{"podcast":{"title":"The Chef JKP Podcast","slug":"the-chef-jkp-podcast-1251632","podcast_index_feed_id":1251632,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1104464.rss","website_url":"http://www.chefjkp.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/ouxrxmzp7kk9a5oj2tcup7ezpy8a?.jpg","author":"The Chef JKP Podcast","episode_count":178,"summary":"James Knight-Paccheco celebrates the inspirational stories of people within hospitality, their ups, their downs and everything in between. What does it take to keep up in one of the most competitive, mentally and physically stressful industries in the world? Giving incredible insights and advice to the listeners. For more information go to http://www.chefjkp.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T20:18:42.733892+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chef-jkp-podcast-1251632"},"episode":{"title":"Why He Left Oil & Gas for Champagne | Ben Kouider (E166)","slug":"why-he-left-oil-gas-for-champagne-ben-kouider-e166","published_at":"2026-06-11T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chef-jkp-podcast-1251632/why-he-left-oil-gas-for-champagne-ben-kouider-e166","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chef-jkp-podcast-1251632","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1104464/episodes/19321727-why-he-left-oil-gas-for-champagne-ben-kouider-e166.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1104464/episodes/19321727-why-he-left-oil-gas-for-champagne-ben-kouider-e166.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail Chef JKP sits down with Ben Kouider, Founder of Champavin. Ben shares how he went from engineering and oil and gas to building a business around champagne in the UAE. They talk about Normandy, family food memories, global travel, leaving corporate life, grower champagne, and the biggest mistakes people make when drinking champagne. This is a story about food, reinvention, and understanding champagne beyond the label. WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE • Growing up in Norm...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail Chef JKP sits down with Ben Kouider, Founder of Champavin. Ben shares how he went from engineering and oil and gas to building a business…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6779,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-chef-jkp-podcast-1251632/episodes/why-he-left-oil-gas-for-champagne-ben-kouider-e166/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chef-jkp-podcast-1251632/why-he-left-oil-gas-for-champagne-ben-kouider-e166.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}