Who Is The Aimless Cook?

My name is Jay del Corro. I am a chef, food writer, and creator of The Aimless Cook Podcast. The podcast is based on my old YouTube cooking channel that I started back in 2009 as a vlog when I was a divorced dad living in a basement suite, documenting all the cooking I was doing while working a part-time job at a nearby Japanese restaurant. It was a chapter in my life when all I wanted to do was kill downtime and rethink my purpose.

Since then I grew my YouTube channel, started a popular Asian restaurant which I ran for decade, raised my kids in the food industry, and had the honour of being a part of the thriving food community in Calgary. These days I cook, write, produce a podcast, and am still very much in love with the food community here in this city. It’s a love that I want to share with you.

The Aimless Cook Newsletter is a collection of essays, photos, audio, podcast episodes, reviews, and recipes. It’s a culmination of all things food that I have come to love and appreciate throughout the years that I’ve been so intimately involved with it.

It is delivered weekly directly to your inbox for your pleasure, without the hassle of navigating the murky waters of social media groups, hashtags, and searches to find and enjoy.

If you appreciate good food, memorable dining experiences, industry talk, food in pop culture, and more, then this is the newsletter for you.

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