It's New Orleans: Midnight Menu +1

Max Gaudin worked so many crappy restaurant jobs that he created online service Sidework link1 to create a better life for staff, owners, and diners. Marie Guevara recently relocated from Paris to the French Quarter to be pastry chef at Stella link2 . link1 http gosidework.com link2 http www.restaurantstella.com

Chris Barbato is one of New Orleans great chefs Commander s, Cafe Adelaide , his wife Lisa is one of the city s great pastry cooks Peristyle . Together they ve opened Rivista link1 on Magazine Street, a sensational marriage of their prestigious talents one of which is sharing a kitchen and staying married. link1 https www.facebook.com RivistaNola

Woody reveals the secret ingredients that make his Woody s Fish Tacos link1 Ray s chosen last meal on Earth. Superstar 1, Michael Rogers, New Orleans 5 time champion oyster shucker from Casamento s link2 talks shucking, jive, and oyster chucking. link1 https www.facebook.com WoodysFishTacos link2 http www.casamentosrestaurant.com

Chef Ryan Prewitt from Peche link1 won t be making that amateur b.s. warm bacon vinaigrette again any time soon. Fresh food Forager for Peche, Herbsaint, Cochon, Calcasieu and Butcher link2 Ashley Locklear has the best truck driving job on the highway link1 http www.pecherestaurant.com link2 http www.linkrestaurantgroup.com

Gia Dileo couldn t find a good salad anywhere in New Orleans except her house. So she started Green to Go link1 , a bike delivery biz that brings her salads to your house. Step into Nate Winner s virtual bakery, meet NOLA Pie Guy link2 aka Nate and get a fresh, natural pie, baked to order, and delivered. link1 http www.greentogonola.com link2 http www.nolapieguy.com

Hillary Guttman s adventures opening Laurel Street Bakery link1 and keeping it open hardly leave her time to juggle her suggestive "hottest muffins in town" in between fighting natural disasters and fighting off people. Her plus one Will Bradshaw link2 is hoping to make it easier in her second location, in Broadmoor. link1 http www.laurelstreetbakery.com link2 http www.greencoastenterprises.com

Michael Caine and Glenn Haggerty s pop up Upper 9 Doughnut Company link1 is taking the daily donut into the gourmet realm, and into a permanent home in the CBD, reclaiming the glory days of McKenzie s when New Orleans was a donut town. link1 https www.facebook.com U9Doughnuts

Chef David Bridges career rocketed him around the world, to Shreveport, and now to the HQ of funky swank, Upperline link1 restaurant in New Orleans. Playing the part of both himself and his sous chef "Pedro", Bridges is a one man riot. Refusing Tom Cruise a reservation is just one of a string of wild stories. link1 http www.upperline.com

Renaissance woman Kit Wohl is a sculptor, photographer, ad agency exec, and the author of 10 cookbooks link1 . Grace Rose Bauer link2 is equally a renaissance woman singer, clothes designer, and fund raiser for cystic fibrosis, from which she suffers. Oh, and she s 10 years old. link1 http kitwohl.com link2 https www.facebook.com Gr4cf fref ts

Ronnie Evans Jr and his Blue Oak Bar B Q link1 provides the culinary glue that holds together the extraordinarily varied community of drinkers at Grits link2 bar Uptown. One of the eclectic crew is archaeologist, Rolling Elvi, darts thrower, and "one of the 5 most interesting people in the world," David Stitcher. link1 http www.blueoaknola.com link2 https www.facebook.com grits.bar

Greg Hill has been in every one of 500 plus coffee shops in Louisiana. He bought the one without a sign surrounded by competitors. From a blank canvas Greg is turning Cafe Luna link1 into a unique location. His ex bandmate John Thompson is still rocking link2 , and hating every minute of it. link1 https www.facebook.com pages Cafe Luna 81087426627 link2 http www.totalriotrecords.com

Chef Leah Sarris heads up the revolutionary Goldring Center For Culinary Medicine at Tulane University link1 the first cooking school inside a medical school in the world. Chef Sarris brings along her best friend, April Bellow, paradoxically the chef at Killer Poboys link2 . link1 http tmedweb.tulane.edu mu teachingkitchen link2 http killerpoboys.com

The creator of Company Burger link1 , Adam Biderman, rhapsodizes about beef patties, buns and the birth of the cheeseburger. But don t ask him about Tuesdays or lettuce and tomato. Adam s plus one, Matthew Consontino, comes clean on grills and girls. link1 http www.thecompanyburger.com

Justin Kennedy dishes out more than poboys at Parkway Bakery link1 . President Obama even got a helping of the unofficial Mayor of Mid City s 28 year old old school attitude. A born in Biloxi real NOLA raconteur, Justin brings along his right hand man Jason to flesh out his poboy fun and philosophy. link1 http www.parkwaypoorboys.com

New Food Movement pioneers Cam Boudreaux and April Bellow are revolutionizing the New Orleans poboy. From Arnaud s to drag queens, Killer Poboys link1 is not their first rodeo. link1 http killerpoboys.com

Ray Cannata, star of the documentary The Man Who Ate New Orleans link1 , eats and reviews every hamburger at Charcoal s Gourmet Hamburgers link2 along with the co owners Blaine Prestenbach and Craig Walker Jr. with guests Blake tomaarto Haney link3 and Joe Butler link4 . link1 http www.themanwhoateneworleans.com link2 https www.facebook.com CharcoalsGourmetBurgerBar link3 http blakehaney.com link4 http www.artspace.org

David Campbell s checkered past swings from growing up in Belgium to mixing it up in a tent with Ray Charles backup singers, and his GBC Tours link1 are one of a kind combos of his personal history, delving into the gastronomy of Europe and New Orleans. link1 http orla984.wix.com gbctours

Isaac and Amanda, of Toups Meatery link1 , give us a glimpse into the deeply rooted food culture of Louisiana natives, from races in the frog capital to "modern" kitchen medicine, while Neil Gernon shares the darker side of the grape. link1 http www.toupsmeatery.com

Sunae Park from Little Korea link1 digs deep and, literally, unearths kimchi, along with a litany of other fascinating insights into New Orleans Korean Community and their food. Ray spices things up the American way by swallowing a shard of glass and freaking out. link1 http www.yelp.com biz little korea new orleans

The first in a series of shows following New Orleans newcomer Ruby Bloch as she tries to break into the New Orleans restaurant business. In this installment she gets her first job as an assistant pastry chef.