About Brian Theis
BRIAN THEIS is a resident of New Orleans and
New York. He is a recipe developer, teacher, and
Home cooking maestro, with a passion for
twentieth-century culinary history. His New
Orleans side of the family encouraged his
immersion in Creole cooking, and his worldly
travels inspire his affinity for international
cooks and their fare. Theis is now a regular
guest cooking up his recipes on a number of
prestigious big city TV shows. He is an honors
graduate with an expertise in recipe testing
from the International Culinary Center in New
York, and can be found on Instagram,
Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok at "The
Infinite Feast"!
Brian has made dozens of local television, web,
and radio appearances (remote and in-studio),
February 2021 to present:
WGN Chicago's "Lunchbreak"
PIX11 New York City's "Morning News"
PIX11 New York City's "New York Living"
WUPL New Orleans "Eyewitness News"
WWL New Orleans "Great Day Louisiana"
WJLA D.C. "Good Morning Washington"
WTTG Fox 5 D.C. "LION Lunch Hour"
WTTG Fox 5 D.C. "Good Day D.C."
Great American Community, Online
The Well-Seasoned Librarian, podcast, Dean Jones
WOND Radio, Atlantic City, with Dave Delaney
Small Bites Radio, with Derek Timm
Louisiana Eats, with Poppy Tooker
Magic 101.9, with Linda Cassidy
Brian's culinary advice has been featured in
dozens of web and print articles, September 2020 to present:
Martha Stewart
Washington Post
Southern Living
HuffPost
Taste of Home
Delish
PopSugar
The Takeout
eatthis.com
The Daily Meal
Yahoo! News
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! Life
Go Banking Rates
rent.com
YES Your Essential Shopper
The Inventory
themanual.com
GETTING TO KNOW ME:
Favorite Dish to Cook: A tie between chili and gumbo
Favorite Chef: Jacques Pépin, of course
Favorite Restaurant: Galatoire's, French Quarter
Favorite Song: Two for the Road, Henry Mancini
Favorite Decadent Indulgence: Pizza!
Favorite Movie: The Sound of Music
Favorite City: Venice
Favorite Pop Singer: Madonna, naturally
Favorite Historic Figure: Queen Elizabeth II, of course
Favorite Saint: Joseph
Favorite Shakespeare Play: Othello
Favorite Musical: A tie between Gypsy and A Chorus Line
Awesome Thing About Me: I own 100's of vintage cookbooks
Crazy Thing About Me: I am addicted to spinach