Seafood Fraud, Transparency, and Trust with Chef Frank Terzoli

<p>How much do you really know about the seafood you buy? In this episode of Bites &amp; Bytes Podcast, <strong>Kristin King</strong> sits down with <strong>Chef Frank Terzoli</strong>, a lifelong chef, commercial fisherman and captain, seafood industry veteran, and someone who helped shape global seafood traceability standards.</p><p>Frank’s career has taken him from cooking professionally as a kid and running fishing boats to Top Chef, global seafood sourcing, conservation work, and now CertiHarvest. Along the way, he has seen firsthand how an industry built on long-standing relationships can also become fragmented, opaque, and vulnerable to fraud.</p><p>The conversation moves from seafood fraud and mislabeling into a bigger question: what changes when verified information begins at harvest? Frank explains why transparency, not simply traceability, matters; how first-mile data can give buyers and consumers greater confidence in origin, handling, quality, and freshness; and how technology is changing what the seafood supply chain can actually know in real time.</p><p>Kristin and Frank also talk about aquaculture, food security, seafood quality, consumer education, connected technology, and the cyber-physical risks of putting more data and devices into food production. And because this is Frank, there are also sharks, Sicilian food memories, and more laughter-filled stories.</p><p><strong>If you eat seafood, buy seafood, work anywhere in the food supply chain, or simply want to understand what transparency can look like when technology finally catches up with industry, this conversation is for you.</strong></p><p>---------------</p><p><strong>Guest Contact Information</strong></p><p>Chef Frank “Frankie the Bull” Terzoli</p><p>Top Chef Season 2 Contestant</p><p>Cutthroat Kitchen Winner</p><p>CSO/CPO, CertiHarvest</p><p>Frank’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankie-terzoli-827a372b" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">LinkedIn</a></p><p>CertiHarvest <a href="https://www.certiharvest.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Website</a></p><p>CertiHarvest<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/certi-harvest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> LinkedIn</a></p><p>---------------</p><p><strong>Episode Key Highlights:</strong></p><p>00:01:43 — Sicilian Food, Family and Eating Memories</p><p>00:05:53 — Swimming with Sharks: Frank’s Unforgettable Fishing Story</p><p>00:08:21 — From Commercial Fishing to Top Chef</p><p>00:15:42 — Frank’s W