Award-winning author, producer and creator of hit TV shows Phil Rosenthal has announced a live tour for 2025.
The creator of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ and ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ is preparing to entertain audiences with 'An Evening With Phil Rosenthal’.
An Evening With Phil Rosenthal of Somebody Feed Phil will see the award-winning creator offer insights into his career which spans forty years in the entertainment industry.
Phil Rosenthal is the host of the hit Netflix series ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ as well as a 2x New York Times Best Selling Author. Rosenthal also created the hit CBS comedy “Everybody Loves Raymond” and served as the showrunner and executive producer for all nine years of the show's run. During its original run, the show was nominated for over 70 Emmy Awards, and won 15 awards, including two for “Best Comedy Series” in 2003 and 2005. Rosenthal won the 2002 Writers Guild Award for “Excellence in Television Writing” for his “Italy” script.
‘Somebody Feed Phil’ is one of Netflix’s most popular food and travel shows and released its seventh season earlier this year, which included a visit to Glasgow. Following its popularity, it has been renewed for an eighth season and is one of Netflix’s longest unscripted series.
The creator of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ and ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ is preparing to entertain audiences with 'An Evening With Phil Rosenthal’.
An Evening With Phil Rosenthal of Somebody Feed Phil will see the award-winning creator offer insights into his career which spans forty years in the entertainment industry.
Phil Rosenthal is the host of the hit Netflix series ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ as well as a 2x New York Times Best Selling Author. Rosenthal also created the hit CBS comedy “Everybody Loves Raymond” and served as the showrunner and executive producer for all nine years of the show's run. During its original run, the show was nominated for over 70 Emmy Awards, and won 15 awards, including two for “Best Comedy Series” in 2003 and 2005. Rosenthal won the 2002 Writers Guild Award for “Excellence in Television Writing” for his “Italy” script.
‘Somebody Feed Phil’ is one of Netflix’s most popular food and travel shows and released its seventh season earlier this year, which included a visit to Glasgow. Following its popularity, it has been renewed for an eighth season and is one of Netflix’s longest unscripted series.
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00:00that was the beginning that was the that was the start and people seem to respond to that and
00:06That sense of travel. I
00:08thought there's so many wonderful aspects of this that I would love to turn people on to and
00:15I feel like I could do it with humor in a way that hadn't been presented before and
00:21So that's why that's when I started pursuing
00:25Somebody feed Phil
00:28How much are you involved in this program in terms of the picking the
00:33Destinations the right you're in a big machine now. You're in a global
00:36Enterprise where people all over the world are seeing what you're having for breakfast lunch and dinner Phil
00:41But how much are you enjoying?
00:43How much do you enjoy or how much are you involved in the whole planning process and everything that goes into it?
00:48I'm as involved as I can be or want to be I
00:54when we first started I
00:57Was very concerned with where we're going exactly what we're doing and then I as we as we go now
01:02This is going to be our eighth season coming on
01:07I've learned to trust the production company who have fixers all over the world there. We have people
01:15that we work with all over the world because they the production company used to be Anthony Bourdain's production company and
01:22So I may do my own research the way you would do research you Google best restaurants in Glasgow and and
01:31You know, you see what the popular places are you read reviews?
01:35And then I leave it up to the people who live there to tell me are these really good or is there a new place?
01:41That's better or has this been done too many times before is it old hat now?
01:45Should I should I do something else and then we leave room in the schedule for serendipity for things to happen
01:54spontaneously as they would for you on a
01:56vacation that you were taking
01:58so
02:00To answer your question, yes, I'm very involved, but I also welcome the involvement of everyone around me and
02:08That goes for the editing as well. I do have final say as to what gets in the show
02:14And
02:16So I kind of am the overall producer of it, but I also trust my brother
02:22To who's the executive producer?
02:26To use his judgment as well, and I'm way more trusting now
02:31That I was at the beginning and to be honest Richard really does put the show together
02:39He's great at
02:42Don't tell him I said that
02:45We won't make his head too big and
02:47So my gran had a brother called Phil
02:50Yes, and Phil moved from Glasgow to Astoria, Queens in
02:561939 we's wife raised a family there and they all ended up in New Jersey
03:01So I've got lots of cousins over there and I've spent lots of times in New York
03:04Yes them and I was born in Queens. I was born in Queens. Yeah, and your name is Phil
03:10So that's right
03:12We're related. You're now the second Phil from Queens in my life. Very good. And I
03:18was wondering if being born in Queens and growing up in New York City prepared you for for being an adventurous or
03:24Curious diner because the so so much of the world is on your doorstep
03:29That's a great question. I
03:32Know it didn't
03:34Didn't at all because we couldn't afford to go to all the wonderful places
03:37New York has to offer and so I ate at home every night and the food was not
03:43world-class
03:45Wasn't even very good and but I just thought that's what food was
03:51You know when you grow up in your family and you don't have exposure to many things you think that's the way the world is
03:56Yeah, and it wasn't until I left that house that first of all, I had food with flavor
04:01But second that there was a whole world of food to discover from people from all over the world
04:10First in New York
04:13And then when I went on my first trip to Europe when I was in my 20s
04:17I'd never been anywhere and that really blew my mind. Yeah
04:23And you've been you've been kind of experimented ever since. Yes. I mean like
04:28Do you find it now that you are and a curious eater or is that something you have to force yourself into?
04:34Oh, no. Oh, no
04:36I'm very and I realized I like a lot of things and I'm very happy to try things now that said
04:42I'm not in Andrew Zimmern. You know who that is. He'll try the weirdest stuff just because it's weird
04:49I'm really not looking for that
04:51I'm looking for delicious
04:54So I'm looking for local specialties, but I do have limits, you know in Mexico they offered me a guano and
05:00I wasn't going to eat that
05:05That was a no and
05:07the your turn the cities when you come to the UK it got me thinking about and
05:13You know cities in your life that are
05:16Important to you or cities in your life that you've really been struck by the food
05:20The food is a great way to very quickly get to
05:23To grips with what the people from a city is all about how they live what they're into
05:28That's right style of entertainment how they connect. Yeah
05:32What are your favorite food cities or just cities are important to you Phil?
05:37Well, New York definitely Los Angeles is probably the best food city in America even more than New York
05:42I feel because of the diversity it really comes down to
05:48How many
05:50Immigrants there are in your city
05:53For instance, I believe it's Glasgow. I
05:58Had the best shawarma I ever had in my life. Yeah
06:02Right. I know that put it in the show and
06:05When I come you better believe that I'll be stopping there again. Yeah, I love it
06:10So I didn't expect to find that in Glasgow
06:14This is this is interesting as well for cities because
06:18Musicians and comedians who go on tour a lot. Yeah, they have a terrible diet because they're stuck
06:23They're they're eating unusual times a night and all that kind of stuff, but you've got the secret codes now
06:29You've you've got like all these kind of little places you can dip into even if you do
06:33You can quickly run from the theatres the best shawarma you've ever had and then dip back in
06:37Have you found this that you you've been able to kind of
06:41Crack the code and get into the life of a city through through some of your visits and maybe find places you want to go
06:47Back with your family and stuff like that every time
06:50Every single time and I find that the world is so wonderful now
06:54And I'm going to attribute this to the to the internet where
06:58You know a kid
07:00In Iowa in the United States can see what a chef in Paris
07:05Can see what a chef in Paris is doing
07:08And learn from it and emulate it using their local ingredients and it it's made the world
07:16Fantastic in that you can find a great meal anywhere
07:20Right, I know Glasgow wasn't always known for food, but you have a wonderful food scene now
07:26Yeah
07:27We do and you showcased it brilliantly phil. Oh, thanks. And you got sunshine as well
07:32I was like, how did you manage that one?
07:35I don't know. I hope to bring some more
07:38In in uh, is it april i'm going to be there? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so, um
07:44And then you went to edinburgh as well you
07:47That's right
07:48Both cities and you met some really interesting people along the way is the relationships important to you as well being able to have
07:54the most important
07:55The most important I look forward to seeing some of my friends when I come back
07:59uh and
08:01You know, I keep in touch
08:03Anyone can keep in touch with you dm on instagram
08:07and and uh
08:09I I just love it. Uh, there are people i've met all over all over the world
08:13That's the best part of doing the show or just traveling at all even without a show
08:19The best part of traveling are the friends you make
08:23Yeah, definitely and um, I was just thinking about the the universal aspect of um
08:30Of food, you know, it's
08:33You you were able to go into uh, you know
08:36Like a neighborhood malaysian restaurant in glasgow and people will watch that all over the world and they'll be able to make some kind
08:42Of connection, you know julie was julie
08:44Lynn was there with her mom and you know
08:46Like she was trying different food and you were talking to her and stuff like that. Yes. Um
08:51You've made a career out of writing
08:53Pretty much in your own authentic voice and drawing in your own experience
08:57And that's what brings you here and you can go out on stage and you can speak in your own voice
09:02I was just wondering about you know humor
09:04Do you think that humor is something that's that's universal that people can make that connection to even if you do have?
09:11Quite a local view or you know a very particular personal view of the world
09:16Uh, I find that food is the great connector
09:21And then laughs are the cement
09:24Okay, I like that
09:27Because if we you and I meet
09:29Over a meal. Yeah
09:31You know right away no matter where you're from
09:34It's a human thing that we all do and we all like
09:38We look forward to mealtime sometimes it's the only bright spot in a person's day is that break they have to eat
09:45And you know if the food is then any good at all now, we're happy and then if we share a laugh
09:52Now we're friends and we might eat again so to me that's the secret of life
09:56It's the secret to peace in the world. It's it's everything
10:01I'm going to jump back to cities because we talked about new york. We talked about los angeles
10:05I was just wondering when you went to other ones other places for the first time
10:09And yeah, your mind was kind of opened up to new flavors. Where was it you went?
10:13What was it was it was two places. It was paris and florence. Okay, that would do it. Yeah, that's where I was
10:20Pretty good cities to start with on a food journey
10:23Yeah, I would say right
10:26There I don't know, you know, I thought paris was heaven until I got to florence
10:31And I think I like that even more
10:33The italian way of doing things and the italian food and the scenery italy might be my favorite place
10:41but
10:42listen
10:45Uh, you live in a beautiful place scotland is absolutely gorgeous ireland gorgeous
10:53England gorgeous. It's all there's you know, I haven't found any bad places yet. Yeah
11:00That'll be an alternative series filth that you wait wait, that could be a spin-off
11:06Phil don't feed phil
11:10Please hide me somebody hides him
11:13Um
11:16So, I mean you you kind of you you involve your family and stuff and stones and and bits like that
11:22um, are they enjoying this iteration of of
11:26You know dad and husband being this I think so
11:29I think they like it. Uh
11:31You know, they come when they can they they have lives of their own. They all have careers
11:37And so sometimes it's hard to coordinate getting everyone in the same spot
11:41But I love
11:43Having them. I love you know, i've been traveling with my wife for about 40 years
11:49So we we enjoy that she might be with me by the way in uh, glasgow
11:55uh
11:58And and uh
11:59You know just because
12:01We spend enough time apart when when i'm traveling to do the show and these tours
12:08She can't always come so that's a good chunk of the year that i'm off doing things
12:14But so so then I try to get her in
12:18To come with me to film episodes. She's I think in three episodes coming up
12:23out of the eight
12:25uh
12:26my son ben and his new wife is in one coming up and
12:31my daughter lily
12:33and her fiance
12:35Are in one or two?
12:38It's a joy to do and there's another reason I do it, too
12:43I think it's relatable to the audience because when we travel we generally travel on vacation with our families
12:50So here's what this town is like
12:53Look at the fun
12:55And beautiful experiences you can have with your family
13:00Totally yeah, um
13:03I was wondering if there was any cities that you brought home with you. Um
13:09Like I went to tokyo on a trip and I spent about four days there and how great is that?
13:14How great is that food scene amazing mind-blowing? It was a different world phil
13:19And ever since then there's been kind of like, you know, japanese food has found its way into my home
13:25Yeah
13:26I wonder about you know, if there's any kind of cuisines that have leaked down from the show into your own kitchen
13:33Well my kitchen
13:35My kitchen exists only to order in takeout
13:39Or to your takeout menu selection then yeah, because I can't cook. I mean, that's the
13:45That's the sad part is that i've learned i've learned nothing
13:50About cooking though. The truth is I have learned some things but I don't have the talent or the temperament for it
13:56I also when you've had the best food in the world even from a street vendor
14:02Who's doing things that you just you can't believe how great it is, right?
14:07I'm, like what? Well, I can't do this
14:10Why not just support the people who can do it?
14:14You know, my joke is people say you have a food show and you can't cook
14:17I said yeah, but I meet a lot of great chefs in the world. They can't write a sitcom. Yeah
14:23So we all contribute to lives in our own way
14:27So you wrote
14:29For Ray Romano and you wrote in a way that was kind of drawn from your own experience
14:35And then you watched him on screen. I wonder if Ray's ever watched your
14:41television show and and kind of
14:43Had that out of body experience watching someone who's because you were two people that were so in sync in terms of like the way
14:49You were you would say things or frame things. You're both writers as well, you know
14:53Well, yeah, there were there were certainly many aspects of my personality in that character
14:59but
15:00I would say even more so Ray is Ray
15:04That is him. Yeah, totally. Yeah. Yeah, and you you know, you write for somebody and you try to write in their voice, right?
15:11Yeah, and it's even to the point where you write a line that you think, you know
15:16Is the way you would say it and he may have a better way of saying it that fits him more
15:22So you adapt to that that said your point is well taken
15:26We spent so much time together
15:28That i'm sure there are aspects of my personality
15:32That rubbed off on him and vice versa
15:37Because so we're like brothers then in fact, he's in he's here in new york with me we're going out together tonight
15:44So, uh
15:46Where do you hit when you're when you're right in the york?
15:48Is it is it restaurants? Is it one big restaurant you lounge in or that kind of thing or?
15:54Once a year I go to one of my favorite restaurants in the world. It's called peter lugers
15:59Yeah, the steakhouse, right? It was in the new york episode. Yeah
16:03uh, it's really
16:06perfect
16:07If you like a steakhouse experience
16:09Because every element is great. Not just the steak but everything else
16:14Yeah, and I like a restaurant that just finds a place and kind of stays there, you know, like it's it's
16:19Immune from fashions and stuff like that. Yes
16:23Um and on that note i'll let you go off and enjoy your steak. Oh, this is very pleasant. Thank you
16:30Will you come to the show? I will come to the show
16:33Make sure to say hi after I will absolutely. Thank you very much phil. Uh, all the best. Bye now