Follow culinary director Nick Ocando as he takes us inside the kitchen of his three standout restaurants in St. Petersburg, Florida. The day begins at Allelo, where his team prepares a Mediterranean menu with cappelletti and radiatori pasta made in-house, steamed lobster, a wagyu and scallop plate, and its signature octopus and watermelon dish. Then it’s off to Juno & the Peacock, a coastal American restaurant, serving showstopping appetizers like a seafood tower stacked with oysters, shrimp, crab, smoked salmon, and lobster salad. He wraps up at Pluma, a cocktail lounge serving Central American small plates, known for its popular huitlacoche empanadas.
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Credits:
Senior Producer/Director: Connor Reid
Senior Video Director: Murilo Ferreira
Camera: Murilo Ferreira, Tom Daly
Production Sound Mixer: Mike Fitzgerald
Editor: Howie Burbidge
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Head of Production: Stefania Orrù
Director of Production: Michelle Fox
Post-Production Supervisor: Lucy Morales Carlisle
Audience Engagement: Frances Dumlao
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20 Comments
What a random unrefined menu, you can always tell who cares and who doesn't
Oooo 😍😌😍😌
Exquisitely prepared tasty looking food. Best
some chefs just aren't made for the camera….Video was pretty mid. Chef lacks enthusiasm. His marriage has to be a mess.
Dude needs web swinging or something, some kinda Peter Parker stuff jumping between 3
Serve the tamale and don’t get rid of the juice in the clause you say you’re a man you know better
I live in St. Pete and if I had a dollar for every high-end restaurant downtown and in Grand Central that I haven’t been to, I could afford to buy a drink at one of them lol, wife & I pretty much only ever do Il Ritorno if we wanna splash out
The huitlacoche pronunciation taking me out man
Awesome chef i he cureb too about food family and people eat food
That is absolutely not A5 Wagyu, if you're cooking it like that, it looks like charred wood cracking apart.
Love the watermelon and octopus idea 😂 funny how it came about
It's a nice restaurant because the kitchen is clean.😀
Seafood tower looked sad
Running a 10 table 80 covers a night restaurant is hard…. hats off to
Shoulda taunted the lobsters. "This is the last face you'll see alive 💀"
Mayve it's me — the background soundtrack is unnecessary. I used to love watching these shows. The over production in music dampens the joys. That's my 2 cents. I'm sure others are okay with this.
Really good one. Lots of awesome ideas. Adding these two places to my Go Tos for St. Pete. Nice work Chef Nick.
This guy sounds like he lost his passion years ago 🤣
This guy has a personality as if his dad never hugged him.
Tying those lobsters together is such a damn good idea. This dude isn't just a chef. He is a craftsman. Much respect, chef.