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# Podcast: The making of a Michelin
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/podcasts/podcast-the-making-of-a-michelin/
- Published: 2021-10-01T19:39:21.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-04T14:35:36.000Z
- Author: Clara Harter
- Tags: Featured, Podcast, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:37

Fourteen Santa Monica restaurants were recognized in this year's Michelin guide and in this week's podcast Reporter Clara Harter speaks with Chef Andy Doubrava about exactly what it takes to make that Michelin mark. Andy is the Executive Chef at Rustic Canyon, which is one of three local restaurants to achieve a Michelin Star. Together they discuss the turbulence the restaurant industry has faced in the last year, the meaning of a Michelin and Rustic Canyon's philosophy of a living, breathing menu.

Click here to listen on [Simplecast](https://smdp.simplecast.com/episodes/the-making-of-a-michelin-yX6cm%5Fb0?ref=smdp.com), [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-making-of-a-michelin/id1476619656?i=1000537254765&ref=smdp.com) or [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Ybg8FCah1I5Cg0pwVaiRI?si=pC5syuD%5FTBa6wjArkh2LPA&dl%5Fbranch=1&ref=smdp.com) and keep an eye out for interviews with all three Michelin starred chefs in the Saturday edition of the Daily Press.