A cooking show
Real cooking, real conversation, and the stories behind the people who feed us.
With Chef Fhred and Liem.
Two friends. One head chef, and one whose only hospitality experience is a single shift at Hungry Jack’s.
They cook, share culture, and talk. Fhred owns Palay in Fitzroy and brings a decade in professional kitchens. Liem cooks man meals for himself.
We pick up techniques, dig into where dishes come from, and laugh a lot along the way.
Trial Run.
Fhred and Liem take over a hospitality business for a shift - working the kitchen, learning the craft. What comes out is the inside story of the place: how it runs, what it values, and what it’s like to serve the food.
We learn.
Someone else's menu, someone else's standards. We work it until we get it.
We laugh.
Nothing is scripted. The kitchen decides what's funny.
We show.
The value, the culture, the vibe of a business - on the plate and on camera.
The two at the counter
Chef
Chef Fhred
Professional chef. Owner of Palay in Fitzroy and Barangay, with a decade of heat-tested kitchen experience.
Co-host
Liem
Philanthropy professional. Host of the OKIRU podcast. Cooks man meals for himself, and asks all the questions you are too scared to ask.
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