Pull up a seat with quasi-food journalist @snachwithzach and his editor-extraordinaire brother Matt as they dish out real talk with creators, characters, and tastemakers from all corners of the food world. This is Beef Medium—where the takes are hot and the vibes are perfectly cooked. 🍔🎙️
We’re off to Nashville this week for our first-ever road show and we could not be more excited.
In today’s episode, we sit down with Chef Jean Leathersich, the Director of Culinary at Hardee’s restaurants. If you’ve ever wondered what it actually takes to get a fast food item onto a menu, look no further. Chef Jean walks us through the process while we talk inside Hardee’s very own test kitchen here in Tennessee.
We spend a lot of time talking about both Hardee’s, and Carl’s Jr. as well as what differentiates the two. However, Beef Medium has always been about the people within the wonderful world of food which means that Chef Jean gets to tell us her story as well, including the time she was a postal worker, her stint a boutique pastry chef, and even when she was snack packaging engineer. It turns out getting to lead culinary innovation for a restaurant brand isn’t as straightforward of a path as one would think.
14 Oct 2025
Alexis Frost
Our favorite fast food-loving educator is on the pod today: Alexis Frost! (alexis.frost (https://www.tiktok.com/@alexis.frost?lang=en) / lex.loves (https://www.instagram.com/lex.loves_/))
As a former high school math teacher, her internet fame began as a bit years back with one of her students. Alexis ultimately decided to start her own page on TikTok in 2020 during a phase in her life where most folks would have a hard time putting themselves out there (not even including the pandemic).
She started off doing content about being a teacher which amassed her hundreds of thousands of followers but she found a higher calling in the world of fast food, particularly in trying employee orders, ultimately becoming a full time creator several years ago and leaving her job as a teacher.
Alexis's story is truly a motivating one. Regularly putting out multiple videos a day for past the five years, she's only missed a couple in total. One video of hers in particular proved to a bit of a challenge but she made it happen anyway and it landed her a collab with both Chipotle and Keith Lee in case you're ever doubting your content. Let Alexis's grind be your guiding light.
7 Oct 2025
Grocery Obsessed (Emily Hill)
It’s about time we had a Texas-centric episode. Who better to walk us through the food culture of one of the U.S.’s best states than Emily Hill aka Grocery Obsessed?
Like many others, she started her page back in 2020 but unlike many others, her content focused specifically and only on Texas’s iconic grocery store chain H-E-B. Emily’s page was originally known as HEB Obsessed but a couple years back, she found that she had niched just a bit too hard and that’s where the rebrand to Grocery Obsessed comes in. Regardless, she still focuses only on Texas grocery finds, with everything from national brands to new startups. It’s been so successful that it’s become her full time job, which makes her one of the coolest moms we know (in addition to her being the first ever guest on the podcast that is indeed a mom).
This episode is particularly great because Matt has never really experienced Texas, so you have three perspectives today, those being the true local (Emily), an experienced visitor (Zach), and a relative newcomer (Matt).
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