Meet Chef Larry Berkowitz: Spicing Up South Central Florida’s Airwaves
Chef Larry and wife, Gwen have been enjoying entertaining guests over the Florida airwaves since 2002 when they began their RADIO GRILL radio show at WPBR in West Palm Beach. 
Gwen began her broadcasting career in Chicago and had become a California air personality when she met the popular new Chicago executive chef on a visit home. Their individual careers continued well into their marriage.
His jobs took them all over the country, while Gwen picked up voice-over and radio work wherever they landed. They began working together in their own restaurant in Malibu. After years of cultivating the “radio grill” idea, Gwen convinced Chef Larry to join her on the airwaves.
It began in a South Florida radio studio with Chef Larry bringing in a George Foreman grill and actually cooking while they conducted a live radio show and he and Gwen casually chatted with the guests as they dined.
They moved to a ClearChannel station and began broadcasting LIVE remotes from different restaurants in Palm Beach, then Ft. Lauderdale, then Miami ,and finally in the Tampa Bay area.
An Executive Chef position at Parrish Medical Center brought them to Titusville,FL. Chef Larry’s Speedshop Cafe’ in Orlando at the Central Florida Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership was next.
Now Chef Larry has a cafe’ located in Titusville’s Historical District area at : 1111 South Washington Ave.
Hospital in Loxahachee, Florida. Mindful of diet restrictions of the patients needs to avoid sodium, MSG and other harmful ingredients, he began using it in all of the dishes he created as Executive Chef of the hospital. He used it in the Doctor’s Dining Room and they began requesting his “secret” spice recipe. Then the patients began requesting it. He continued using his spice at Parrish Hospital in Titusville and the same thing happened. Now, you can get it by emailing: cheflarrysspice@yahoo.comIf you are in the Titusville, FL area tune in to listen to Chef Larry on channels: WKFA 89.3 FM, WPIO 89.3 FM, and WEJF 90.3 FM /Noon to 1:00 P.M. Thursdays and Fridays.
