{"podcast":{"title":"BC Food News","slug":"bc-food-news-7062911","podcast_index_feed_id":7062911,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6359328/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bc-food-news--6359328","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d0b17097a8610147b103e17de10d3ca0.jpg","author":"Podcraftr","episode_count":314,"summary":"Delivering British Columbia's Most Important Food News Stories The Future of Food & Hospitality in British Columbia, Canada BCFOODNEWS.COM is British Columbia, Canada's Leading Food News Source & Newscast Reporting The Most Important Food News Stories for British Columbia Canada. Interviews & Answers Direct From The Source. Brought To You by The Respected and Award Winning BCFOODNEWS TEAM , led by James Beard Award Winner Jennifer English.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T10:17:41.262140+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bc-food-news-7062911"},"episode":{"title":"Villa Dolce Culinary Innovation Leader Named 2026 ACF National Pastry Chef of the Year","slug":"villa-dolce-culinary-innovation-leader-named-2026-acf-national-pastry-chef-of-the-year-2","published_at":"2026-07-11T00:37:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bc-food-news-7062911/villa-dolce-culinary-innovation-leader-named-2026-acf-national-pastry-chef-of-the-year-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bc-food-news-7062911","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/villa-dolce-culinary-innovation-leader-named-2026-acf-national-pastry-chef-of-the-year--72923576","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72923576/20260711_1_hs6u71.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The-Food-&-Wine-Radio-Network's B-C-Food-Newscast, the host, Jennifer English, announces the 2026 A-C-F National Pastry Chef of the Year award, which was granted to Chef Meegan Roberts. She is the head of culinary innovations at Villa Dolce Gelato and earned this recognition after winning gold medals at both regional and national American Culinary Federation competitions. Chef Roberts' desserts 'Purple Rain' and 'Rebirth' played a significant role in her victory, reflecting her unique philosophy of translating narratives into balanced structures involving texture, temperature, flavor contrast, and visual composition. She also contributes to culinary education in cooperation with Villa Dolce's partnership with Catalyst Kitchens and teaches at UMOM New Day Centers in Phoenix. The episode ends with praise from Villa Dolce's CEO, Monte Marcaccini, who applauds Roberts for her creativity, discipline, and inspirational leadership. 418576@email4pr.com POST data","meta_description":"In this episode of The-Food-&-Wine-Radio-Network's B-C-Food-Newscast, the host, Jennifer English, announces the 2026 A-C-F National Pastry Chef of the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":352,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bc-food-news-7062911/episodes/villa-dolce-culinary-innovation-leader-named-2026-acf-national-pastry-chef-of-the-year-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bc-food-news-7062911/villa-dolce-culinary-innovation-leader-named-2026-acf-national-pastry-chef-of-the-year-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}