About this episode

This episode explores the intersection of food and media through the insights of Alexandria Ebron and Chef Jason F. Lynn.

Food doesn't just live on the plate anymore. It lives in media. Episode 189 brings together two sides of that reality, how food is created, and how it's seen. Featured guest Alexandria Ebron , Brand Manager for The Zest and Classical WSMR, part of the NPR ecosystem at WUSF and the University of South Florida, shares her path from blogging and Creative Loafing to helping shape food stories across the state. Her perspective lives in the day-to-day of content creation, covering restaurants, building narratives, and understanding what actually connects with an audience. In studio, Chef Jason F. Lynn returns to Walk-In Talk, cooking while navigating a different kind of pressure, building within a system at Del Webb Minneola while still pushing his identity as a chef. From plating decisions to photography angles, Jason speaks to the shift every chef is feeling as food and media become inseparable. This episode continues the conversation around the evolving relationship between chefs, content, and visibility, and what it really takes to stay relevant in today's hospitality industry. Because food doesn't just get served anymore. It gets documented. It gets shared. It gets judged before…

People in this episode

Host: Carl Fiadini

Guests: Alexandria Ebron, Chef Jason F. Lynn

Topics covered

• food media
• chef storytelling
• content creation
• hospitality industry
• restaurant narratives

Keywords

• food
• media
• chefs
• storytelling
• hospitality
• content creation
• restaurant

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Zest, Classical WSMR, NPR, WUSF, University of South Florida

Places: Del Webb Minneola

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