Stu Helm’s Food Fan radio show celebrates second anniversary

PRESS RELEASE:

May 30th, 2017 – Local food writer and social media personality Stu Helm’s public radio show “The Food Fan” will be celebrating its 2nd year of production with episode number 71, to be recorded on Tuesday, June 6th, for broadcast on WPVM 103.7fm at 5pm Friday, June 9th, 2017 and again at 1pm on Sunday June  11, 2017.

After broadcast, episode #71 will be available for listening and downloading at http://www.avlfoodfans.com along with all 70 of the preceding episodes!

Guests for episode #71 will be long-time co-host Chef Joe Scully from Chestnut, Corner Kitchen and Corner Kitchen Catering; first and frequent guest Mikey Files from The chai Pani Group (Chai Pani Asheville, Chai Pani Decatur, Botiwala Atlanta, MG Road Asheville, and Buxton Hall Barbecue Asheville), and the show’s original producer, Matt Johnson, who will come on to talk about livermush and other fave foods.

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ABOUT THE FOOD FAN RADIO SHOW:

Stu Helm has been writing about food in Asheville for 5 years, and began doing his twice-monthly podcast in June of 2015. In 2016, WPVM 103.7fm began rebroadcasting the show on public radio, and later that year, Stu moved production of the show to the WPVM recording studio, and bumped-up the schedule to a weekly format. Hosting up to 3 to 5 guests a week, including his long-time partner in podcasting , Chef Joe Scully, Stu has had a steady and ever expanding flow of Asheville’s food scene luminaries and unknowns alike. From farmers to food runner, and of course chefs, cooks, PR people, coffee roasters, wheat millers… anyone involved in the food scene is welcome on the Food Fan Radio Show!

WRITTEN, HOSTED, & PRODUCED by – Stu Helm

RECORDED – Weekly at WPVM 103.7fm, Wall Street, Downtown Asheville

BROADCAST – Twice Weekly by WPVM 103.7fm – Fridays at 5pm, Sundays at 1pm

ONLINE – http://www.avlfoodfnas.com

2 YEARS / 117 AMAZING GUESTS

• Jasper Adams – Rhubarb / The Rhu

• Jamie Ager – Hickory Nut Gap Farm

• Jonathan Ammons – Mountain Xpress

• Jane Anderson – Asheville Independent Restaurants

• Jeff Anderson – Urban Orchard

• Amber Arthur – Battlecat Coffee / PennyCup Coffee Co. / Mountain Mojo Coffee

• John Atwater – Mamacitas / Taco Temple

• Aaron Baker – Oskar Blues

• Chef Brian Baxter – Husk, Nashville

• Sheila Bivens – FRS Restaurant Equipment Supply

• Chef Philip Bollhoefer – Montford Rooftop Bar

• Kala Brookes – Top of the Monk

• Dave Bristol – Chestnut

• Shay Brown – Revelry

• Chris Butler – 50/Fifty The Art of Dessert

• Chef Mandy Butler – 50/Fifty The Art of Dessert

• Chef Katie Button – Cúrate / Nightbell

• Caitlin Campbell – Brother Wolf Animal Rescue

• Sarajane Case – SaraJaneBlog.com

• Chef Anthony Cerrato – Strada

• Franzi Charen – Asheville Business Alliance / Hip Replacements Vintage Clothing Store

•  Victor Chiarizia – Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery

• Allen Combs -Vocational Solutions of Hendersonville

• Lori Davis – 67 Biltmore Ave Downtown Eatery + Catering

• Jeremiah “JT” DeBrie – Intentional Swine

• Fred Dehlow – Geraldine’s Bakery

• Kelly Densen – All American Food Fights

• Davyne Dial – WPVM 103.7fm

• Franco Donahue – Firewalker Hot Sauce

• Evan Donovan – WLOS

• Graham DuVal – Mother Earth Produce

• Anita Elliott – Cúrate / Nightbell

• Dr. Nancy Helm-Estabrooks – my mom

• Leah Craig Fieser – Brother Wolf Animal Rescue

• Mikey Files – Chai Pani Group

• Jonathon Flaum – Farm to Home Milk

• Elizabeth Foley – Chocolate Fetish

• Johnchel Foster – French Broad Chocolate Lounge

• Rakim Gaines – The Lobster Trap

• Medea Galligan – Healthy Lifestyle Concepts

• Chef Laura Geotz – Table

• Andy Gibbon – Dynamite Roasting

• Shannon Gilpatrick – Nourish & Flourish Juice Bar

• Chef Steven Goff – King James Pub / Brinehaus

• Chef Melissa Gray – Cakes by Gray

• Chef AJ Gregson – Mojo Kitchen and Lounge

• Sarah Hart – Edible Asheville

• Chef Renee Hill – Gypsy Queen Cuisine

• Charlie Hodge – Sovereign Remedies / Ol’ Shakey’s

• Chef Dano Holcomb – Root Down Food Truck

• Chef Graham House – Sovereign Remedies

• Kara Irani – MANNA Food bank

• Meherwan Irani – Chai Pani Group

• Ramsey Isabel – Takeout Central

• Katie Jennings-Campbell – Sound Barre

• Asa Kaylor – Chestnut

• Rowdy Keeler – Brother Wolf Animal Rescue

• Pearson King –  Asheville Citizens Climate Lobby

• Kris Kraft – Ashville Cocktail Week

• Jennifer Lapidus of Carolina Ground

• Charles Lee – American Pig

• Lindsay Lee – Counter Culture Coffee

• Anne Livengood – Sound Barre

• Chef Liam Luttrell-Rowland – Green Opportunities Kitchen

• Jenny Lumb – Nourish & Flourish Juice Bar

• Eli Malek – Vortex Doughnuts

• Chef Mike McCarty – The lobster Trap

• Chef Josiah McGaughey – Salt & Smoke

• Shannon McGaughey – Salt & Smoke

• Katie Moore – Weinhaus

• Chef Mike Moore – Blind PIg Supper Club

• Chef Elliot Moss – Buxton Hall Barbecue

• Jennifer Moss  – Buxton Hall Barbecue

• Lucy Murphy – Eliada

• Kim Murray – Westmoreland-Scully Restaurant Group

• Sean Park – Blue Dream Curry House

• Chef Patrick O’Cain – Gan Shan Station

• Sunil Patel – Patchwork Urban Farms

• Emily Peele – High Five Coffee

• Sam Pennington – Buxton Hall Barbecue

• Sean Piper – Jargon

• Autumn Pitman – Mojo Kitchen and Lounge

• Martha Pollay – Posana

• Chef Peter Pollay – Posana

• Chef Crystal Pruett – The Asheville Yacht Club

• Stephan Pruitt – Dig Local Asheville

• Angie Rainey -CoffeeCrate.co

• Samara Rasmussen – Intentional Swine

• Dan Rattigan – French Broad Chocolate Lounge

• Jael Rattigan – French Broad Chocolate Lounge

• Steffi Rausch  –  Asheville Citizens Climate Lobby

• Paddy Riels – Asheville Food Tours

• Kim Roney – Asheville City Council candidate

• Jason Sandford – Ashvegas.com

• Sadrah Schadel – No Evil Foods

• Chef Elizabeth Schultenover – Table Asheville

• Clare Schwartz – French Broad Food Co-Op

• Aubrie Shramko – Asheville’s Independent Restaurants

• Chef Dan Silo – Buxton Hall Barbecue / Remingtin Room

• Chef Joe Scully – Chestnut / Corner Kitchen / Corner Kitchen Catering

• Chef Nate Sloan – Hickory Nut Gap Farm

• Gina Kae Smith – Mountain Xpress

• Gordon Smith – sitting Asheville City Council member

• Bobby Sullivan – French Broad Food Co-Op

• Bill Tanner – PennyCup Coffee Co.

• Chef Traci Taylor – Fig

• Mary Tantillo – Dolce di Maria

• Adam Tome – 67 Biltmore Ave Downtown Eatery + Catering

• Santiago Vargas – Out of the Blue Peruvian Food Truck

• Kelly Vormelker – Table Asheville

• Chef Jill Wasilewski – Ivory Road Cafe

• Megan Watts – Takeout Central

• Jay Weatherby – High Five Coffee

• Chef Hollie West – Sweet Monkey Cafe

• Melissa Williams – private supper club

• Kelsey Winterbottom – Hickory Nut Gap Farm

• Mike Woliansky – No Evil Foods

CURRENT UNDERWRITERS

Underwriters make the show entirely possible. Without their support of the local food and indie media The Food Fan Radio Show would not exist.

– 50/Fifty: The Art of Dessert

– 67 Biltmore Ave

– Aloft Asheville Hotel

– Blue Ridge Restaurant Equipment

– Catawba Brewing

– The Lobster Trap

– Mamcita’s Taqueria y Mamacita’s Taco Temple

– Mojo Kitchen & Lounge

– Revelry – Intimate Dinners

– Sovereign Remedies

– Strada

– Takeout Central
ON THE RADIO

• The show is recorded at WPVM 103.7, and broadcast every Friday at 5pm, and again on Sunday at 1pm.

• The 5pm slot is called “drive time” in the radio biz, and is consider the “sweet spot” time to be on the radio.

• WPVM’s signal covers an area that reaches as far as 10 miles out (a 20 mile radius) from the tower, which is located on the roof of the Self Help building on Wall Street.

• An estimated 39,737 people can pick up a strong signal from the tower, with another 51,438 receiving a “fair” signal.
ON THE INTERNET

• The show is archived and available to listen to as a podcast, or stream, at three different places on the internet:

1) Episodes are initially uploaded temporarily here: http://www.spreaker.com/show/stu-helms-show

2) And then permanently at http://www.avlfoodfans.com

3) And here: http://wpvmfm.org/archives/Avl%20Food%20Fans/foodfans.xml

• The show has had 22,164 total online listens and downloads via Spreaker alone.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA

• Current FaceBook followers: 2,547

• Current Instagram followers: 1,827

• Current Twitter followers: 609
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