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The Matty Matheson Episode

July 14, 2026 · 1 h 10 min

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Today we cooked up a great episode, and we mean that in every possible sense you could imagine. Our guest is Matty Matheson, a chef who can cook Michelin star level but can also make something super approachable with heart and love. Benny puts Matty’s steakhouse among the top 1 or 2 steakhouse experiences of his entire life and the food is only where it starts. Matty is an actor. He gets voted most fashionable. He has a clothing company. He has a cookware company, he sells pans with a wait list. So when Matty comes to the house, Dave, who admits he is not a chef, decides he is going to cook for him and force him to rate his cuisine. Please have a seat at our table and prepare to feast upon this truly delicious hang with the one and only Matthew Matheson. Thanks for watching. We respect you!

 

What happens:

0:00 intro

0:22 we have a chef coming

1:07 chef or actor

1:30 benny's food idol

2:07 he's here

2:37 matching outfits

3:23 dave has never had baloney

5:05 encased meat

5:45 mexican chicken

6:18 two cooking minds

7:36 dave tries baloney

8:20 dave's food philosophies

8:41 matty's death row meal

9:22 a quick clarification about mexican chicken

10:50 matty's death row meal (continued)

12:32 best meal or best sex

13:48 you need a sex room

14:27 sex swing

15:26 dave locks in

15:44 matty rates dave's mexican chicken

17:01 where do you stand on wheat

19:37 dave's style

20:37 matty's clothing company

20:59 matty's cookware company

21:17 matty's restaurants

22:27 paying full price at your own restaurant

23:05 the street with the stores

23:33 call from uncle paulie

25:00 how benny met matty

25:32 inventing food content

27:00 escaping in matty's flatbed with ed sheeran

29:12 ed sheeran toronto basement house party

29:46 stealing baby names

31:00 matty vs matthew

31:36 tattoo regrets

32:11 20-day temporary tattoo fantasy

32:52 worst day of matty's life

33:14 matty's heart attack

35:23 what matty's heart attack felt like

37:11 post heart attack cigarette

38:09 10 days in the hospital

40:00 restaurant industry exhaustion

40:46 going harder post heart attack

44:01 gen z llama haircut

45:27 showering matty like a dog

45:47 matty snaps his foot in half

47:52 learning who the real dave is

48:09 dave's texting style

48:38 benny's texting style

49:19 is benny illiterate

50:35 dave's 80 pound water bottle

50:50 no more sink

52:09 best day of matty's life

52:27 winning trish back

54:00 matty can't cry

55:12 crying at the end of tag

55:25 benny & matty movie nights

55:52 matty's dog bowl

56:24 pasta bar

57:03 burd's restaurant

57:38 thanksgiving restaurant

57:56 chicken fingers vs. chicken tenders

58:49 matty's first famous fans

1:00:06 cooking for another chef

1:01:47 a special guest

1:02:17 how do you be together for so long

1:03:29 parenting style fights

1:05:14 becoming your parents

1:06:41 favorite / least favorite things about matty

1:07:41 favorite / least favorite things about trish

1:09:22 all in for friends

 

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