Two Fake Chefs

The Digital Chef (Doug Maxon) & Chef Robbie Held

Two Fake Chefs Kitchen Dropouts. Industry Lifers.

Two Fake Chefs is a hospitality podcast for private chefs, personal chefs, caterers, hospitality entrepreneurs, and service business operators who know the work behind the scenes is never as clean as it looks on Instagram.

Hosted by Doug Maxon, known as The Digital Chef, and Chef Robbie Held, the #1 ranked personal chef in Arizona and founder of Health Held in Hand, this show blends real hospitality experience, operator insight, food culture, and behind-the-scenes business conversations from two people who built their knowledge in the field, not in a classroom.

Doug’s background includes working as a head brewer and operating food trucks, restaurants, and catering businesses before moving into automation, reputation management, lead systems, and revenue infrastructure for service businesses. Robbie built a premium private chef brand serving the greater Phoenix ar