Leslie Brenner on Restaurant Criticism, Chef Ego, and the Review That Changed My Career Ep. 229
Leslie Brenner is the founder of Leslie Brenner Concepts, a restaurant PR and creative direction firm in Dallas, and the former restaurant critic and dining editor of The Dallas Morning News. She also writes the Substack Leslie Brenner on Restaurants.
A four-star review made André Natera one of the hottest chefs in Dallas. A later two-star review was, in his words, the worst day of his life. Years later, Brenner and André sit down and discuss their shared history. The other half of the story happened in the kitchen. When she was in the dining room, André’s team cooked two portions of…
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