stylist, James' décolletage, Ariana's formal side part and Katie wish he had a different boyfriend. 
We're covering Vanderpump Rules Season 12 and it's currently reunion time, but the  bigger news is our coverage of Top Chef season 23. It's Jeff's time as the resident expert and Sundi's time to just be a student of something she knows little about - unless you count knowing how TO EAT!
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

As part of our new Top Chef coverage, Sundi chatted with recently eliminated cheftestant and fellow Georgian, Chef Day Joseph. Even though she was the first to go home, she was super fun to talk to and gave us a little insight into her origin story and food inspirations.  
We're also covering the new Vanderpump Rules and its reunion time,  where the current cast continues to provide an embarrassment of riches of second-hand cringe, find us for vintage VPR on Mondays and Fridays.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids or our poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.