The Four Top

Not to be confused with the American vocal quartet The Four Tops.

The Four Top
Presentation
Hosted by	Katherine Cole
Genre	Food Beverage Interview Podcast Talk Podcast
Updates	Monthly (Monday)
Production
Production	Katherine Cole Izzy Kramer Kielen King
Theme music composed by	Kielen King
Opening theme	El Luchador Negro (Instrumental)
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	62 [1]
Related
Website	thefourtop.org

The Four Top is an American food and beverage podcast hosted by wine journalist Katherine Cole previously presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The podcast addresses current topics related to the food and drink industry in the United States and abroad. The Four Top debuted in September 2016 and airs weekly and seasonally. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Format

The Four Top is a roundtable discussion of current issues related to food and beverage culture. ^[8] Episodes are broken up into three "courses," or discussion topics. Three guest panelists join Cole for each episode. A "four top" is a restaurant-jargon term for a table for four diners. ^[9]

Guests

The Four Top's panelists rotate from episode to episode. Guests have included food-media personalities like Christopher Kimball, Steven Raichlen, Sprudge founder Jordan Michelman and Andrew Knowlton; authors like Bianca Bosker, Alice Feiring, Michael Ruhlman, Karen Karbo, and Alex Prud'homme; and others including Harold McGee, Dave Arnold, Curtis Ellis, and Gregory V. Jones. ^{[10] [11]}

Awards

• James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Award, 2017. ^{[12] [13] [14]}
• IACP Digital Media Award for Culinary Audio Series, 2017. ^{[15] [16]}

See also

• List of food podcasts

References

1. "The Four Top episodes". Spreaker.
2. "The Four Top on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. June 28, 2023.
3. "Guest on The Four Top Podcast". tovedanovich.com. August 14, 2017.
4. "4 Tips for Starting a Drinks Podcast". SevenFifty Daily. July 10, 2018.
5. O. P. B. Staff. "Listen: 'The Four Top' Presented By OPB". opb.org.
6. "The Four Top". Spotify. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
7. Group, Pamplin Media (September 22, 2016). "'The Four Top' podcast takes on food and beverage culture". Pamplin Media. Retrieved December 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
8. "'The Four Top': Breakfast Insanity | Dining Out On Apps | Talking Trash About Food Waste". www.opb.org.
9. "The Hidden Language of Restaurant Kitchens". August 7, 2014.
10. "Guests". The Four Top | A Food and Beverage Podcast.
11. "'The Four Top': Dana Frank | Jordan Michelman | Andrea Slonecker". KUOW-FM. August 20, 2018.
12. "The 2017 James Beard Media Award Winners". James Beard Foundation.
13. "James Beard Foundation Announces 2017 Portland Awards Finalists". Eater. March 15, 2017.
14. "Portland Restaurant Critic Scores James Beard Media Award". Eater . April 26, 2017.
15. Crowley, Chris (March 6, 2017). "Here Are the 2017 IACP Award Winners". Grub Street. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
16. Filloon, Whitney (March 6, 2017). "Here Are the 2017 IACP Cookbook Award Winners". Eater. Retrieved December 17, 2021.