Listen Up with Francis Lam | The Splendid Table Live

Basile Theatre
The Athenaeum
401 East Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

$50 VIP
$30 General Admission

Join WFYI Live for a special Listen Up event featuring a live taping of The Splendid Table on Friday, January 31 at The Basile Theatre at The Athenaeum. Hosted by award-winning food writer Francis Lam, the weekly radio show celebrates the intersection of food and life. Francis will be joined onstage by some of Indianapolis’ culinary movers and shakers to discuss cooking, sustainability and the vibrant food culture of the Circle City.

Enhance your experience by attending a special VIP pre-event with Francis Lam from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for $50. VIP guests will enjoy delicious food, drinks and reserved seating. The main show starts at 8 p.m., with tickets priced at $30. General admission seating is first-come, first-served.

Confirmed guests include:
• Brian Garrido, Food Writer, Eater & Edible Indy
• Martha Hoover, Founder, Won’t Stop Hospitality Inc. & The Patachou Foundation

ABOUT FRANCIS LAM

Francis Lam is the host of The Splendid Table, produced by American Public Media. A regular contributor and frequent guest host on The Splendid Table since 2010, Lam is the former Eat columnist for The New York Times Magazine and is Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at Clarkson Potter, a division within Penguin Random House that is a leader in cookbook publishing. For two seasons, Lam was a regular judge on Bravo’s hit show, Top Chef Masters. An award-winning writer, Lam has written for numerous publications, including Gourmet, Bon Appetít, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, Saveur, Salon, Men’s Journal, and the Financial Times. He graduated first in his class at the Culinary Institute of America and holds a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies and Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. He lives with his family in New York City.

ABOUT THE SPLENDID TABLE

The Splendid Table, hosted by award-winning food writer Francis Lam, is an original weekly companion, celebrating the intersection of food and life for more than two decades. A culinary, culture and lifestyle program, it hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture and introduces us to generations of food dignitaries.

In 2018 Francis took over the program from founding host Lynne Rossetto Kasper. The Splendid Table explores different cultures, cuisines and ideas, as well as the small personal stories that come out of the expansive world of the table. As a former restaurant cook and culinary school graduate, Francis can handle virtually any food query and loves taking listener’s calls.  He is keenly interested in people and their stories and believes that one of the keys to understanding people better is to learn what they cook and how they eat. The program is produced and distributed by American Public Media. The Splendid Table airs weekly on Sundays at 4 p.m. on WFYI 90.1 FM.