1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: My next guest. It's a celebrity chef, best selling cookbook author, 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: TV host, best known from numerous food networking Cooking Channel 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: shows over the last ten years. He is the host 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: of New Soul Kitchen on Cleo TV and the car 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: host for The Best Thing I Ever Ate on Cooking Channel, 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: one of my favorite show. We're gonna start off talking 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: about that Best Thing I Ever Ate. You know, everybody 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: knows I am a foodie, nut and food In fact, 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: I went to this new Brazilian restaurant in the line 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: of Georgia last night, you know, for with the child 11 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: usually where I go. I got a new one and 12 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: got a new one and I went to it last night, 13 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: got off the plane, went there and eight top top top, 14 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: top top, got it done. He's an entrepreneur with products 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: on the shelves and whole food stores. Please welcome to 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: money making Conversation. My man, Chef Gernard Wells. Hello, how 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: you doing, hey, Chef? You know, if we all, I 18 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: love talking to chef because basically talking a lot. You know, 19 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: he called me for a little advice here and that 20 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: he don't listen to my advice, but he called. He called. 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: You'll be amazed because see he has this, he has 22 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: this little he has a little quality. He is that 23 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: what else? See he also he listened to your vife, 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: but he's also listened to that. What else the possibilities? 25 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm straight don't do it. But Rashawn, 26 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: what else after that? I can't talk to you know, 27 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: but you operating off whatever. But he's a man, so 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: he comes to me all time. Respect that. But you 29 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: know that I'm gonna give an answer that allows him 30 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: to think about the process. And that's why our relationship 31 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: work because I don't want you to be what Roshan 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: says is the truth. Rashan is just getting your information. 33 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: That's that's based on truth. But then again, you have 34 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: to make a decision based on what you feel you 35 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: can unachieve. Sometimes you gotta walk out there. If you 36 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: walk out there and it's successful, he gets what. Rashaan 37 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: gave me a thought process that made me think a 38 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: little bit different on how I should approach this. And 39 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: that's why our relationship get along. We listen to my show, 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: I'm just giving you nuggets. You know, because you walk 41 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: a different path, you get up on the different side 42 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: of the bed and it's a different time zone. You 43 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: may be listening to this show, So what I'm saying 44 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: may work differently if you approach it differently. So that's 45 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: why Cheff and I get along, yep, and I have 46 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: to ad make you know your the the information and 47 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: knowledge that you continue instealing me. You know it is 48 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: so it is so valuable. And what it does is 49 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: it allows me to truly step back, and that's I 50 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: do step as they say, how can you learn how 51 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: to walk on water by getting out of the boat. 52 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: But what your knowledge does is it helps me on 53 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: how to approach the situation and how to handle it. 54 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: You know, what you do is you help me put 55 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: my guards up when I'm walking into a place where 56 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: normally if I'm walking in defenseless and don't know what 57 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: to expect. You're the boy to read me. That helped 58 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 1: me see things and know how to operate in different perspectives. 59 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: And which is it is very key and beneficial and 60 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: doing any kind of business because a lot of people 61 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: walk into platforms are doing business and they have no 62 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: idea of what they're walking into. But when you have 63 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: somebody like a Rasha McDonald in your corner, they help 64 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: you walk in with your eyes wide wide open instead 65 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: of wide shut. It helps you on how to better 66 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: handle people, how to navigate, and how to pretty much 67 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: maneuver from all the cooks and turns. You know, everybody 68 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: don't have a Rashane McDonald cheeko like I do, but 69 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: I'm truly thankful to how you in my life. Now, 70 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: let's talk about this food, because you know he was 71 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: talking to me about different First of all, the show 72 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: called Best Thing I Ever Ate on the Cookie Channel. 73 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: Tell them exactly what that is before we start talking 74 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: about the different places that you went. Noet. The Best 75 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: Things That Ever comes on every Monday night, nine pm 76 00:03:55,160 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: Eastern time. The show is about every every person that's 77 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 1: the co host. In the show, we go through our 78 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: dialogues of everywhere that we've eaten around the country some 79 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: of the best food that resonates with us and and 80 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: typically may be themed around and said it may be 81 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: something as simple as layers. When you hear layers, what 82 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: do you think of? Do you think of the best 83 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: layer of lasagna? Or do you think of the best 84 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: layer red delvy cake? You know all the best layer biscuit. 85 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: And based off of those things is how we go 86 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: and pull from deep down inside some of the best 87 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: restaurants that we've eaten that and we highlight those restaurants 88 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: and we share with the world our experience. And then 89 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: the other fun part about it is the chef in 90 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:46,239 Speaker 1: that restaurant actually opened those doors and allowed the viewers 91 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: to get a glimpse into the world of what it 92 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: takes to prepare and create that dish, and then we 93 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: break it down verbat and what it's lacking. Hopefully we 94 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: encourage others to go out and and think about the 95 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: best thing that they're ever to see out the best 96 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: thing to say that right, amazing show. I'm going into 97 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: my actual third season Wolf the Show. I'm truly excited 98 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: about that, co hosting alone with some various steamships out 99 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: there from Wolfgang called Marcas Stewart, the Sawyer. Uh. It's 100 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: so it's so many of them, but it's it's truly 101 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: an amazing journey and it's you know, and it's about 102 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: paying off chief. Let's talk about the food now, what 103 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: I got all that Wolf game punk I ate at 104 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: this place the other day. Okay, let's talk about the 105 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: food now. What places really really and yeah, it's please 106 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: speaking suckulent terms when you talk about this food. Yeah, 107 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: what place did you go for like a good sandwich 108 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: or something? A good brakfitts are good shrimp all we'll 109 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: talk to us. Now, come on, you've Mississippi. You Mississippi, 110 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: you though one of the best breathast spots. And and 111 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: and I always talk about different regions, but if I 112 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: have to talk about a great breathast spot that's here 113 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, it would definitely be Atlanta Breasast Club. Um, 114 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: if you hadn't experienced it, you definitely have to experiences 115 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: those young young brothers and sisters that's behind the forefront 116 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: of creating that restaurant. The way they do with making 117 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: their biscuits from scratching me. And they actually have a 118 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: unique style of that pepper gravy that goes onto it 119 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: and they're being on top of that, they're they're taking 120 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: a nice golden crisp chicken breast and landed on the 121 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: inside of that biscuits. The gravy, the chicken on it 122 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: just has that right amount of creaming into the gravy, 123 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: perfect for any day of the week. When we talked 124 00:06:50,480 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: about eating great breathast right there, talking so do they 125 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: do grits over that? Do they do grits over there? 126 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: They do grits, And you know that's one of the things. 127 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: The grits are amazing and buttery, and you know that's 128 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: what it's about. It's about having that right balance of 129 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: butter and cream that goes along with those grits. And 130 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: you know me, me, I'm a Southern boy. Periodically I 131 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: like to sprinkle a little sugar with my grits and 132 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: black black peppering and look kosher salt. But these grits 133 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: are so good you don't even have to even add 134 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: sugar tools the way this black pepper, salt and butter. 135 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: There you go. We're gonna be back with my man 136 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: because he got me rolling with the suckling talk. Yes, 137 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: my man, chef. You know well, as good friend, I'm 138 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: already on the page of the Atlanta Breakfast Club. I'm 139 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: looking at this chicken with his egg and his bakon whoa. 140 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: We'll be back with money making conversation, Chef. Don't go 141 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: to where I'm home, Gryhi just for Sean McDonald and 142 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: you're listening to money making conversations. I'm talking to my man, 143 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: celebrity chef bestselling author. Okay, we gotta couple of things 144 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: that are coming up. I want first of all, I 145 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: want to go to uh. You know, another good friend 146 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: of the family is his wife, Kina Wells. We talk 147 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: a lot and um we do business and she's also more. 148 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: I see a lot of activities you and her are 149 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: doing together. Jeff Nord and you have a part of 150 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: the official host lineup for the Soul Food Sessions. Talk 151 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: to us about that No. One through the third at 152 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: Blue Ridge Mouth and talk about Jeff Gernard and Keena Wells. 153 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: Oh Man, you know, it's so much I can say. 154 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: You know, I think Kenna has been my life partner 155 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: for over the past twenty years and and just she's 156 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: just been alone away now. Granted, you know her her 157 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 1: career is human resources and getting the job done that 158 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: way when it comes to recruit and bed now, but 159 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: one of the things over the past twenty years she 160 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: has always managed to juggle her career to help build 161 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: a strong legacy and foundation with us. And one of 162 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: the things with the Marverish Retreat Nayabie Matthews and Eric 163 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: Matthews retired NFL player Eric Matthews, they teamed together and 164 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: created these Soul for Sessions. Nia is the founder Soul 165 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: Food Sessions and they do this met these marriage retreats 166 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: and one of the things that me and Keena loved 167 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,719 Speaker 1: doing this not only a shifting when people sewing to us, 168 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: but we love swing into others when it comes to 169 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: building stronger relationships because there's no secret that we have 170 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: a large family. You know, we have a large selling 171 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: when it comes to kids. But building a business platform 172 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 1: and shan and helping others that are on that same 173 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: pathway on how to juggle and what we happen to 174 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: do is to take food. Food is that dealful for us? 175 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: You know? We we take food and we use that 176 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: as a blueprint and showing you how something that's simple 177 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: as a salad can be equated to a relationship. And 178 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: from what I mean a quick example is when I 179 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: lay out a salad before you, I'm giving you your 180 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: your spring mix, your iceberg ladders, your strawberries, your blueberries, 181 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: your cucumbers. And what we do is we show you 182 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: and we give an example of what what each one 183 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: of these could represent in your relationship when you're building 184 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: your salad gives you an example. Spendings, they could they 185 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: could represent the strengthen your relationship, your your your strawberries, 186 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: they could represent the love in your relationship. The blueberries 187 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: they could relate. They could represent the longevity in your relationship. 188 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: Because each one of these play a certain part and 189 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: what we show people using them as you're building out 190 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: your salad while you're going through this line, what do 191 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: you want your relationships look like? Now? If you want 192 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: your relationship to me walk down and we the only 193 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: get that iceberg ladders, So we do fun cool things 194 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: like the interactive and we've teamed up with with Na 195 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: and Eric Matthews for the for the Marriage of Treating. 196 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, we've had such an amazing 197 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: experience and um response from it that the numbers growed 198 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: so well. We've moved the location Blue Ridge, so now 199 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna be in Gatlinburg Um, So we're going up 200 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: to Gallenburg to the mountains to even bigger place where 201 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna be hosting Mr. Been that we've all we've 202 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: already sold out, but we have a waiting list because 203 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: the numbers are constantly growing and they can go to 204 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: soul food Sessions with Naya dot Com to actually get 205 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: on that weight list. Okay, so if I go through, 206 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: so baha eat can determine my relationship. So I go 207 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: through there, you know with me go through to get 208 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: a salad that put some chocolate on that strawberry. That's 209 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: you know, that's you ready to take it to the 210 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: next level. Brother, you're looking for that that that you 211 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: you you're making sure you got that intimacy in that 212 00:11:54,400 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 1: relations That's what I knew. How old relationship, That's what 213 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: it's about. That's the fire going you got. You got 214 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: a big event coming up in Chicago. Talk to us 215 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: about that September twenty four through the twenty night Chicago 216 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: Going mat actually presented by Bone Appetite. You know a 217 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 1: lot of people for me were Bond Apple Tea magazine, 218 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: but Bone Appetite they have lunch to Chicago goingmet in 219 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: conjunction with the Illinois Restaurants Association. A lot of people 220 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: are for me were like, uh takes the Chicago and 221 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: different things like that. Chicago Goingamet an amazing food event 222 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: that pairs a celebrity chef as well as wine points 223 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: and spirits. And I'll be actually one of the headline 224 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: chefs there that will be doing out of this box 225 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: cooking show. I'm actually doing a play on everything is 226 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: about movies. This year for me was like Butchcasting and 227 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: the Sundans Kid's gonna be Bushcasting and the Wild Wing 228 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: Kids this year because I'm gonna be doing this thing 229 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: with Whiskey con Huge Wing. Wow. That's hot. Yeah yeah, 230 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: Now you get free. I know you been, Jett said 231 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: everywhere I would love for you to come hang with me. Well, 232 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you right right now. You know, I'm 233 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: gonna go to the Atlanta Breakfast Club first. If you 234 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: go any place to eat, did you recommend now? Chicago 235 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 1: up that? But I just went on the website to 236 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Breakfast Club and that chicken and bacon. I 237 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: got to get there. And then my main man, my 238 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: producers on the show, Sam, he's been there. He was 239 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: like talking about the piech cobbler putting on top of 240 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: the chicken and all that stuff. So so, but I 241 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: got a place up in up in Chicago called Batter 242 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: and Berries, which is all stand. They're they're amazing up there. 243 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: So so we got a Labor Day, so everybody wants 244 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: to eat right on Labor Day. Gumbo by BQ Fried chicken. 245 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: What do you recommend as a as a good family 246 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: meal when the family gets together, you know, doing doing 247 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: during these labor day periods of multa September before you 248 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: get into that chicken time frame, that the turkeys time 249 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: frame in November. Talk to us. Get that's check. You're 250 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: sucking in again. You know how you had you had 251 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: me inspired, had me want to go find a knife 252 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: and fall give me that that stage. Get yeah, Now, hey, 253 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: when we when we're kicking out labor that you can't 254 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: kick it out without having some form, without having something 255 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: from over rib on them and I and what I 256 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: what I always suggested, a nice grade brown sugar preak, 257 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: a rubbed rib and you put on the grill or 258 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: if you shortcut it, you can put it in the oven. 259 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, we did and we did 260 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: with our cooking segments that we do together every Saturday, Rashaan, 261 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: we did an apple glaze baked rib that's perfect for 262 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: the labor day holiday season. Throw you some fresh Feedia 263 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: or Granny Smiths apples in their wrapper in four baking 264 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: in the oven on three hundred and fifty degrees forty 265 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: five minutes, you have perfect fall off the bone. But 266 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: now if you're not, if you're not a pork lover, 267 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: and you want to go on that more light aside 268 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: for us some chicken. I always suggest the dr pepper 269 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: smoked chicken. Take that whole Friday. Or you can take 270 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: your your thighs and legs, marinate them with some dr pepper, 271 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: the salt black pepper. Throw you some fresh rose marry 272 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: and time in there. Let it marinate for twenty four hours. 273 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: And when you get up early the next morning, or 274 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: your charcoals or your luck or your or your hickory 275 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: wood on the grill and just let its smokers. How 276 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: that dr pepper that is set in all night starts 277 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: to caramelize over the top of it, gives it a 278 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: nice sweet flavor. On the inside of it, that rose 279 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: marry and time that is set in gives it a 280 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: great earth tone flavor. And it also makes sure it 281 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: makes it maintains the juice and the and the moistness 282 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: of it. So when you let that out, when you 283 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: set that out on your table, you're good to go. 284 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: But you already know you gotta have them side, and 285 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: can't Nobody had no side without that that the turkey 286 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: leg baked beans. And what I say is you take 287 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: your turkey, them smoked turkey legs that you're getting their 288 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: phone off the bone. You start off that base and 289 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: making those baked beans. And you know you can do 290 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: a good tomato base if you don't, if you don't, 291 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: grab the baked beans out the can, but get your nice, 292 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: good tomato base to some molasses. That's the key, molasses 293 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: tomato salce. Then you fold in either your kidney beans 294 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: or your pork and beans, whichever ones you want in 295 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: with it with those smoked turkey legs, and let those 296 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: baked beans just simmer. Now. See you you have you 297 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: have some people hurting themself when they come to your house. 298 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: And we got that potato salad. Now it's always a ballot. 299 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: Which one do you want? Do you want mustard? Basically 300 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: you want may obey me when it come to that 301 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: mayo bay. I always like blending in a little sweet 302 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: relish with it, smoked from pre ky in with it. 303 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: And then what I do when I boil my eggs, 304 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: take that center out of and make the make it 305 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: almost in the form of a deviled eggs style when 306 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: you blend in an end. And then the key for 307 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: your potatoes. Are you come go see a lot of 308 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 1: people grab them rushes. We see you want them. You 309 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: come gold potatoes because those you can go potatoes have 310 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: a natural buttery flavor to them already, just the way 311 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: they're grown. It just taste amazing. So when you smash 312 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: those up with those eggs that mayo, you gotta win 313 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: on your hands. And now when it comes to dessert, 314 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: when it comes to dessert, ain't even fixing dessert because 315 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: I'm calling Rashad McDonald and he got to me a 316 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 1: couple of my man, my man Hill Chief Man. I 317 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: appreciate you. You You know I post everybody want to find 318 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: the chef and go to my at Rashaw McDonald. Every 319 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,239 Speaker 1: Saturday feature. He has a video that he uploads the 320 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: original videos of his of his craft. He's one of 321 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: my favorite people. I enjoy having him on my show. 322 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: He knows that anytime, anytime he needs me, I will 323 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: promote his brand because as you can see, the man 324 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: knows his food. When I asked him to go succulent, 325 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,159 Speaker 1: he went beyond that. Everybody in the room went, that's 326 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: my man. Keep following. Chef Geno Wells