Amuzed A Podcast for Geniuses

is hosted by Michael Muser — Michelin-starred restaurateur, renowned sommelier, professional photographer, and owner and host of Chicago’s Banchet Awards, the Oscars of the city’s hospitality world. Amuzed is a long-form conversation series featuring leading voices in hospitality and a wide range of creative fields. Each episode explores the people behind the work — chefs, restaurateurs, photographers, writers, journalists, motorcyclists, and other compelling individuals with unique stories and perspectives. At its core, Amuzed goes beyond the surface of restaurant culture. Michael Muser guides honest, thoughtful, and often humorous conversations that uncover the reality of life in and around hospitality — the discipline, sacrifice, family impact, passion, and chaos that shape it. The result is an authentic, entertaining, and deeply human listening experience that resonates well beyond the industry.