1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:01,000 Speaker 1: What's up? 2 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 2: Its way up at Angela yee, I'm Angela yee. My 3 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 2: guy Mana is here and somebody we both have in common. Yes, 4 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 2: we both love his food, chef when Ford Simpson is here, 5 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 2: what's up, Chef Simpson? 6 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 3: I am good, I am good. 7 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 4: I'm so honored to be up inside the building. I've 8 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 4: been waiting for this minute. I've been waiting for this moment. 9 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 4: Angelaie new MANO. 10 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 5: The funny thing about that is is as soon as 11 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 5: you came, I heard you was coming. 12 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 6: I'm like, man, Angela, you never even did his show. 13 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: No, man, what I'm saying, this is what I'm saying, 14 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: Like you didn't, you never did this show. 15 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 2: You go over there, you did a show, absolutely, But 16 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: first of all, I go over there all the time. 17 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 2: That's to your restaurant. And his restaurant is very conveniently 18 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: located in an amazing space right across the street from 19 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 2: the Barclays on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, So it's kind 20 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: of like the go to place, and it's huge. 21 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: Yes, how many people does it see? 22 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 3: We see three hundred. 23 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: That's a lot in Brooklyn. A restaurant that he's right 24 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 2: across from the Barclays. 25 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, three hundred and one other thing that for 26 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 4: like about there, and that probably that's why we get 27 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 4: a lot of large parties, like you're a party of ten, 28 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 4: party of eight, because we can hold so many people 29 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 4: at one time. A lot of restaurants you go to, 30 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 4: like the space is just so tight when you sit. 31 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: There, they'd be like, we can't put these tables together. 32 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, we always try to make it happen. Plus, 33 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 4: we have a private room so when you come through, 34 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 4: we can also see see. 35 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 6: The private room. We've been in that private room. 36 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, Angela you day. 37 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 2: That's actually right afterward we went over to the Simpson 38 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 2: and that's where we all sat down and ate and 39 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 2: celebrated because again right a question, your food is amazing 40 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: Caribbean food. 41 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 3: Right. 42 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 5: The last time I was there, I was celebrating the 43 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 5: day when they gave me my proclamation for May All Day. 44 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was a big day. Again. Listening definitely a pleasure. 45 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: Let's get into the business of things because, like I said, 46 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: that is a really prime location. And I saw that 47 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: you spoke to a realtor and then did not even 48 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: take out a loan to get our mortgage to get 49 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: that space. 50 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, let me say, right in the middle. 51 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 4: And a lot of people are just so surprised that 52 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 4: I opened this restaurant right in the middle of the pandemic. 53 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 4: June twenty twenty was when my relator reached out to 54 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 4: me and he's like, Patrick, I have this location in Brooklyn, 55 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 4: while you don't come and look at it. But that 56 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 4: was where the Party City was at. Right next door 57 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 4: to where the Party City at, what was that? And 58 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 4: when I went in there, it was just open space. 59 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 6: It used to be Tony romas. 60 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 2: It used to be Tony romas. Was impact when you 61 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 2: have Tony romas. 62 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 3: And then I think it was Atlantic Social. 63 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I remember Atlantic Social Atlantic Socials. 64 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 4: So when I went in and I look in the 65 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 4: window from outside, I put my face up to the 66 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 4: window and I look in and I was like, Yep, 67 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 4: this is it. 68 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 3: This is it. 69 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 4: And even it's so funny because you just move in 70 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 4: faith and trust God with everything that you do. Because 71 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 4: even when I said this is it, I know what 72 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 4: it takes. Financially, I didn't even have it, you know, 73 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 4: but I just kind of move in faith and I say, 74 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 4: you know, I love this. I love the location and everything, 75 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 4: and after talking to the realtor here how much was 76 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 4: the rent? Because the rent is ridiculous, Let's just say 77 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 4: it's over thirty five per month. 78 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: Over that means a lot of overhead. And it's not 79 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: just when you got to pay. 80 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: It's all the bills, is the staff, it's the it's everything. 81 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 3: It's a lot. 82 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 4: My payroll alone per week is sixty thousand dollars a week. 83 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 4: My payroll alone. 84 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: All right, we are already yet like three hundred grand. Okay, 85 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: you know. 86 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 4: So there's so much that went into it. And I 87 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 4: remember I went home, I prayed on it. And even 88 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 4: when I made the decision to say yes, contact the road, 89 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 4: we talked, talked to the realtor, and I say, yeah, 90 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 4: I like it. When you drop up the paper together 91 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 4: and the least and everything. They say, okay, you need 92 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 4: three hundred thousand dollars to seal the deal. Wow, including 93 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 4: first month, security, broker, everything that factor into it. I'm 94 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 4: looking at almost three hundred thousand, and I was like, crap, 95 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 4: the only thing I can do now. I searched a 96 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: run in the house wherever I can find money. 97 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 3: Whatever I was. 98 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 4: Lifted, I was going in the corner of the couch, 99 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 4: trying to make up, reach out to a couple of 100 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 4: friends and family, and you're taking a five thousand from here, 101 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 4: a ten thousand from here. 102 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: Because at the end of the day, when you're owning 103 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 3: a business, it's a lot. 104 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 4: And I always say this to people. I say, if 105 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 4: you have a problem working at nine to five, try 106 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 4: honing your own business right, or try holding opening a 107 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 4: business because you can't sleep. 108 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't call out. You can't own a business. 109 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 4: No matter what's happening. You got to show up. You 110 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 4: got to be there at the end of the day 111 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 4: for staff. Say I'm sick, I can't come in tomorrow. 112 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 4: You don't get that luxury. So I eventually, up to 113 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 4: the last day when I'm supposed to sign the lease, 114 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 4: I'm still looking for the last twenty dollars to make 115 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 4: up the two hundred and seventy five thousand that was 116 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 4: out tight everything went and after I signed, after I 117 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 4: signed the lease, and the lease is in my hand, 118 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 4: and I'm like, okay, the next step. God is just 119 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 4: going to leave me through this. So it's all about relationship. 120 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 4: And that's one of the things where I even value 121 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 4: the relationship that we have. 122 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 3: You men or Angela. He all your team. 123 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 4: It's relationship that I've built over the years of working 124 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 4: with bb King's Highland Ballroom Sony Hall. 125 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: I was the corporate chef Dinosaur Barbecue. 126 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 3: Yea Dinosaur Barbecue on one hundred and twenty fifth Street. 127 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, I was the kitchen manager there, so over 128 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 3: the years. 129 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 2: Putting your time and I just want to make sure 130 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 2: people know that too, because you know, even knowing your 131 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 2: story and how you went to school and you learned 132 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: how to cook and then Royal Caribbean Cruise right you 133 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 2: were working on there, worked your way up to sue 134 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 2: chef because a lot of times people will look down 135 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: on you. 136 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: People want to be an entrepreneur right away. 137 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 2: There is nothing wrong and it's probably way better to 138 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: work and get the experience working for somebody else so 139 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 2: that you can eventually do it yourself. 140 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 3: Yeah. 141 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 4: One other thing where people are so intrigued about my story, 142 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 4: My story is coming from It's coming from homeless, is 143 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 4: coming from poverty, it's coming from three times suicide attempt 144 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 4: So it's coming from the Number two train. Like when 145 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 4: I used to live on Tremont Avenue, I remember going 146 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 4: at the Number two train station and stand there making 147 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 4: up my mind to throw myself in front of them. 148 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 4: That was when I first what put me in that 149 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 4: place and that frame. I remember when I first came here. 150 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 4: You know, you come here, you're under the radar. You're 151 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 4: trying to just get by a lot of things. And 152 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 4: that was when my daughter was just born. And my 153 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 4: daughter born here, I am under the radar, just trying 154 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:40,239 Speaker 4: to get by and ready to get evicted. I remember 155 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 4: I was about to get evicted. I'm looking at my 156 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 4: young daughter there and I'm like, I can't get a job. 157 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 4: It was very hard to get a job and just 158 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 4: going through so much, and I felt like there was 159 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 4: no way out. There was no way out because everywhere 160 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 4: you go you're. 161 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 3: Under the radar. 162 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: A you, I have it because you were. 163 00:06:58,560 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 3: I was from. 164 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 4: Jamaica, no pas, no papers, so everything was And then 165 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 4: it was when I was about to be evicted and 166 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 4: I'm like what do I do At this point, my 167 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 4: daughter's in the house. I can't provide for her. My 168 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 4: girlfriend is there here, I am with no job. The 169 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 4: court giving me this one shot deal in saying okay, 170 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 4: pay your rent and after this, if not, you're gonna 171 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 4: have to move out. 172 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 3: You know. 173 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 4: So I was like, you know what this and just 174 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 4: my life overall, because here you are coming from Jamaica, 175 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 4: you don't grow up with your father, you're homeless. From school, 176 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 4: It's like you ask yourself, like God, like what's next. 177 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 4: I was homeless. I didn't grow up with my father, 178 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 4: just my mother and my sister. My mother worked two 179 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 4: jobs to try to take care of us, and I'm like, 180 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,559 Speaker 4: something gotta give, Like at what point the sufferation stop? 181 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 4: So you get to a point and you're like, this 182 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 4: don't look like it's ever gonna stop because you look 183 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 4: at it. And at that time, I was like twenty 184 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: five or something and I'm like, I'm still going through it. 185 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 4: I'm going through it from I was going to the 186 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 4: neighbor's house, and that's what's how I got into cooking. 187 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 4: I got into cooking all the poverty, going to the 188 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 4: neighborhouse and beg for food. And I remember seeing myself 189 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 4: after because I gotta care FORO because then I get emotional. 190 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 3: Go into the neighborhouse and beg for food. And I 191 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 3: remember that time. 192 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 4: I was like ten eleven and there's this lady by 193 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 4: the name of missus Gloria that lived next door to us, 194 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 4: and every time they cook, I find myself always have 195 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 4: to wash up their dishes, sweep up the yard, beat 196 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 4: a little yard boy for them in doing stuff around 197 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 4: the house that their kids wouldn't do. So this way 198 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 4: I can get some of the food that they have 199 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 4: left over. So that was kind of how I fell 200 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 4: in love with cooking. I fell in love with cooking 201 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 4: from when I would stand at the back door step 202 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 4: and I would watch the family eat and see, Oh, 203 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 4: it brings family together, It brings that conversation together. 204 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 3: So even though as a. 205 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 4: Little kid, I was hungry, but I was still watching 206 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 4: as to how just like even when I came here 207 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 4: and I brought the food, me sitting back and watch 208 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 4: you guys enjoying it. 209 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: It brings me. 210 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 4: Peace to know that, Wow, you did that. Watching people 211 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 4: having conversation over something that you never had a home, 212 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 4: and you see how they're happy and they're laughing, And 213 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 4: I say, you know what, I want to spend the 214 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 4: rest of my life recreating that. So when people come 215 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 4: to my restaurant and I watch them sit down and 216 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 4: eat and enjoy and laugh and talk, I'm seeing something 217 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 4: that I never had a home. Happening in front of me. 218 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 4: And that's how I got into cooking, right, And you. 219 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 2: Are very present at the restaurant. And even before that, 220 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 2: you've also been a private chef. 221 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: Yes, for some huge people like the Obamas. 222 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,559 Speaker 4: The Obamas, I've been to the White House twice a 223 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 4: cook for Laric Clinton. I cooked from Michelle and Barack 224 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 4: and Jay Z and Beyonce, red Cross, Main, No Angela, 225 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 4: he you name it. I've cooked for over four hundred 226 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 4: celebrities from Mary J. 227 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 3: Blige, you named them. 228 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 2: And the good thing about you is, I know you 229 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 2: said that being on that cruise ship was what helped 230 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: you learn how to cook a whole lot of different 231 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 2: variety of things, because you know, when you're on a 232 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 2: cruise it's huge and there's like different yeah, different restaurants, 233 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 2: different types of food, different dishes. 234 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 4: Yes, working on the cruise ship to me, and I 235 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 4: think even when I start working on the cruise ship, 236 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 4: it was my getaway kind of free card from Jamaica 237 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 4: because I remember I was working at Sandals and they 238 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 4: told me that time I just graduated school. They told 239 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 4: me they was doing interview to work on the cruise ship. 240 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 4: I went to sant ans by took the tests pass 241 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 4: the test. Six months after, I was at work at 242 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 4: the hotel and they told me, oh, there's two guys 243 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 4: at the front desk looking for you. I was like 244 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 4: two guys, two white guys, And I walk up to 245 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 4: the front desk and I'm like, okay, what's going on? 246 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 3: Yeah? 247 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 4: They say, oh, they said, we were sent from Roleagh 248 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 4: Cabrian Cruise Line. You took a test the other day 249 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 4: and we were sent for Mole Cabrin Cruise Line because 250 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 4: you passed with flying scores. So we were sent for 251 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 4: Moral Cabin Cruise Line to bring you up to work 252 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 4: with the company. At that time, I don't have no VS, 253 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 4: I don't have no passport, I don't have nothing. They've said, well, 254 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 4: all you got to do is just say yes and 255 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 4: we'll take care of everything. 256 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: That's amazing, that's like God, that is. 257 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 5: But let me ask you, was it the cooking that 258 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 5: helped you get out of the dark place from ding 259 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 5: it all? 260 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 6: Yes, it was said you was there three times. 261 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a cooking that helped me get out 262 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 4: of it. Because I think when it happened in Jamaica, 263 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 4: I say okay, I have to get away, and that's 264 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 4: when the cruise ship came in, the cruise ship job 265 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 4: came in. I went to work with Rold Cabrin Cruise Line. 266 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 4: Started out as prep cook and work with them for 267 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 4: thirteen years and then when I left, I left as 268 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 4: executive chef and then I say, you know what, I 269 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 4: want to be online. At this point went back to 270 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 4: Jamaica start operating minute bus. But then I missed the 271 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 4: cooking and I said, you know what, this is not me. 272 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 4: I was driving the bus from state to state and 273 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 4: I said, I'm miss cooking. I missed being in the kitchen. 274 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 4: I miss seeing people having a great time around food. 275 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 4: And that was when I start working with Disney World 276 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: Disney when they first went Cruise Line, they came into. 277 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 3: The Disney Magic. 278 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 4: Disney Yes, yeah, they came up with Disney Magic and 279 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 4: I went to Italy bring down the ship. Work with 280 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 4: them for three years and I say, you know what, 281 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 4: I want to be online. So I stopped working with them, 282 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 4: and that's when I start working at Nigri Village. 283 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 6: That was one off West third. 284 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, the one that was on twenty third read with 285 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 3: Marv No. 286 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 6: Fourteen. No. 287 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 3: Fourteen is the one in the village. The original one 288 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 3: was on twenty three. 289 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: It was on twenty third, yeah, and between eight and ninth. 290 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 6: Between eighth and ninth, not the one on fourteenth, and 291 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 6: not the one on west. So there was three of them. 292 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 3: The one on fourteen is the one. No, that's the 293 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 3: same owner. 294 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: No, there, wester it's on West third, West third. 295 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: It started up on twenty third. It wasn't fourteenth, it 296 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 2: was twenty third, and then it was west third. 297 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, no, and that usually no, yeah, not fourteenth, it 298 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 5: was twenty three, it was twenty yeah, twenty third, it 299 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 5: was next It was next door to. 300 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 2: Let me tell you that restaurant when the Girl opened 301 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 2: on twenty Thirstyet we didn't have something like that in Manhattan, No, no, 302 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 2: and like the you know, in that area, in a 303 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: midtown downtown area. So that was like a novelty and 304 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 2: it used to be so packed, but it went to 305 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 2: show you that it was something necessary, because when that came, 306 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: it was like, people want this and there was only 307 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 2: one place you could go. 308 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 309 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 4: And I started working there in nine eleven hit and 310 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 4: when nine to eleven hit, that was when it shut down. 311 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 4: And from their work at I don't know if anyone 312 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 4: of you remember mobile up Tone that used to be 313 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 4: on one hundred and twenty fifth Street Mobile uptone. 314 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: I feel like, okay, yeah, I heard that was. 315 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 4: A while back. So it was me bouncing from restaurant 316 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,119 Speaker 4: to restaurant. Then after that I end up at Dinosaur Barbecue, 317 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 4: and then from Dinosaur Barbecue, BB King's and Highland Ballroom. 318 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: BB Kings used to be the joint too. 319 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 2: BB King's was like everybody used to go there not 320 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 2: to see, but also there were parties. 321 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 6: Yeah yeah, we did concerts. 322 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, you rocked the stage a couple 323 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 4: of times. Yeah, you rocked the stage a couple of 324 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 4: times at bb Kings. So yeah, and then from there 325 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 4: after BB King's Sony Hall and then COVID came. 326 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 2: And financially was this all good at that time for you? Like, 327 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 2: I know, you were an executive chef and then you 328 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 2: went to like Dinosaur Barbecue, Ndergrid was that financially like 329 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 2: you felt like you were getting compensated. 330 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: Yes, fairly, Okay. 331 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 4: I was getting compensated fairly. And what it is to 332 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 4: for me is the love and passion for what I do. 333 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 4: Me being at BB king as the executive chef for 334 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 4: the owner, he seemed I put so much pride in 335 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 4: my work and it was never it was never about 336 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 4: the money. It was more about me being the best 337 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 4: version of myself as a chef. So the owner, mister 338 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 4: Bensusan see that in me and he opened so many 339 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,479 Speaker 4: doors of opportunity. 340 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: That's good. 341 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 4: So he reached out to me, is like, Patrick, I'm 342 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 4: going to get you on Good Morning America. We're going 343 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 4: to get you on Fox five. I'm going to get 344 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 4: you on Pixel. 345 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: That's amazing. 346 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 347 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, because Cheff Simpson, I want to say that even 348 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: like hearing your story, because this can be a really 349 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 2: cutthroat business. 350 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 3: Yes, you know. 351 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 2: And one thing that people always say, even before I 352 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 2: met you, because my friend Dahlia was like, yes, you know, 353 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 2: you got to come to the Simpson. 354 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: I hadn't even been there yet, and she actually took 355 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: me there. 356 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 2: She owned the restaurant Tilly's, and we know it's a hard, 357 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 2: hard business to be in, one of the hardest to 358 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: be in. And she was like, he's just the nicest 359 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 2: person though on top of everything else. You know, the 360 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 2: food is great, restaurant, amazing location, but you, I think 361 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 2: as a brand, and the restaurant is named after you, Yes, 362 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 2: you know that matters. Was there ever any apprehension because 363 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 2: sometimes people don't want to like put their name on something, 364 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 2: But yeah, I think. 365 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 4: For me with because of the fact I already bill 366 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 4: who I am as a person from BB King's, Highland Ballroom, 367 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 4: Sony Hall and the Bench Susan, they gave me so 368 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 4: much freedom to be who I am and be creative. 369 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 4: I've cooked for so many people, so everyone know me 370 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 4: as Chef Simpson. So once you say Chef Simpson, people 371 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 4: be like, who's catering? You're ever in Chef Simpson. Then 372 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 4: I realized that my name is so strong Oden, you know, 373 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 4: So I say, you know what, I'm just gonna name 374 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 4: it the Simpson Restaurant on Bar and over time people 375 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 4: to start gravitating to, oh, the Simpson's own little restaurant, 376 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 4: And then people know me from BB King's And that's 377 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 4: where no, I'm looking at it. Where whoa you open 378 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 4: the first Jamaican restaurant to home in a casino? 379 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: Right? Okay, Atlantic City, that's where we are now city. 380 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 4: And then from there Caesar came to the Grand Open 381 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 4: and the pre ground opening. The executives came and they 382 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 4: like pulling me aside and they're like, listen, we love this, 383 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 4: we love what you're doing. We'd love for you to 384 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 4: come down to Las Vegas to look at the location 385 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 4: on there. 386 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: And oh, I didn't know about this. 387 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, so literally just did like the ribbon cutting in 388 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 2: Atlantic City, and I'm so excited to see because I've 389 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 2: been to Atlantic City like a couple of times in 390 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: the past, you know, but it's not a lot of 391 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 2: places that I'm like super excited to eat at. But 392 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 2: the Simpson I just think that's going to be something 393 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 2: like amazing for everybody to be able to experience. 394 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: But now Vegas is next. 395 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 3: No Vegas is next, and we. 396 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 2: Did because they do not have I'm trying to think, dude, 397 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 2: they don't have that, and think about how everybody. 398 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 5: Goes just Vegas. It's gonna be one of one. 399 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, listen. 400 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 4: And that's one of the reasons because just to let 401 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 4: artists know, Mayno was getting ready to head out of 402 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 4: here and I'd be like, no, I need you up 403 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 4: inside here because you know, and I gotta give you 404 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 4: guys props because I so have so much respect for Mano. 405 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 4: I have so much respect for you and Angelay and 406 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 4: your friend all your team because one other things, Mano 407 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 4: is such a cool guy personality. 408 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: He's a cool guy. 409 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 3: He's a cool guy. 410 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 4: You were talking with him, you know, He's not one 411 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 4: of those persons arrogant or loud or vulgar. It's just 412 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 4: somebody who's mellow like you can have a great conversation. 413 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 4: And for me, I don't have a lot of friends, 414 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 4: and I don't keep a lot of friends purposely because 415 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 4: I need to stay focused on my mission. I'm building 416 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 4: a brand here, so I surround myself with good people 417 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 4: like yourself and Mano and other people who are gonna 418 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 4: They always say, surround yourself with people who are going 419 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 4: in the same direction that you want to go, people 420 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 4: who motivate you to be the best. 421 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 2: Because the people who are not that will drop off 422 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 2: and you will not miss their presence. 423 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: It's a blessing when they do right. 424 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 4: So for me, it's saying you don't want I want 425 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 4: to stay close to you guys, because I see you 426 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 4: guys are doing great things and just like myself doing 427 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 4: great things, and I think black excellence. There's so much 428 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 4: that we can build together if we work together. So 429 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 4: just like me saying man no, listen, I want you 430 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 4: to come down to Atlantic City, Angela. You come Dome, 431 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 4: you know I got the connection. I'll put you guys 432 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 4: up in the suite there and show you guys are 433 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 4: own and listen. 434 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: We should say the same time. 435 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 2: We should do that, though, but I want to go 436 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 2: when you're there too, because I know it's often but 437 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 2: no other way. Yeah, it's also not easy for you 438 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: because now you have so many different places that you 439 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 2: have to be. Now, how are you because I know that, 440 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 2: like even sometimes I'll hit you up to let you 441 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 2: know something or somebody's coming through or I'm coming You're like, oh, 442 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 2: I'm at the restaurant depot doing this. You literally are 443 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 2: doing all of these things yourself. How is it being 444 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 2: able to trust somebody because at the same time you 445 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: have to have help running these businesses. You can't be 446 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 2: everywhere at once. 447 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 3: I can't be everywhere once. 448 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 4: And when I look back on it and I said, Okay, 449 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 4: I have I have sixty staff in Brooklyn, Atlantic City, 450 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 4: I'm gonna have another sixty staff by the time it's 451 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 4: said undone. I'm also looking into Miami location. And I'm 452 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 4: on a trend right now. And for me to do 453 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 4: this by myself. Sometime I ask myself, no one reached 454 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 4: out to me to check on my mental help to 455 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 4: see if I'm okay. How does this man stay on 456 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 4: top of you? 457 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 3: Kid? I have a daughter. 458 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, remember he was talking about his daughter being born. 459 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 4: So me dealing with all of this sometimes I have 460 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 4: to give myself a mental break because there's so many 461 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 4: moving parts that's happening. Like even right now, I know 462 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 4: my phone is texting me. We need cheese, we need this, 463 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 4: we need that, all different things that's happening. So my 464 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 4: management team, I have a great team, that's their Kay Daniels, 465 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 4: my operation managers. 466 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 3: To stay on top of everything. 467 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 4: I have about four four managers, great staff, chefs in 468 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 4: the kitchen. I have about thirteen chefs in the kitchen, 469 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 4: and all of that is going to get multiplied. So 470 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 4: one other things that I try to tell my team. 471 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 4: I wanted to create a work environment that I never 472 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 4: had because at the end of the day, even though 473 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 4: I was still working at BB King's, there was still 474 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 4: that hal over your head that you can get fired, 475 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 4: anything can happen, And even though it's a company where 476 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 4: they would look out for you, you just feel like you 477 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 4: want your home So for me, I say, you know what, 478 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 4: I want to create a work environment where my staff 479 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 4: come to work and even the dishwasher feel like it's 480 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 4: his restaurant. So motivate them and inspire them to say, like, listen, guys, 481 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 4: this is bigger than me. 482 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 3: This is for you. Guys. 483 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 4: Now, I provide food for all of your family, So 484 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 4: you help me to help to keep this together. So 485 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 4: they come in and they feel important. So for them, 486 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 4: they're always going to have my back. They're always going 487 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 4: to look out for the best interest of the restaurant. 488 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 4: Not everybody is going to be like that, but what 489 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 4: are you gonna do? 490 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, we had a whole conversation about how difficult it 491 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: is to get the right staff together because you cannot 492 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 2: control what people are doing, and you can't watch people 493 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 2: you know all the time to see what's happening, and 494 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 2: things do walk out that door? 495 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, yeah, there's a lot. There's a lot when 496 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 4: it comes on to restaurant. There's just a lot for 497 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 4: you to step. 498 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 6: Up, a lot of moving parts. 499 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 3: It's a lot of moving forward. 500 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 2: How do you feel now, though, are you with all 501 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 2: these different opportunities. Obviously there's also more responsibilities, but mentally, 502 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 2: how do you feel now? 503 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 4: Mentally, I think I'm okay. Sometimes I don't think I am. 504 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 4: Sometimes I'll stop on the side of the street and 505 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 4: shutter tears and then go back into traffic. 506 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 5: When you try, you do feel as though you don't 507 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 5: have the the time or to grieve, or you know, 508 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 5: you don't have that luxury. 509 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 3: No. 510 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 4: I was talking to someone yesterday and the person said 511 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 4: to me, he said, Patrick, you know what I realized 512 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 4: different about your different talking to you. I hear strength 513 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 4: speaking to you. I hear resilient speaking to you. Because 514 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 4: I look at it, I'm like, I don't have a choice. 515 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 4: It's either I'm going to swim or I'm gonna sing, 516 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 4: or I'm gonna drown. And I chose to swim because 517 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 4: right now I'm in too deep. You know, it's just 518 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 4: from someone who was getting a one shot deal to 519 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 4: say from being homeless on my block where I live 520 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 4: in Long Island. I own the biggest house on the block. 521 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 4: So even for me driving home, it still don't dawn 522 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 4: on me. It dawned on me sometimes and I'm like, 523 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 4: I wonder if my Caucasian neighbors look at. 524 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 6: Me like the block so that feeling that you feel inside. 525 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 5: Do you feel do you feel accomplished or do you 526 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 5: feel or do you still feel like it's just so 527 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 5: much more to get. 528 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,719 Speaker 4: I feel there's I feel accomplished, but I think something 529 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 4: is missing. Something is missing because to me, I asked myself, 530 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 4: I'm like, God, am I a sacrificial lamb? Because here 531 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 4: I am now gonna have one hundred and that staff. 532 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 4: Everything that I went through throughout my life, I felt 533 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 4: like he was building me for tough, for everything I'm 534 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 4: dealing with, no one be able to stay sane dealing 535 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,239 Speaker 4: with it. I felt like he was building me. So 536 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 4: now I'm at that stage, I'm like, Okay, God, who 537 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 4: do I do this with? 538 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: Right? 539 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 4: At what point are you gonna send me either that 540 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 4: ride or die or a bona fire birder. 541 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 3: And they'll say, Okay, Patrick. 542 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 4: I got you with the best interest, not about he 543 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 4: can afford it or he can do this as someone 544 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 4: who say, you know what, I see your grind, I 545 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 4: love what you're doing. You know what, I'm gonna rock 546 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 4: with you and you're gonna and that person is going 547 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 4: to be genuine about it. Because one thing that I've 548 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 4: also learned is that the higher you go is the 549 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 4: more fake people comes around. 550 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: Right, You don't know what people's intentions are. 551 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 3: You don't know what their intentions. 552 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 2: They see something that's going on that's working, and they 553 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 2: want to hop on and figure out how can it 554 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 2: benefit that. 555 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 4: And I'm very observant of that. So for me, I'd 556 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 4: rather you come straight up and tell me your intention. 557 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 4: If I can rock with you and I can make 558 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 4: it happen, I'll let you know this is what it is. 559 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 4: But don't be fake with me. You know, don't be 560 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 4: fake with me, because once I find out that you 561 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 4: are being fake, oh, come and ask me, I can 562 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 4: I hold a thousand dollars or whatever and be like, okay, 563 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 4: you know what, here's five. Don't worry about it. You 564 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 4: don't have to pay me back, but don't be fake 565 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 4: with me to get it. Just be straight up and 566 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 4: let me move on. 567 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 1: That's why they say more money, more problems. 568 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, that's what it is. 569 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 2: But you know what You're right though, And all in all, 570 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 2: as we can all attested, as we're sitting here and 571 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 2: people are listening to this is still a blessing like everything, 572 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,479 Speaker 2: to be in the position that all of us are 573 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 2: in that everybody who is listening in. 574 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: We have so many things to be. 575 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 2: Grateful for that we've been blessed with that I think 576 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 2: sometimes it's hard to focus on those things. You know, 577 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 2: we talked about this on my Wealth Wednesday Founders depression. 578 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 2: That's a real thing for entrepreneurs who are going through 579 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 2: it because you know, when you come from spaces where 580 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: we've come from, where we haven't seen a lot of success, 581 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 2: successful people like in our families and our lives and 582 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 2: things like that, sometimes we feel like it can all 583 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 2: go away at any moment. 584 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, most definitely. 585 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 4: And the people that you surround yourself with, you know, 586 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 4: I know the Counsel General to Jamaica, Altseeeing Wilson, always 587 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 4: been near supporting me. 588 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,239 Speaker 3: She you probably know her. 589 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:46,199 Speaker 6: I definitely know her. 590 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: I saw she was at the opening too, the ribon. 591 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: She came to Atlantic City. 592 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 4: R Yeah, she came to Atlantic City. She's always been 593 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 4: there to support me when I when I did the 594 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 4: ribbon cutting, the Prime Minister and the first Lady called 595 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 4: me and said, Congress, you open the first Jamaican restaurant 596 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 4: in a casino in America. This is definitely a big deal, 597 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 4: so to me, It's like everything that is on me 598 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 4: right now is so much bigger than me. I'm representing, 599 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 4: I'm carrying Jamaica on my. 600 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 3: That it can happen. 601 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 4: It's a lot of responsibility and a lot of people 602 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 4: look up to me to say if he can do it, 603 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 4: that means we can do it. 604 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 6: Inspiration. 605 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 4: I'm inspiring so many people opening culinary school in Jamaica 606 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 4: and my way of giving back and paying it forward. 607 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: Listen, can you teach me how to cook something? Do 608 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: you think anybody can cook? 609 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 3: Like? 610 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: Do you think anybody can learn how to cook? 611 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 3: Yeah? Cooking is all about being creative. Okay, it's about 612 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 3: being creative. You know. 613 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 4: Once you go in the kitchen and you may look 614 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 4: into your cupody and be like, hey, not in the 615 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 4: hair the heat, and I open your cover. Then before 616 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 4: you know what, I'm like, Okay, give me about half 617 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 4: an hour dinner. 618 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: Figured something out? 619 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 6: I don't think you can figure out now. 620 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 2: In my kitchen, Mano has already committed to coming over 621 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 2: to cook because you know, I have a brand new 622 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 2: kitchen in my house. 623 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 1: It has not been touched. 624 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 6: A minute to come hang out. 625 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 1: But he wants to make a jail mail. 626 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 6: Oh I got to bring my god. Let me tell you, 627 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,360 Speaker 6: like stay in New York jail mails. 628 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 2: But you also and the last thing I want to 629 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 2: talk about is that you also do cook with celebrities 630 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 2: and notable people. You have your own show, which it 631 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 2: shows me how much you love it because you spend 632 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 2: the time really talking and getting to know people, but 633 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 2: also like creating dishes and. 634 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: Doing things with them as well. 635 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 2: And that's something that you don't even have to do, 636 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 2: you know, And that again. 637 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,479 Speaker 4: It shows you that from a closed door. I remember 638 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 4: how I started my own show was when I was 639 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 4: a bb Kings and all the artists they come and 640 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 4: perform in the show. The owner BB Kings saw me 641 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 4: and say, you always talking with the celebrities when they 642 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 4: add them on. That's I'm seeing Ben Susan. So you 643 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 4: have Steven that's a blue note. And then you have 644 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 4: seen who runs BB King's like, you're always talking with 645 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 4: the celebrities and and over time I'm like, you don't 646 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 4: what As a chef, I'm reaching out to the Food Network. 647 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 4: I'm reaching out to all these Caucasian cooking show trying 648 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 4: to get on. No one responds to your email, no 649 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 4: one knowledge or nothing. So I say, you know what, 650 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 4: We're going to start my own shoes, right and little 651 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 4: by little, I'm there at bb King. I'm cooking with 652 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 4: a little cutting board, and I have the guests next 653 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 4: to me and I'm cooking and talking with them. And 654 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 4: that's how Cooking with Love was birth. And now it's 655 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 4: on so many different network now and me cooking with 656 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 4: so many. 657 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 2: Right, yeah, you did the show we lobster Okay, all right, 658 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: all right, we'll test that out and. 659 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 3: We're gonna have to get Angela on it. 660 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: What am I going to make? 661 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 3: We don't know. 662 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: I think that amazing girl cheese I do. 663 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 2: I can't do that, but no, honestly, let people know 664 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 2: how they can follow you and also support you. 665 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 4: You know. 666 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 2: I know we're going to be doing a lot more 667 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 2: things together as the business is expanding, and yes, we 668 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 2: got to make sure that we're here supporting you as well. 669 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: We're going to plan this to Atlantic City. 670 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 3: You gotta do it, Yeah, you gotta pull up. 671 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: It's summertime now, you know what I'm saying. 672 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 4: Just take the trucks out and just so the new 673 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 4: so the new location and in Atlantic City, it's one 674 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 4: Atlantic Ocean ac X one Studio Caesar Palace. The opening 675 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 4: time is still going to be eleven AM, and we 676 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 4: closed during the week we close at twelve and then 677 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 4: on the weekend we close at two am because Caesar 678 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 4: asked me to stay open late because. 679 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 2: People want to gambling. There's no windows, so you don't 680 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 2: know what time it is. 681 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, So a c X one previously used to be 682 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 4: at a Pair and then when COVID came, it shut 683 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 4: down and now it's reopened up. But now so the 684 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 4: border it's crazy, So they're doing a lot of great things. 685 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 4: And for me to be in there, and you can 686 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 4: be inside your room at Caesar Palace and you can 687 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 4: order from the restaurant. 688 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: Can you imagine that order is some jerk chicken? 689 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 3: Yeah? 690 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, never never have I been to a rest a 691 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 6: hotel and being able to. 692 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 1: Order get some curry, yeah, right away. 693 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 3: So it's definitely going to be a big deal. 694 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: Your favorite food. 695 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 4: I like fish. I like fish. I like the brown 696 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 4: stew fish. I like the Esca beach, I like the 697 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 4: Simon anything seafood. I like the salmon and the drug simon. 698 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, so what else were you going to say? 699 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 4: I was gonna say that, and then the Brooklyn location. 700 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 4: Brooklyn is fire, stay packed. 701 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: And make your reservation, ladies and gentlemen, because it's. 702 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,479 Speaker 3: Two weeks in advance to a weekend. 703 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: I come there and they'd be crazy outside. 704 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 3: I remember I was. 705 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 4: In Atlantic City and I was watching that, just standing 706 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 4: at the front for probably about like twenty. 707 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,200 Speaker 3: Minutes on a table. 708 00:31:59,400 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: Patiently. Wait. 709 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 3: Now that's when you came with a young lady with 710 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 3: the wine. 711 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: Oh yep, ingrid best, that's mine. 712 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, your wine is amazing and it's South African wine. 713 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 2: But yeah, so we actually were going to the fight 714 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 2: across streeted was so crowded. But you know how I am, 715 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go. I'm not gonna make a big fuss. 716 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 2: I will stand here and wait because I'm just happy 717 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 2: that we're being accommodated. 718 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,959 Speaker 1: So, you know, just just happy that you always take 719 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: care of me and your staff does too. And they 720 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: were all like, are you okay? I was like, I'm fine. 721 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 6: I'll just be pulling up. Got you wait now, I 722 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 6: just pull up. 723 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 3: But I mean, you know, he just pulled up. He's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, 724 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 3: we got your own family. You're on Simpson. 725 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 2: Now, y'all gotta make him wait next time, make him 726 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 2: wait twenty minutes. 727 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 3: I need to get I need to get you guys. 728 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 3: To be a restaurantur you gotta come in. You gotta 729 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 3: come on board. Yes, even if you're behind the scene, let's. 730 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 6: Talk about it. 731 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: I'll be cooking. 732 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 2: But honestly, Chef Simpson, thank you so much. We really 733 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 2: appreciate you, so happy for everything that you've been doing. 734 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 2: The food is amazing. You brought us some food today. 735 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 2: I was waiting since ten am for this food to 736 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 2: get here because I was starving, and I was like, 737 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 2: I can't eat a thing because I don't want to 738 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 2: ruin my appetite because Chef Simpson is on the way. 739 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 6: Nice. 740 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 2: So I appreciate you whenever you guys, if you're not 741 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 2: from here, if you come here, make sure you visit. 742 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 2: Let's all go to Atlantic City and we cannot wait 743 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 2: to hear more news on Vegas and Miami. 744 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 3: That's what I'm talking about. Yeah, way up, Well, didn't 745 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 3: know about that.