WEBVTT 00:07.566 --> 00:14.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Central Kentucky is home to 00:10.433 --> 00:16.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% some amazing restaurants from 00:12.166 --> 00:17.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% fine dining to casual bites and 00:14.233 --> 00:18.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% farm to table exotic cuisine. 00:16.133 --> 00:20.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% There are options for everyone. 00:17.033 --> 00:23.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Today. We'll meet some of the 00:18.600 --> 00:24.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% chefs who are being recognized 00:20.466 --> 00:28.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% for their outstanding work. 00:23.800 --> 00:36.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% That's now on connections. 00:24.433 --> 00:38.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 00:28.800 --> 00:39.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 00:36.966 --> 00:41.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Thank you for joining us for 00:38.933 --> 00:43.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% connections today. I'm Renee 00:39.966 --> 00:44.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Shaw. Okay. First up today we 00:41.366 --> 00:46.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% meet a Lexington chef who's 00:43.433 --> 00:48.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% been nominated for a 00:44.033 --> 00:50.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% prestigious award. 00:46.133 --> 00:51.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% >> Despite not having a 00:48.233 --> 00:55.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% traditional restaurant instead, 00:50.100 --> 00:55.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% chef Samantha for of took took 00:51.100 --> 00:56.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% 3 long can bytes has made her 00:55.033 --> 00:58.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% way onto the fancied by 00:55.633 --> 01:00.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% operating pop-up locations 00:56.400 --> 01:00.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% around town. And she joins us 00:58.466 --> 01:01.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% today to discuss her recent 01:00.200 --> 01:04.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% nomination for a James Beard 01:00.866 --> 01:05.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Award. If you don't know how 01:01.533 --> 01:07.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% significant it is, we're going 01:04.333 --> 01:08.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% to tell you talk about her rise 01:05.066 --> 01:10.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% in popularity over the years. 01:07.233 --> 01:12.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Good to see a cut. Price am 01:08.233 --> 01:13.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Well, it's it's good to have 01:10.266 --> 01:15.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% you here. And thank you so very 01:12.266 --> 01:16.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% much and congratulations. 01:13.400 --> 01:19.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Thank you. I'm so excited to be 01:15.433 --> 01:21.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% here and to meet you. And this 01:16.666 --> 01:23.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% is just officers from well back 01:19.433 --> 01:24.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% at. Yeah. So James Beard Award. 01:21.333 --> 01:24.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% >> People who are in the 01:23.400 --> 01:28.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% culinary say may not know like 01:24.100 --> 01:28.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% how really significant that is. 01:24.833 --> 01:29.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% I mean, this is like the creme 01:28.033 --> 01:32.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% de la creme right? 01:28.533 --> 01:34.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> Yeah, it's a it's definitely 01:29.366 --> 01:37.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% a bit of a it's it's definitely 01:32.400 --> 01:38.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% a bit of a shock and a surprise 01:34.333 --> 01:38.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% >> I have focused on doing 01:37.266 --> 01:40.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% about as humble of a beginning 01:38.066 --> 01:41.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% as is humanly You know, I I 01:38.733 --> 01:44.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% have been cooking around the 01:40.566 --> 01:45.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% country for the last 2 years 01:41.466 --> 01:45.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% and I just I guess I didn't 01:44.766 --> 01:46.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:42.5% realize who I was 01:45.466 --> 01:47.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:30% cooking for. 01:45.866 --> 01:51.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> Yeah. I mean, did you run 01:46.533 --> 01:51.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% across people and thought, oh, 01:47.233 --> 01:53.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% my gosh, this is who I'm giving 01:51.333 --> 01:54.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% my food too. Yeah. 01:51.833 --> 01:55.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> Yeah. Last year there was 01:53.500 --> 01:58.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% a very surreal moment. I was 01:54.833 --> 01:59.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% a last-minute invited to the 01:55.500 --> 02:00.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Aspen Food Wine Classic for 01:58.966 --> 02:00.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% Food Line and chef we to 01:59.566 --> 02:03.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Michael was there and we were 02:00.266 --> 02:05.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% able to kind of like have our 02:00.966 --> 02:07.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% little Kentucky contingent 02:03.833 --> 02:09.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% together. the first night when 02:05.900 --> 02:12.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% our party was it was, you know, 02:07.433 --> 02:12.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% all these award-winning chefs 02:09.500 --> 02:14.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% in small yeas are coming in. 02:12.033 --> 02:15.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> this is really good. So it's 02:12.800 --> 02:17.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% you know, you're rubbing elbows 02:14.833 --> 02:19.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% with people like Nancy 02:15.833 --> 02:20.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Silverton and Bobby Stuckey is 02:17.800 --> 02:21.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% like legendary in the wine 02:19.633 --> 02:22.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% world. All the chefs that 02:20.266 --> 02:25.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% you've seen on TV for years and 02:21.533 --> 02:28.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% years and years. And they're 02:22.200 --> 02:28.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% like this is a really great 02:25.566 --> 02:29.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:37.5% additional Mike 02:28.266 --> 02:31.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% >> OK, thank Why are you 02:28.866 --> 02:31.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% surprised, right? Just because 02:29.566 --> 02:32.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% I mean, they had to start 02:31.100 --> 02:34.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% somewhere to Zach. 02:31.700 --> 02:34.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> Clay, but there it is. 02:32.333 --> 02:37.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% I think for me is, is that it's 02:34.233 --> 02:38.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% very different than that. 02:34.866 --> 02:39.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% I'm I'm representing a cuisine 02:37.866 --> 02:41.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that I grew up with. And so I 02:38.933 --> 02:42.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% think when people when people 02:39.633 --> 02:44.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% are looking at the cuisines 02:41.900 --> 02:47.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% that they grow up with, they 02:42.966 --> 02:47.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% don't think of them in the same 02:44.833 --> 02:49.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% sort of vein is fine dining. 02:47.033 --> 02:50.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% But when you look at the French 02:47.766 --> 02:53.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Foods that are, you know, all 02:49.666 --> 02:54.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% of these beautiful restaurants, 02:50.566 --> 02:56.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% huff, they have humble 02:53.466 --> 02:56.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% beginnings as well. Right? 02:54.466 --> 02:58.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% And so it's really exciting to 02:56.166 --> 03:02.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% see people adopting a new 02:56.800 --> 03:02.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% beginning from a new region of 02:58.266 --> 03:07.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the world. Yes. So tell me 03:02.133 --> 03:10.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% about your cuisine. My cuisine 03:02.833 --> 03:10.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% is the love child of Sri Lanka 03:07.266 --> 03:11.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% on the South. Much like me 03:10.133 --> 03:12.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% that's a nice Black Friday ads 03:10.833 --> 03:15.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:10% say. 03:11.166 --> 03:16.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> People don't think that the 03:12.433 --> 03:18.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% cultures of South Asia and, you 03:15.733 --> 03:19.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% know, the southern U.S. 03:16.800 --> 03:20.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% are very similar, but they in 03:18.700 --> 03:21.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% what ways you have a lot of 03:19.366 --> 03:23.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% familial connection to your 03:20.033 --> 03:27.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% recipes. If you look at the 03:21.933 --> 03:27.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% recipes from in my husband's 03:23.666 --> 03:29.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% families from Appalachia, their 03:27.233 --> 03:30.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% pass down right? And they 03:27.866 --> 03:32.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% become a big part of the 03:29.200 --> 03:36.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% family. A big part of gathering 03:30.566 --> 03:37.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% and whether it's a birth or a 03:32.633 --> 03:37.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% death or an event in the 03:36.733 --> 03:38.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% family. Food is always 03:37.300 --> 03:39.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% paramount, right? Right. 03:37.900 --> 03:42.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% And so when people recognize 03:38.566 --> 03:43.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% that that's going on with both 03:39.900 --> 03:44.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Appalachian culture and South 03:42.800 --> 03:46.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Asian culture, it keeps them 03:43.900 --> 03:48.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% up. Yeah. And that's really 03:44.866 --> 03:50.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% that's what I thought my job 03:46.066 --> 03:53.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% was to provide that bridge. 03:48.833 --> 03:54.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% But I guess I have to cook. 03:50.966 --> 03:55.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> So it's a fusion right of 03:53.833 --> 03:56.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% the 2. I give it as me. I think 03:54.833 --> 03:59.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% it is my food. Because if it's 03:55.533 --> 03:59.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% a fusion, it's it's a little 03:56.200 --> 04:01.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% bit of this and a little bit of 03:59.233 --> 04:02.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:37.5% that. But this. 03:59.700 --> 04:05.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> This is all me. Yes, it's 04:01.900 --> 04:07.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% you know, I'm a I'm a Sri 04:02.533 --> 04:08.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Lankan woman who was born in 04:05.500 --> 04:11.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% in Kentucky, raised in the 04:07.633 --> 04:12.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% South. And these are the foods 04:08.400 --> 04:14.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% that I grew up eating. But in a 04:11.366 --> 04:16.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% way that's presented to what I 04:12.866 --> 04:19.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% was eating outside of the home, 04:14.800 --> 04:20.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% right? So from having a fried 04:16.933 --> 04:21.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% chicken, I wanted to have all 04:19.900 --> 04:22.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% these flavors of the chicken 04:20.566 --> 04:23.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% curries that I make with in 04:21.766 --> 04:25.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% like everybody. Yeah. But it 04:22.833 --> 04:28.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% looks like a piece of fried 04:23.500 --> 04:31.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% chicken. So someone's going to 04:25.900 --> 04:31.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% try it. I'm a big believer. 04:28.166 --> 04:34.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the presentation is southern. 04:31.066 --> 04:35.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> Yeah, happens in this labor. 04:31.800 --> 04:36.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% It sure looks actually. It's a 04:34.200 --> 04:37.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% pleasant surprise. Yeah. 04:35.066 --> 04:38.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% You're talking into shrimp and 04:36.266 --> 04:39.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% grits. You're expecting cream 04:37.533 --> 04:40.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% and butter. But then you get 04:38.200 --> 04:40.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% this beautiful. Have coconut 04:39.466 --> 04:42.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% milk. That's just like a 04:40.533 --> 04:46.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:17.5% weight. 04:40.866 --> 04:47.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> This is sweet and rich and 04:42.566 --> 04:49.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% beacon that's that are cut. 04:46.733 --> 04:51.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> vegan grips. Yeah, it's wow. 04:47.600 --> 04:51.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% I make the congrats that are 04:49.800 --> 04:53.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% not terribly. I would never put 04:51.033 --> 04:54.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% that into an accident together 04:51.733 --> 04:55.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% when it got to the southern 04:53.766 --> 04:57.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% cuisine. That's for sure. 04:54.900 --> 04:58.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% Well, tell me about your 04:55.866 --> 05:03.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% parents. And and when they came 04:57.800 --> 05:04.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% here and how little they had 04:58.500 --> 05:06.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% when they arrived. So my 05:03.200 --> 05:08.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% parents they came here in 1972. 05:04.900 --> 05:10.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> And my father came in on one 05:06.966 --> 05:11.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% of the visas for medical 05:08.300 --> 05:14.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% professionals. And so he was 05:10.333 --> 05:15.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% sent to Cincinnati, Ohio and 05:11.100 --> 05:16.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% did a residency in pulmonology 05:14.866 --> 05:19.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% and them, I guess in Kentucky 05:15.566 --> 05:20.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% they need a lot of good lung 05:16.233 --> 05:21.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% doctors say adding down here. 05:19.133 --> 05:25.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% my parents came to this country 05:20.733 --> 05:25.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% with 50 bucks in their hands 05:21.400 --> 05:27.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% and made a life for all of 05:25.066 --> 05:29.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% their kids and still, you know, 05:25.833 --> 05:30.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% still are very supportive of my 05:27.800 --> 05:31.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% career. Yeah, it's fantastic 05:29.866 --> 05:34.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% because I moved them up here 05:30.833 --> 05:34.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% about a year ago. My parents 05:31.800 --> 05:37.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% were in Lexington. We're all 05:34.266 --> 05:39.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% in like until until about and 05:34.966 --> 05:39.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% them as they age. And as I've 05:37.666 --> 05:43.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% come back, I came back 10 years 05:39.066 --> 05:45.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% ago. And I just like, you know, 05:39.800 --> 05:46.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% I don't want to leave. I like 05:43.200 --> 05:47.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% it here. It's we're glad for 05:45.766 --> 05:50.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% It's a good life here, 05:46.700 --> 05:51.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% honestly, because I've I've 05:47.666 --> 05:52.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% lived in the big cities. 05:50.566 --> 05:56.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% I get to travel the world and I 05:51.300 --> 05:56.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% get to come home for the 05:52.233 --> 05:57.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% bluegrass and there's nothing 05:56.200 --> 05:58.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% better after like weeks of 05:56.900 --> 06:01.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% travel because I spent, you 05:57.566 --> 06:02.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% know, 70 to 60% the year 05:58.166 --> 06:04.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% respectively. Last year's on 06:01.066 --> 06:05.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:22.5% the road. 06:02.400 --> 06:06.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% The Landing at Blue Grass 06:04.200 --> 06:07.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% Airport is just a treat. 06:05.166 --> 06:08.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Yeah, because you get to land 06:06.366 --> 06:10.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% and see all the pastures and 06:07.066 --> 06:12.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% everything that makes central 06:08.300 --> 06:18.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Kentucky Central Kentucky and 06:10.233 --> 06:19.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% it just reminds you that you're 06:12.200 --> 06:22.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% home and areas is on the way 06:18.133 --> 06:24.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% home from Yahoo. Grab a 06:19.233 --> 06:24.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% burrito. we don't lack for fine 06:22.166 --> 06:25.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% dining of any flavor are often 06:24.233 --> 06:26.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% surprised. Yeah. Because like 06:24.933 --> 06:28.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% will have folks come to visit 06:25.633 --> 06:29.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% for shoots and stuff and like 06:26.333 --> 06:30.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% what? What? Where are we going 06:28.700 --> 06:35.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:42.5% to eat them like? 06:29.700 --> 06:36.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% >> You have to pick, right? 06:30.566 --> 06:39.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% We have so many line means ING 06:35.533 --> 06:40.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% options here. But you 06:36.233 --> 06:41.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% don't have a shopper say I know 06:39.333 --> 06:43.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% you did for 7 years. 06:40.266 --> 06:44.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> So so tell me, I mean, how 06:41.000 --> 06:45.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% how does your business model 06:43.800 --> 06:48.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% work? What do you just 06:44.366 --> 06:49.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% traveling and doing a pop-up 06:45.200 --> 06:52.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% sense. But that's going to 06:48.900 --> 06:54.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% change right? No, no, no, I I'm 06:49.633 --> 06:54.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% still booked out until the end 06:52.633 --> 06:57.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:30% of the year. 06:54.033 --> 06:59.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% >> Wow. I have a very 06:54.633 --> 07:00.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% interesting challenge on my 06:57.200 --> 07:00.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% hands and staffing. Yeah, 06:59.066 --> 07:01.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% because I have to have, you 07:00.066 --> 07:04.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% know, and this is the thing. 07:00.733 --> 07:06.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% A lot of the restaurants will 07:01.433 --> 07:07.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% go and say we have the chef. 07:04.033 --> 07:10.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% We have the shot. This is 07:06.200 --> 07:12.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% great. But ultimately the 07:07.133 --> 07:13.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% strength of a restaurant is 07:10.233 --> 07:14.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% built on its Am I need those 07:12.666 --> 07:14.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% good people to help me carry 07:13.333 --> 07:19.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% this? Because ultimately I 07:14.000 --> 07:20.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% still need to be an ambassador 07:14.700 --> 07:21.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% of these flavors. There's still 07:19.466 --> 07:24.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% so new. So I I don't want to 07:20.433 --> 07:25.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% lose that moment, right? 07:21.400 --> 07:27.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% So as I said, you know, you do 07:24.500 --> 07:31.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% these pop ups and you go to 07:25.500 --> 07:34.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% people's homes known a 07:27.533 --> 07:36.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% restaurant. I stopped doing 07:31.466 --> 07:38.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% rentals homes 3 years 07:34.533 --> 07:38.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Appointment. if I know you I 07:36.100 --> 07:40.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% can get something out but I 07:38.233 --> 07:40.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% don't care anymore. Which is 07:38.900 --> 07:42.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% kind of a pleasant surprise. 07:40.000 --> 07:44.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> go to restaurants like so, 07:40.700 --> 07:45.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% for example, in a couple of 07:42.166 --> 07:48.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% weeks, I'm going to Los Angeles 07:44.000 --> 07:49.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% and popping up in a restaurant 07:45.200 --> 07:50.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% called all to that's owned by a 07:48.100 --> 07:52.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% James Beard Award. And winning 07:49.200 --> 07:53.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% chef named Daniel Patterson was 07:50.200 --> 07:55.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% interested in this. You know, 07:52.133 --> 07:56.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% the intersection of Kentucky in 07:53.200 --> 07:57.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Sri Lanka. And so that's where 07:55.066 --> 07:58.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% I get these opportunities. 07:56.900 --> 08:03.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% So we'll do a split I know 07:57.533 --> 08:05.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% about you. That's I'm still 07:58.200 --> 08:06.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% trying figure that part out. 08:03.100 --> 08:07.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Mean, I guess I am technically 08:05.100 --> 08:08.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% all over the place I show up 08:06.000 --> 08:09.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% and all the while and then word 08:07.066 --> 08:12.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% of mouth. Literally no word 08:08.100 --> 08:12.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% of mouth, right? Word of mouth 08:09.200 --> 08:15.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% is what is carried me more than 08:12.133 --> 08:16.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% anything else. Yeah. Because 08:12.800 --> 08:18.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% this people will say, hey, go 08:15.300 --> 08:19.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% try this. And you know, the 08:16.400 --> 08:20.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% very first go try. This was 08:18.300 --> 08:21.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% to chef Edward Lee from a chef 08:19.466 --> 08:22.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% others working with Boston. 08:20.333 --> 08:27.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Yeah. And he came down and try 08:21.066 --> 08:29.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% to he says please lets to a 08:22.633 --> 08:31.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% dinner at my place in my. 08:27.200 --> 08:32.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% Okay. That's amazing. I 08:29.966 --> 08:34.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% have had a very beautiful. 08:31.066 --> 08:34.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% It's unexpected journey and the 08:32.233 --> 08:35.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% food world. Yeah. And doors. 08:34.100 --> 08:38.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% This is not where you really 08:34.866 --> 08:43.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% saw around to go, right? 08:35.466 --> 08:44.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% So no, I wanted to be a 08:38.400 --> 08:46.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% consumer behaviorist. 08:43.433 --> 08:47.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Job, right? I'm a marketing 08:44.400 --> 08:48.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% there. Yeah. Like a mike or but 08:46.333 --> 08:49.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% I'm also I I can cook and I 08:47.433 --> 08:51.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% love to bring people. So when 08:48.400 --> 08:55.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% did you turn your passion to 08:49.966 --> 08:57.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% what your passion really was? 08:51.900 --> 08:57.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% 2016? And what prompted that 08:55.833 --> 09:01.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% my husband got super He got 08:57.033 --> 09:02.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% diagnosed cancer in 2014. 08:57.866 --> 09:03.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% He's been in full since 09:01.933 --> 09:04.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% December of 2014, but we looked 09:02.666 --> 09:06.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% at each other and I was working 09:03.400 --> 09:07.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% in tech and I just cannot stand 09:04.833 --> 09:08.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% this job. And he's like, look, 09:06.933 --> 09:11.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% if there's anything that we've 09:07.733 --> 09:12.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% learned that life is short, you 09:08.666 --> 09:12.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% need to do these opportunities. 09:11.433 --> 09:13.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% You need to take them if it 09:12.100 --> 09:15.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% looks like when it's all right. 09:12.833 --> 09:16.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% You know where we have all 09:13.466 --> 09:17.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% these people showing up to our 09:15.766 --> 09:19.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% house for brunch. Let me get 09:16.433 --> 09:20.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% them out of the house. That's 09:17.133 --> 09:23.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that will be the first thing. 09:19.900 --> 09:23.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% And then that just grew and 09:20.900 --> 09:24.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% grew and grew in on getting 09:23.100 --> 09:26.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% people out of their houses 09:23.966 --> 09:27.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% across the country. It's it's 09:24.933 --> 09:33.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% kind a great. What did your 09:26.066 --> 09:35.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% parents think of your decision 09:27.500 --> 09:35.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% to go into a culinary cuisine? 09:33.466 --> 09:37.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% I did not tell them that. 09:35.266 --> 09:37.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:20% >> Haha. 09:35.600 --> 09:38.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% >> I I kept that very close 09:37.066 --> 09:41.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% to the chest because, you know, 09:37.800 --> 09:43.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% when you're when you your 09:38.833 --> 09:47.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% parents don't come halfway 09:41.066 --> 09:47.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% around the world for you to 09:43.466 --> 09:48.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% to not the struggles to not 09:47.100 --> 09:51.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% rise to occasion right way. 09:47.766 --> 09:52.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% And my parents didn't come 09:48.400 --> 09:53.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% halfway around the world for me 09:51.866 --> 09:57.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% to be a dad. Right? And so but 09:52.600 --> 09:57.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% by doing this, they're seeing 09:53.400 --> 09:58.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% the value in sharing the 09:57.233 --> 10:01.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% flavors of the grew up with and 09:57.966 --> 10:02.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the culture that we grew up 09:58.633 --> 10:02.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% with. It's a way for them to be 10:01.233 --> 10:03.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% able to get things that they 10:02.233 --> 10:04.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% missed from home. Because when 10:02.933 --> 10:07.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% I came over in the 70's, it's 10:03.633 --> 10:09.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% not like you had an Asian 10:04.266 --> 10:10.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% grocery with Sri Lankan stuff 10:07.500 --> 10:12.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:47.5% here. But now I can 10:09.866 --> 10:14.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% go to the market over a maple 10:10.566 --> 10:16.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% leaf and find actual Sri Lankan 10:12.233 --> 10:18.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% get. Yeah. And so it took a 10:14.266 --> 10:19.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% whole new world and you're 10:16.233 --> 10:20.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% honoring, yes, their heritage, 10:18.800 --> 10:23.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% your heritage. I'm causing my 10:19.500 --> 10:26.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% family. Yeah. A lot of family. 10:20.700 --> 10:27.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% My best recipes are based on 10:23.866 --> 10:29.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% what my family. What is your 10:26.900 --> 10:30.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% best recipe? What's your 10:27.800 --> 10:31.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% favorite? My favorite lately 10:29.900 --> 10:31.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% has definitely been the 10:30.500 --> 10:33.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% jackfruit because I've 10:31.100 --> 10:35.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% convinced people that it was me 10:31.966 --> 10:40.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% and that's like a total. 10:33.200 --> 10:42.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% So tell me what that is said. 10:35.733 --> 10:45.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% Jackfruit is a very large spiny 10:40.700 --> 10:46.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:47.5% sort massive plant. 10:42.533 --> 10:48.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% It's huge. You'll see. you'll 10:45.066 --> 10:49.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% see Meyer and what not 10:46.266 --> 10:50.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% everyone. And when they're 10:48.233 --> 10:52.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% younger, they have a very 10:49.933 --> 10:54.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% fibers flash. And so when you 10:50.633 --> 10:55.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% cut that off, you can actually 10:52.966 --> 10:57.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% make it into a pulled pork 10:54.100 --> 10:58.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% substitute. But in Sri Lanka's, 10:55.000 --> 10:58.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% just a traditional curry 10:57.133 --> 10:59.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% because it's always there. 10:58.100 --> 11:03.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:22.5% But here. 10:58.933 --> 11:05.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> If I turn it into a barbecue 10:59.666 --> 11:06.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% substitute, that's a gateway 11:03.166 --> 11:06.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% for people to try it. Wow. 11:05.600 --> 11:07.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> Consistency. What same 11:06.233 --> 11:09.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:32.5% saying. Yeah. 11:06.666 --> 11:10.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> If you throw in the oven for 11:07.433 --> 11:13.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% a little bit and let it dry, 11:09.366 --> 11:14.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% just a touch. So are people 11:10.033 --> 11:15.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% really surprised by that that 11:13.600 --> 11:18.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% like this isn't my favorite 11:14.366 --> 11:19.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% travel, the world people, you 11:15.066 --> 11:20.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% know, it's like a coconut and 11:18.933 --> 11:20.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% coconut curry. Double tax. 11:19.566 --> 11:22.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% When you take a bite of a 11:20.200 --> 11:23.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% double to expect like that 11:20.833 --> 11:27.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% paprika, that Manning's that 11:22.600 --> 11:27.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% caper and all that. But you get 11:23.366 --> 11:28.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% this red curry and these bright 11:27.033 --> 11:31.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% onions and like all sorts of 11:27.700 --> 11:33.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% curry leaf notes underneath and 11:28.933 --> 11:33.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% a double to people like what is 11:31.000 --> 11:34.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% yes, so I love me. Some deviled 11:33.066 --> 11:36.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% eggs now. See, now, I know I 11:33.733 --> 11:37.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% got to bring you. That's what 11:34.966 --> 11:40.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% you got to bring when we come 11:36.933 --> 11:41.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% to you. The next next time is 11:37.833 --> 11:42.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% your place. I hope so. It will 11:40.866 --> 11:42.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% be hopefully by the end of the 11:41.566 --> 11:43.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Yeah, it's here in Lexington 11:42.233 --> 11:44.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% de. That's that's what we would 11:42.966 --> 11:45.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% I was getting at when you were 11:43.666 --> 11:48.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% talking about the public like 11:44.366 --> 11:50.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% how you going to do that and 11:45.033 --> 11:51.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:30% still have a 11:48.600 --> 11:52.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% >> brick and mortar. So you are 11:50.433 --> 11:52.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% rationed. We're focusing on 11:51.333 --> 11:54.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% counter service. We're focusing 11:52.200 --> 11:56.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% on the food and I want to make 11:52.900 --> 11:57.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% sure that folks get a 11:54.766 --> 11:58.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% consistent experience with. 11:56.733 --> 12:00.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% >> Honestly, what we have a 11:57.400 --> 12:02.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% time when we're cooking at 38 11:58.200 --> 12:04.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% degrees outside. And yeah, 12:00.966 --> 12:05.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% we're making great food. 12:02.133 --> 12:06.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% And so now that we're taking is 12:04.000 --> 12:07.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% all of these external sort of 12:05.033 --> 12:08.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% things out. Hopefully the team 12:06.933 --> 12:11.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% can make really great food for 12:07.966 --> 12:11.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Lexington, create something 12:08.633 --> 12:13.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% that our town can be really 12:11.100 --> 12:16.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% proud of to. Yeah. Well, we're 12:11.800 --> 12:16.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% really proud of you, Sam. 12:13.366 --> 12:19.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% I mean, I can't wait 8 full, 12:16.300 --> 12:23.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:32.5% you know, and 12:16.866 --> 12:24.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> if you want to try anything 12:19.866 --> 12:24.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% out, you need some tasters. 12:23.033 --> 12:26.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% I know a good producer and host 12:24.000 --> 12:28.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% who will be glad to see all 12:24.933 --> 12:31.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% have an excellent team here. 12:26.266 --> 12:32.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% So I think they might have some 12:28.366 --> 12:35.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% snacks will be your guinea pigs 12:31.366 --> 12:37.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% for certain. Thank you so much. 12:32.333 --> 12:39.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Congratulations. Thank you. 12:35.466 --> 12:40.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Fans will learn whether the 12:37.366 --> 12:44.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% result in June. I think it is 12:39.433 --> 12:45.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% as I was on June. I think my 12:40.300 --> 12:46.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% wrists are announced end of 12:44.433 --> 12:47.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% March. So hopefully I her 12:45.500 --> 12:48.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% myself, make it to that round 12:46.300 --> 12:50.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% who are going to meet in just a 12:47.300 --> 12:52.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% moment? Yeah, we're wishing the 12:48.600 --> 12:54.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% best would be great to 12:50.466 --> 12:55.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Kentuckyian some could we just 12:52.633 --> 12:57.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% high. I mean, seriously and has 12:54.366 --> 12:58.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% enough to go around. But it was 12:55.100 --> 12:58.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% all good. Best of luck to you 12:57.233 --> 12:59.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% think we'll be in touch. 12:58.100 --> 13:00.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% We hope that you'll stay with 12:58.800 --> 13:03.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% us on connections as we talk 12:59.966 --> 13:04.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% with another chef is also 13:00.600 --> 13:05.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% bursting onto the food, saying 13:03.900 --> 13:05.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:15% with a 13:04.600 --> 13:08.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> pay what you can cafe that 13:05.300 --> 13:15.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% help in relief, food 13:05.833 --> 13:17.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% insecurities across the state. 13:08.033 --> 13:19.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:2.5% ♪ 13:15.633 --> 13:22.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Thanks for sticking around on 13:17.700 --> 13:23.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% connections. I'm Renee Shaw. 13:19.666 --> 13:23.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% One in 8 Kentucky ends is 13:22.600 --> 13:27.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% facing hunger according to 13:23.233 --> 13:28.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Feeding America. That's with 13:23.900 --> 13:28.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the cost of an average meal 13:27.733 --> 13:32.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% totaling nearly $3. One 13:28.333 --> 13:33.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% restaurant in Versailles, 13:28.966 --> 13:35.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Kentucky is on a mission to 13:32.533 --> 13:36.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% make food more accessible. 13:33.166 --> 13:40.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Spohr Community Cafe is a pay. 13:35.566 --> 13:42.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% What you can restaurant since 13:36.566 --> 13:44.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% opening in 2019. It's donated 13:40.166 --> 13:46.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% more than 50,000 meals. Now 13:42.866 --> 13:48.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% chef Isaiah Screech is being 13:44.600 --> 13:48.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% recognized as one of the 13:46.633 --> 13:49.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% outstanding shelves in the 13:48.300 --> 13:52.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% Southeast. And he joins me 13:48.933 --> 13:52.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% today to talk about that 13:49.633 --> 13:54.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% nomination. His restaurants, 13:52.200 --> 13:56.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% motto, to Feed your Body. 13:52.833 --> 13:58.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Nourish your Soul it's good to 13:54.833 --> 14:01.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% have you. It's good to be here. 13:56.366 --> 14:01.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Congratulations, by the way. 13:58.966 --> 14:03.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% Thank you. This is quite the 14:01.166 --> 14:06.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% honor. It is. Yeah. And you are 14:01.900 --> 14:08.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% surprised by it right with the 14:03.633 --> 14:09.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% state. We say the James Beard 14:06.600 --> 14:11.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% Award. Yes, totally shot. 14:08.666 --> 14:12.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% Yeah. And so we heard our 14:09.633 --> 14:14.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% previous guest, Samantha for, 14:11.566 --> 14:15.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% you know, I believe yes, she 14:12.400 --> 14:17.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% kind of gave us some skinny on 14:14.366 --> 14:19.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% all of that kind of process. 14:15.533 --> 14:22.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% But you've told me some of that 14:17.200 --> 14:23.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% think I hadn't heard about how 14:19.866 --> 14:24.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% these nominations are just like 14:22.900 --> 14:28.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% your submission on paper and 14:23.566 --> 14:29.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% it's that kind of thing. 14:24.233 --> 14:31.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% So walk us through how you even 14:28.400 --> 14:32.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% get into this elites nomination 14:29.133 --> 14:35.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:20% process. 14:31.233 --> 14:36.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% >> So every year the James 14:32.500 --> 14:42.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Beard Foundation, they they 14:35.400 --> 14:45.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% open up for nominations and 14:36.200 --> 14:49.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% during that process, anybody 14:42.600 --> 14:52.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% can submit application for you 14:45.200 --> 14:52.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% they have a list, a things that 14:49.166 --> 14:54.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% you have to submit back to 14:52.000 --> 14:55.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% them. But one of the main 14:52.633 --> 14:58.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% things is that they have in the 14:54.333 --> 15:00.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% application process is 14:55.500 --> 15:00.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% basically how what you're doing 14:58.500 --> 15:01.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% aligns with parts of their 15:00.100 --> 15:06.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% mission, as you know, their 15:00.766 --> 15:08.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% foundation and their core 15:01.433 --> 15:09.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% values and what they believe. 15:06.400 --> 15:13.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% And so when we started the 15:08.300 --> 15:15.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% volunteer at our cafe, who is 15:09.833 --> 15:16.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% also the chair of our board. 15:13.633 --> 15:19.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% It's park Lori Garc past 15:15.433 --> 15:20.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Professor UK. She decided that 15:16.133 --> 15:22.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% she wanted to do this and she 15:19.533 --> 15:24.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% thought that it would be 15:20.133 --> 15:24.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% fitting, especially for the 15:22.566 --> 15:27.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% type of restaurant that we are 15:24.200 --> 15:31.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% and what we do and what we 15:24.833 --> 15:32.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% believe fan. And she originally 15:27.433 --> 15:35.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% wanted to nominate myself and 15:31.333 --> 15:35.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% other chef at the cafe. His 15:32.000 --> 15:39.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% name is Antwan Walker. She 15:35.000 --> 15:39.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% wanted to nominate as both and 15:35.700 --> 15:40.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the restaurant. She wanted to 15:39.033 --> 15:42.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:25% do it off. 15:39.900 --> 15:43.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> And if you know, Lori, when 15:40.600 --> 15:46.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% she's when she's on a mission, 15:42.833 --> 15:49.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% she's on a mission. But she 15:43.900 --> 15:50.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% said, well, this year we have 15:46.666 --> 15:51.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% we can only do one and being 15:49.700 --> 15:52.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that you helped us start this 15:50.400 --> 15:53.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% wonderful restaurant and get it 15:51.133 --> 15:56.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% going off the ground. Just like 15:52.766 --> 15:57.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% I think we'll start with you 15:53.633 --> 15:58.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% first. And she just wrote 15:56.500 --> 16:01.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% everything up and, you know, I 15:57.600 --> 16:01.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% kind of just stuck in the back 15:58.300 --> 16:03.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% of my mind. I forgot about it. 16:01.166 --> 16:05.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% And then when we learned about 16:01.866 --> 16:06.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the announcement, all this 16:03.966 --> 16:08.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% stuff like I was totally 16:05.800 --> 16:09.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:20% shocked. 16:06.133 --> 16:10.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> Yeah. So would like to talk 16:08.900 --> 16:11.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% about those It sounds like 16:09.533 --> 16:14.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% they're very principled and 16:10.333 --> 16:16.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% what they believe in. Like you 16:11.633 --> 16:17.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% said, your missions really do 16:14.900 --> 16:22.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:17.5% online. 16:16.533 --> 16:24.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> some of the things that she 16:17.233 --> 16:24.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% wrote about was, you know, how 16:22.066 --> 16:25.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:40% how are we using 16:24.233 --> 16:28.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% and being resourceful with the 16:24.933 --> 16:29.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% community. You know, what are 16:25.633 --> 16:31.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% we doing? What is our 16:28.833 --> 16:32.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% restaurant stand for? Basically 16:29.666 --> 16:33.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the belief sons and all the 16:31.566 --> 16:36.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% things that, you know, we value 16:32.733 --> 16:38.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% there. And of course, one of 16:33.400 --> 16:40.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% the things that you said in the 16:36.233 --> 16:42.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% beginning as we want to we want 16:38.566 --> 16:44.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% to feed your body and also, you 16:40.166 --> 16:44.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% know, we want to nurse 10 so 16:42.233 --> 16:46.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% too. And, you know, our biggest 16:44.066 --> 16:48.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% mission is that we want to be 16:44.766 --> 16:53.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% able to take care of. Those are 16:46.766 --> 16:54.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% less fortunate in our 16:48.166 --> 16:55.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% community. And we know that we 16:53.033 --> 16:55.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% won't be able to end the whole 16:54.066 --> 16:56.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% stigma with, you know, the food 16:55.100 --> 16:58.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% and security and all that stuff 16:55.833 --> 17:02.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% there. But we do want to be a 16:56.533 --> 17:02.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% big part of trying to knock 16:58.133 --> 17:04.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% that down. And as you said, 17:02.100 --> 17:05.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% with our 50,000 meals that 17:02.733 --> 17:07.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% we've served since March of 17:04.866 --> 17:10.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% 2019, I feel like that. We put 17:05.566 --> 17:12.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% a big dent in that. Yeah. 17:07.600 --> 17:15.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% And then also being able to 17:10.433 --> 17:17.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% give back to our local farmers. 17:12.066 --> 17:19.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% So since we've opened in 2019, 17:15.666 --> 17:20.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% we've given over $47,000. 17:17.600 --> 17:24.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% 2 farmers in our local 17:19.433 --> 17:25.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% community and I'm pretty much 17:20.133 --> 17:27.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% within a 2025 mile radius. 17:24.066 --> 17:28.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% We've been able to give $47,000 17:25.000 --> 17:29.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% to local farmers. So you're 17:27.066 --> 17:31.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% giving money back. So I don't 17:28.066 --> 17:33.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% understand how you stay in 17:29.033 --> 17:34.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% business and KET the lights 17:31.000 --> 17:36.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% on. So if it's pay as you go. 17:33.000 --> 17:37.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> And then you're paying 17:34.133 --> 17:39.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% farmers. I mean, what kind of 17:36.000 --> 17:40.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% profit margins are you guys 17:37.066 --> 17:42.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% running? So basically what 17:39.066 --> 17:43.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% we're doing is we're we're 17:40.966 --> 17:46.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% running off of a lot of 17:42.600 --> 17:47.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% donations. And we've been very 17:43.300 --> 17:48.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% fortunate that inside of our 17:46.600 --> 17:50.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% cafe, we have 2 donor was we 17:47.266 --> 17:51.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% have one wall of people that 17:48.600 --> 17:52.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% helped to get us started. 17:50.600 --> 17:58.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% And then we also have another 17:51.900 --> 18:00.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% wall of people that are donors 17:52.666 --> 18:01.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% and they continue to donate to 17:58.366 --> 18:03.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% the cafe. So after COVID happen 18:00.033 --> 18:05.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% and we came back. We were right 18:01.900 --> 18:08.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% on the brink of closing the 18:03.433 --> 18:08.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% door. And I said, you know, 18:05.300 --> 18:09.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% I've got an idea about how we 18:08.266 --> 18:14.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% can KET this thing up and 18:08.900 --> 18:16.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% running. So I worked at 18:09.666 --> 18:18.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Keeneland for over 11 years 18:14.000 --> 18:20.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% and I started there right out 18:16.200 --> 18:21.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% of the most. I was young, 18:18.333 --> 18:21.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% right? Almost out of high 18:20.233 --> 18:23.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% school and I had worked there 18:21.266 --> 18:25.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% seasonally and then I came on 18:21.966 --> 18:26.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% full-time and started working 18:23.633 --> 18:29.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% for them and work my way up 18:25.966 --> 18:32.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% through the ranks as you know, 18:26.666 --> 18:33.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% first, I started off as just, 18:29.700 --> 18:35.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% you know, a line cook and then 18:32.400 --> 18:37.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% I went a chef banquet. Chef 18:33.066 --> 18:39.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% garments a show. Yeah. And just 18:35.700 --> 18:40.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% kept going well. That gave me a 18:37.833 --> 18:43.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% lot of catering experience 18:39.433 --> 18:44.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% because people look at 18:40.366 --> 18:50.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Keeneland is just a place for 18:43.600 --> 18:51.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% racing but racing. It's just a 18:44.500 --> 18:52.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% part of know what to do it for 18:50.133 --> 18:56.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% the bread. Put it. 18:51.666 --> 18:57.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> But he can win it. It took 18:52.433 --> 18:57.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% off and became this destination 18:56.266 --> 18:59.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% wedding to lace and. 18:57.066 --> 19:00.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> And a place for corporate 18:57.733 --> 19:03.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% sponsors and all them to have 18:59.766 --> 19:03.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% events there. So we was 19:00.366 --> 19:07.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% catering and I was working 19:03.200 --> 19:09.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% every day there. And hi again, 19:03.900 --> 19:11.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% so much experience from them. 19:07.433 --> 19:12.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% So I took that to spark with 19:09.500 --> 19:15.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% me. I say we need to start 19:11.533 --> 19:17.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% catering and from there, it's 19:12.233 --> 19:20.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% how you is, how we're able to 19:15.633 --> 19:21.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% KET the doors open and I think 19:17.766 --> 19:23.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% last this past December alone, 19:20.800 --> 19:26.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% we did probably close to 19:21.600 --> 19:28.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% $60,000. Justin Catering, so 19:23.666 --> 19:30.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% we had some factories that 19:26.766 --> 19:34.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% reached out in. I mean, me and 19:28.666 --> 19:37.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% a small crew of people were 19:30.633 --> 19:38.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% doing events for 850 employees 19:34.400 --> 19:40.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% at factories and all of these 19:37.566 --> 19:42.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% things to be able to, to 19:38.166 --> 19:43.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% sustain us and to KET us up and 19:40.500 --> 19:45.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% running saying don't have to 19:42.500 --> 19:46.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% sleep so much as I could get 19:43.533 --> 19:47.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% very little sometimes. But 19:45.466 --> 19:49.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% that's how we're able to KET 19:46.466 --> 19:53.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the doors open. So our powers 19:47.666 --> 19:54.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% are limited during the week. 19:49.833 --> 19:56.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% So we over from 11 to 2. 19:53.800 --> 19:57.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> But we have to do that so 19:54.766 --> 19:58.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% that we KET our self available. 19:56.733 --> 20:00.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% For all of the other catering 19:57.833 --> 20:01.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% gigs that we get that are that 19:58.833 --> 20:04.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% are keeping us running, that 20:00.566 --> 20:07.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% KET the lights on that. KET us 20:01.300 --> 20:08.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% be able to get back and feed 20:04.366 --> 20:08.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% the food insecure. 20:07.233 --> 20:09.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% >> Well, that's that's His 20:08.133 --> 20:12.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% model. That is yes. Yeah. 20:08.766 --> 20:13.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% And you know, when you think 20:09.966 --> 20:16.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% about because we actually 20:12.100 --> 20:18.066 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% highlighted the restaurant back 20:13.966 --> 20:18.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% when Kentucky Edition a new 20:16.166 --> 20:21.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% programs on KET started in the 20:18.066 --> 20:22.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% summer in July. And, you know, 20:18.766 --> 20:23.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% talk to volunteers and 20:21.233 --> 20:25.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% executive director there and 20:22.200 --> 20:25.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% and the people the point was 20:23.233 --> 20:28.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% made about the relationships 20:25.166 --> 20:30.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% that are built. So it is not 20:25.866 --> 20:32.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% yet not just feeding you, but 20:28.866 --> 20:33.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% you're like nourishing, the 20:30.800 --> 20:34.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% spirit of people who often are 20:32.566 --> 20:36.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% just overlooked. Yeah. And 20:33.200 --> 20:37.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% like, you know, you said before 20:34.500 --> 20:38.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% we started taping that people 20:36.100 --> 20:40.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% in the community may sometimes 20:37.466 --> 20:42.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% a good. He was a glorified soup 20:38.400 --> 20:43.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% kitchen. I mean, is that an 20:40.400 --> 20:46.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% insult to you at all? Sometimes 20:42.966 --> 20:47.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:25% it is. But 20:43.333 --> 20:50.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> once we get people inside 20:46.400 --> 20:53.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:22.5% the door. 20:47.733 --> 20:53.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% It's always amazing to walk out 20:50.933 --> 20:54.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% and look at him and get that 20:53.033 --> 20:57.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% second response from them. 20:53.966 --> 20:57.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% It's like, okay. You thought we 20:54.933 --> 21:01.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% was just this. Now, what do you 20:57.000 --> 21:01.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% think about that? Yeah, because 20:57.733 --> 21:02.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% half of the restaurants that 21:01.266 --> 21:04.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% you would go to chain 21:01.833 --> 21:05.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% restaurants or whatever you may 21:02.566 --> 21:09.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% go to them. You say all the 21:04.933 --> 21:10.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% food is good. But the thing is 21:05.633 --> 21:12.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% is walking inside of spark. 21:09.466 --> 21:16.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% I know where my food is coming 21:10.300 --> 21:17.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% from. I have had contact with 21:12.966 --> 21:19.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% that farmer just that morning 21:16.966 --> 21:20.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% or yesterday. I'm washing the 21:17.933 --> 21:21.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% dirt off of my produce. I'm I'm 21:19.933 --> 21:23.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% seeing all of these things 21:20.766 --> 21:25.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% happen and then it's coming 21:21.433 --> 21:27.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% out of our kitchen. We're 21:23.200 --> 21:28.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% making it. We're processing it. 21:25.233 --> 21:31.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% And it's coming right to the 21:27.366 --> 21:31.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% table. And I mean, just like 21:28.033 --> 21:32.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% yesterday I had a call with one 21:31.100 --> 21:33.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:15% of our 21:31.633 --> 21:34.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% that's a he's a beef farmer. 21:32.333 --> 21:36.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% And he called me and said I'm 21:33.833 --> 21:38.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% taking account to the 21:34.433 --> 21:41.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% processor. Let me know what 21:36.400 --> 21:41.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% you need. I can bring it to 21:38.600 --> 21:42.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% you. I mean, it's yeah, it's 21:41.033 --> 21:44.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% just a good day. You know, 21:41.700 --> 21:47.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% people come and that's one of 21:42.400 --> 21:49.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% the things they come for is 21:44.000 --> 21:50.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% the hamburger. And I said, you 21:47.933 --> 21:50.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% know, that's just not your 21:49.100 --> 21:51.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% ordinary I know where that that 21:50.266 --> 21:55.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% that defense coming. That's 21:50.933 --> 21:57.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% right. And I mean, that's what 21:51.700 --> 21:57.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% makes it special to me. And 21:55.700 --> 22:00.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:30% then not bad 21:57.000 --> 22:01.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% people like us. It's just they 21:57.900 --> 22:04.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% can walk in and afford to pay 22:00.500 --> 22:05.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% these prices for this. But they 22:01.233 --> 22:08.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% were able to feed that less 22:04.600 --> 22:11.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% fortunate person hamburger. 22:05.433 --> 22:12.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% And we know the price of beef 22:08.366 --> 22:13.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% and not paying north of $7. 22:11.000 --> 22:16.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% A pound for grass-fed beef and 22:12.200 --> 22:17.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% I can give that same quality 22:13.000 --> 22:18.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% to somebody that's less 22:16.933 --> 22:19.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% fortunate than me. That that's 22:17.766 --> 22:21.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% amazing. Yeah, because I think 22:18.466 --> 22:22.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% sometimes we think that people 22:19.166 --> 22:23.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% who can't afford much don't 22:21.466 --> 22:25.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:50% deserve much either. 22:22.433 --> 22:27.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> Exactly right, that we 22:23.266 --> 22:28.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% should give them just whatever 22:25.266 --> 22:29.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% is left over in a grateful for 22:27.200 --> 22:29.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% that. Yes. And so it's like 22:28.266 --> 22:32.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% you're saying you're worth 22:29.166 --> 22:33.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% every bit of the high quality, 22:29.866 --> 22:34.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the Kobe beef or whatever you 22:32.133 --> 22:35.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% want to call it. Whatever kind 22:33.166 --> 22:38.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% of, you know, whatever kind 22:34.133 --> 22:40.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% of beef it is, you're worthy of 22:35.000 --> 22:41.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% that. And then to provide a 22:38.900 --> 22:42.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% space that is beautiful. 22:40.400 --> 22:42.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% And I mean, you know, you walk 22:41.100 --> 22:45.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% in there, you wouldn't think 22:42.466 --> 22:46.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:35% that it's just 22:42.900 --> 22:49.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> some place that we would be 22:45.566 --> 22:51.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:57.5% doing this or that this 22:46.166 --> 22:51.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% restaurant will be function and 22:49.766 --> 22:55.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% out of. And we had a we've got 22:51.233 --> 22:56.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% a guy that employed there with 22:51.933 --> 22:58.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% us and his first take when he 22:55.733 --> 23:01.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% walked to the door after being 22:56.433 --> 23:02.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% on the street and traveling 22:58.800 --> 23:03.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% all the way from Ohio. And he 23:01.933 --> 23:05.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% made his journey down and 23:02.566 --> 23:05.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% somehow ended in for sales 23:03.200 --> 23:08.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% goodness. And he walked to the 23:05.266 --> 23:09.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% door in the first thing that 23:05.933 --> 23:11.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% he thought was this place is 23:08.833 --> 23:13.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:27.5% not for me. 23:09.933 --> 23:14.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% And then he said, well, you 23:11.800 --> 23:18.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% go back going any walked in 23:13.366 --> 23:19.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% and he said he never would have 23:14.100 --> 23:21.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% thought that there would be a 23:18.133 --> 23:22.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% place that would be of that 23:19.100 --> 23:24.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% caliber that he could walk and 23:21.300 --> 23:26.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% enjoy a meal and b, fed with so 23:22.466 --> 23:29.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:32.5% much dignity. 23:24.266 --> 23:29.933 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> On his humanity. Yes, what 23:26.500 --> 23:30.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% it does. Yeah. And for those 23:29.266 --> 23:32.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% who can't pay, I mean, they 23:29.933 --> 23:32.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:15% might. 23:30.233 --> 23:36.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> Help out in the kitchen a 23:32.266 --> 23:37.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% little bit or help around on. 23:32.966 --> 23:38.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> During the summer we have 23:36.433 --> 23:40.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% guys to come almost every day. 23:37.900 --> 23:43.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% They wash windows for us. 23:38.533 --> 23:44.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% They'll put up the chance to 23:40.866 --> 23:45.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% sweep the floor that pretty 23:43.433 --> 23:48.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% much do what we ask him to do. 23:44.866 --> 23:49.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% you know, we respect them and 23:45.566 --> 23:52.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% they respect us and they 23:48.500 --> 23:53.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% respect the place. Yeah. 23:49.533 --> 23:55.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> So I mean, how did you even 23:52.300 --> 23:56.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% get involved? And I call it 23:53.033 --> 23:58.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% culinary Wow, you know, how did 23:55.733 --> 24:02.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% you get that spark for you? 23:56.400 --> 24:03.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> So I've been cooking every 23:58.500 --> 24:06.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% sense. A kid apparently there 24:02.400 --> 24:07.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% are pictures of me at my 24:03.000 --> 24:07.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% grandma's house of me on the 24:06.466 --> 24:08.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% table as a baby. And I've 24:07.266 --> 24:09.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% always had spone's in west and 24:07.966 --> 24:13.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% all that stuff. In my hand, 24:08.633 --> 24:14.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% I used to drag him out of the 24:09.833 --> 24:18.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% kitchen and get in trouble for 24:13.466 --> 24:20.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% him. I'm sure. But I mean, from 24:14.233 --> 24:22.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% the beginning, I guess it was 24:18.766 --> 24:23.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% destined for me, too, to cook. 24:20.666 --> 24:25.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% Yeah. I tried to run away from 24:22.500 --> 24:26.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% it for about 2 or 3 years. 24:23.133 --> 24:29.633 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% I tried to get a job at Amazon 24:25.466 --> 24:33.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% when they came to Lexington and 24:26.900 --> 24:35.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% I worked there for a while. 24:29.633 --> 24:36.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% But I just want happy and I 24:33.566 --> 24:36.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% that high-end backup a I'm 24:35.266 --> 24:39.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% going to Cayman and from there, 24:36.000 --> 24:40.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% I've just taken off since then. 24:36.733 --> 24:41.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:12.5% Yeah. 24:39.700 --> 24:44.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% >> I mean, what's what's the 24:40.366 --> 24:44.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% gratification you get? Because 24:41.200 --> 24:47.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% you could be working. 24:44.366 --> 24:50.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:25% >> At any? 24:44.866 --> 24:51.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% >> 5 star type restaurant 24:47.433 --> 24:54.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% right? But is this much more 24:50.366 --> 24:55.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:47.5% gratifying for you. 24:51.200 --> 24:57.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% >> So what keeps me going back 24:54.300 --> 25:01.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% to spark every single day is 24:55.333 --> 25:02.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% definitely what we stand for 24:57.333 --> 25:04.966 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% our mission. What we do, the 25:01.500 --> 25:05.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:45% people I work with 25:02.966 --> 25:07.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% it's just like we're a family 25:04.966 --> 25:10.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% there. And I had one guy that 25:05.666 --> 25:10.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% worked there today and he 25:07.366 --> 25:12.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% looked up and he said thank you 25:10.266 --> 25:15.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% for providing such a great 25:10.900 --> 25:17.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% place for people to work and 25:12.866 --> 25:18.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% for us to come and be able to 25:15.833 --> 25:21.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% enjoy each other and enjoy one 25:17.333 --> 25:22.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% another. So it's the people 25:18.000 --> 25:22.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% there. It's being able to have 25:21.366 --> 25:25.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% the autonomy to be as creative 25:22.133 --> 25:30.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% as I want to be. And then to 25:22.800 --> 25:31.133 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% let others be as creative as 25:25.300 --> 25:31.800 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% they want to be with what we're 25:30.433 --> 25:33.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% given, what we can get 25:31.133 --> 25:37.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% just to be able to go out in 25:31.800 --> 25:38.033 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% the dining room and share that 25:33.300 --> 25:38.733 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% love and all that stuff and to 25:37.366 --> 25:39.366 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% have people coming. We had a 25:38.033 --> 25:41.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% holder gentleman today walk in 25:38.733 --> 25:42.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% the cafe and he was like I 25:39.366 --> 25:43.900 align:start position:10% line:58% size:55% drove all the way from 25:41.666 --> 25:47.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% Lexington just to meet you. 25:42.600 --> 25:47.766 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% And you know, that's what keeps 25:43.900 --> 25:49.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% me going back is, you know, 25:47.200 --> 25:51.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:52.5% our customer base and 25:47.766 --> 25:53.300 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% yeah, it's exciting. So that's 25:49.333 --> 25:54.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:65% why we're rooting for you. 25:51.100 --> 25:56.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% >> And we're also running for 25:53.300 --> 25:57.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% Sam. Yes, on this James Beard 25:54.100 --> 25:59.200 align:start position:10% line:58% size:60% Award because you both a 25:56.266 --> 26:01.233 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% deserving for the heart and the 25:57.166 --> 26:03.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5% passion and the community 25:59.200 --> 26:03.700 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% spirit in which you're serving. 26:01.233 --> 26:05.266 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% So this a pleasure to meet you. 26:03.000 --> 26:08.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% It's really been awesome to me 26:03.700 --> 26:10.166 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% to meet you and best of success 26:05.266 --> 26:11.100 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% to you. Even if you don't get 26:08.333 --> 26:13.333 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% out that award this time, you 26:10.166 --> 26:14.000 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% know, yeah, still good. It's 26:11.100 --> 26:14.666 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% also good. Okay. Check them 26:13.333 --> 26:15.400 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% out there in Versailles, OK, 26:14.000 --> 26:17.600 align:start position:10% line:58% size:67.5% you don't want to miss that 26:14.666 --> 26:19.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5% out. You don't want to miss out 26:15.400 --> 26:20.566 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% on that and to help others who 26:17.600 --> 26:21.466 align:start position:10% line:58% size:75% are in need. Thank you so much 26:19.533 --> 26:22.433 align:start position:10% line:58% size:70% for watching this episode of 26:20.566 --> 26:25.533 align:start position:10% line:58% size:72.5% connections. 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