Oct 28, 202651 min
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Mad Food
Hosted by Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro · arts · EN
About this Podcast:
Comedic food talk covering restaurants, cooking, eating habits, hospitality, and even some respectful interviews with big name chefs, celebrities, and regular schnooks hosted by Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro (the team formerly of Air Jordan: A Food Podcast). Straight outta Los Angeles, but covering the entire mad food world.
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What is Mad Food about?
Comedic food talk covering restaurants, cooking, eating habits, hospitality, and even some respectful interviews with big name chefs, celebrities, and regular schnooks hosted by Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro (the team formerly of Air Jordan: A Food Podcast). Straight outta Los Angeles, but covering the entire mad food world.
Who hosts Mad Food?
Mad Food is hosted by Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro. The show has published 205 episodes to date.
What has Mad Food covered recently?
Recent episodes include "THE 2026 LA TIMES BEST 101 RESTAURANTS RECAP" (28 October 2026, 51 minutes), "Max vs. Massimo Bottura: An Instagram Saga" (23 October 2026, 52 minutes), and "A Jordan & Max Tale of the Charity Chubby" (21 October 2026, 51 minutes).
How often does Mad Food publish?
Mad Food publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 205 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Mad Food?
Booking probability for Mad Food is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Mad Food requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Mad Food's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Mad Food?
The strongest fits for Mad Food are Restaurants. Mad Food has an arts audience.
About the host
Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro hosts Mad Food, an arts podcast with 205 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 23, 202652 min
After dining at three Michelin star Osteria Francescana in 2018, and having less than a stellar night, Max went on a food criticism journey bringing him all the way to present day, where hewrote about that night eight...
- Oct 21, 202651 min
The bites, booze, hits, losers, regrets, and social nightmares all for an incredible cause at LA Loves Alex's Lemonade .
- Oct 17, 202650 min
Plus, what have the fellas done for each other, LA burger crawl options, more Jordanator shame, one steak for the rest of your life, Fall is here and there's nothing we can do about it but eat, The Husk, Mad Food...
- Oct 14, 202650 min
Plus, tipping habits, perceived value restaurants, Sora Craft Kitchen is on the move, food cities to visit, cookware and tools curation, an investigation into an Infatuation personality, bringing seasonings to meals...
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- Oct 10, 202652 min
After much talk, it was time for Judgement Day as Max critiques Jordan's cheesy shrimp taco collab with Santa Monica Seafood. The fellas talk all the sesame seed sprinkling, big name chef interactions, a horrendous...
- Oct 7, 202640 min
Jordan and Max talk the most expensive loaf of bread in New York (and possibly the world), if it could be worth it, why it's working, and where it may all lead. Then, Max outlines what a test would look like to qualify...
- Oct 3, 202650 min
Jordan asks Max for a reality check and wonders if he's entitled after a recent experience at a pizzeria featuring not enough ranch dressing, an ornery owner, and Diet Coke corkage that may explain it all. Then, the...
- Sep 30, 202644 min
Jordan and Max answer audience questions covering MaisonSota in Paris, looking five years into LA's dining future, what cuisine Max would love to learn, sous vide chicken directions, Uncle Pints vs. Lasker, why can't...
- Sep 25, 202645 min
Jordan and Max answer audiences questions covering SoFi Stadium suite life, Jordan's son's dessert beating all Yom Kippur contenders, grocery store sushi, Mexico City plans, Max's weird storage issue, LA sesame dishes...
- Sep 23, 202647 min
Jordan went to Sora Craft Kitchen for the first time and breaks it all down for Max, who was in Carmel with KB eating and drinking during a wedding weekend, and the fellas had to Zoom record this one, which pissed off...
- Sep 19, 20261h 6m
The fellas talk their recent time together in Las Vegas, LA Indian food options, Max possibly being a white devil, the famous punim effect, more Japanese vs. American toilet debating, Rick Caruso dream projects...
- Sep 12, 202657 min
Marée is the newest bistro from Michelin starred chef Marcus Jernmark, whose ode to French cuisine and California is now open on Pico Blvd., where Jordan and Max sit down with Marcus to experience the food and beverage...
- Sep 9, 202642 min
The Q&A returns with Bar Sawa vs. Shunji, homemade ice cream thoughts, Pizzeria Sei bar pies and NY slices, a Catalina discussion, an Israel trip, Alphabet in the Palisades, movie theater soda drinking, a diabolical...
Mad Food
Q&A: The Infatuation Problem, Server Green & Red Flags, The Bel Air Hotel Heist, Parenting Advice
Sep 5, 202649 minJordan and Max answer audience questions covering Enclos, what pairs best with ramen, fish bloodline thoughts, wine bags, DTLA's possible return, Saint James Iced Tea vindication, paying for bread baskets, dropping the...
- Sep 2, 202658 min
This year's LA Chef Conference will feature Providence's Michael Cimarusti and Jordo is participating again with a shrimpy collab to feast on, so the Mad Food fellas travel to Hancock Park to talk kitchen leadership...
- Aug 29, 202648 min
Is Jordan the Joe Pesci of the show? Are toilets with bidets and seat warmers better? Is Max officially a Dark Triad after a text with the all-star formerly known as Netflix Andy? Plus, what's the Pasjoli schlep meter...
- Aug 26, 202636 min
Sushi Nakazawa has landed on Robertson, and the boys saddled up to the bar for a Michelin level night of service, "the best sake list in America," wild glassware for the pours, and the only question was: would Jordan be...
- Aug 22, 202650 min
And more Q&A covering French food in LA and the new old name on the scene, everyone calm down about ai, Jordo watered the head without Max and has no sense of fashion, Not No Bar rambunctiousness, Westlake Village food...
- Aug 19, 202645 min
Max's secret from his recent San Francisco trip is exposed, LA restaurants that are making the best of Summer ingredients, a short farmer's market report, Mei Lin and more at Chain's new mall pop-up, Vin Folk's tasting...
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