1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversation Masterclass. I am your host 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: with Sean McDonald. I recognize that we all have different 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: definitions of success. For you, it may be the size 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: of your paycheck. Mine is inspiring people to accomplish their 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: goals and live their very best life. It's time to 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: stop reading other people's success stories and start writing your own. 7 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: People always talk about their purpose or gifts. If you 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: have a gift, lead with your gift. If you don't 9 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: let and don't remember this, don't let your friends, family, 10 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: or coworkers stuff you from planning or living your dream, 11 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: lead with your gift. My next guest is the underground 12 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 1: Seafood Chief Natasha billups are Natasha a little my little Superman, 13 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: my little MegaMan fail when I said her name, that's 14 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: how hot, mama. She's a beautiful, beautiful Chief Natasha beat. 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 1: You've heard about her Fried her keen, Fried fried king 16 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 1: legs and fried lobster tails and Jack Daniels real by 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: where she is on the show to talk about them 18 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: and how all started when she was just selling plates 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: to get ahead, get her attention. Chef Natasha b as 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: an award winning celebrities chef, a single mom the three 21 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: children starting eight years and younger. She experienced some big 22 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: changes in her life divorce, moving back in with her parents. 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: I did that in college. I know about that experience, 24 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: getting kicked out of nursing school, learning to well, I love. 25 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: This is gonna be a great story. Listen to how 26 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: she took her experiences and her passion and turned them 27 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: into a business. She also stairs was coming up in 28 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: a pipeline for expiring chefs and how and what she 29 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: does to help them out. Please welcome to Money Making 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: Conversations master Class. The One and Only Chef Natasha B 31 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: How you doing, Tasha? Say Tasha saying Natasha say Natasha, 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: Yes that's perfect, Okay, cool because you know quickly, you know, 33 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: I you know, because you seem so so relaxed. You 34 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: seem like a you know, because perception when you hear 35 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: the words chef, you have to come at birth people 36 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: with a certain angle or you know, kind of be 37 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: a little bit more stiff. But you seem like you're 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: really down the earth. For a natural person who listens 39 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: to good music, know how to dance and have a 40 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 1: good time. Am I seeing the right person off? Just? Uh? 41 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: If I missed the boat by a hundred BOMs. You 42 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: know you have me like, I can't dance I have 43 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: two left feet. Wow. Wow, now let's talk about Okay, now, 44 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: why can't you dance the times too? Because you know 45 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: what I'm saying is that because in the kitchen is 46 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: a rhythm to kitch cooking. You know that you're getting 47 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: a rhythm, you know? Uh, Like I don't listen to 48 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: when I cook. I cannot listen to music. I tried 49 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: to listen to sports and and destroyed so many meals. 50 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: I realized, Okay, you have to be focused when you're 51 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: in the kitchen. So what is your tone of your 52 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: kitchen when you're in there? Or do you listen to anything? 53 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: Or you just focus on the meal at hand? You 54 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: don't like people talking to you? What is the role 55 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: that you play as a chef when you're preparing meals? Oh? 56 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: I definitely want to hear music. I definitely want to 57 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: hear music. Um so I will did, especially if my 58 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: clients are dancing, I'll catch their vibe and you know, 59 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: I'm going with the slow. But I definitely want music. 60 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: It helps me just just good music, though, it helps 61 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: me saying in a place of love and stay happy. 62 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: So all of that transfers to the food, right. And 63 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: so when you when you talk about music, you know, 64 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: and because the music is emotion and the food and 65 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: everybody know, food emose emotion. Good foods, you know, makes 66 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: you smile, make you talk, make you make you just 67 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: want to share good stories. And some people say good 68 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: food make them go to sleep if they eat too 69 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: much of it. What type of music do you do? 70 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: You feel kind of like um equates to your brand 71 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: of of the culinary works that you deliver, as far 72 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: as desserts, as far as as far as meals, as 73 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: far as andres that you delivered to the general public. Um. 74 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: I most always listen to some gospel before okay, okay, okay. 75 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: I usually always pray and it's a gospel song at 76 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: some point before you uh the food, before the food 77 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: gets to you. Well, you know, I think it's because 78 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: you know, we're supposed to pray before we break bread anyway, 79 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm getting a double blessing with your meals. 80 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: You you got the spirit, then you're going in the 81 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: kitchen with your spirit, and then when you serve the meal, 82 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: we pray again. We got double dose of the large 83 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: blessing on top of this meal? Is that is that 84 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: a particular reason why you've chosen this direction of because 85 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: you seem like a person based on your resume, they 86 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: could do a lot of things. Because you talked about 87 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: nursing school, why did they eventually become Natasha? Why became food? 88 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: The direction being in the kitchen? What what what clicked 89 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: for you that makes you say, this is why I'm 90 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: the most comfortable. This is where I feel my dreams 91 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: should be built. Yeah. So, um, I had started two journeys. 92 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: I had the journey of nursing school and it was 93 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: something that I always wanted, you know, as a new 94 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: single mom. The job security was just there. It's like, 95 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,679 Speaker 1: you know, get that nursing degree. And while I pursued 96 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: nursing school, I also started cooking. And it's selling plates. 97 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: And as you take a step, you know, God's gonna 98 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: basically he's gonna order your steps. So as you take 99 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,119 Speaker 1: a step out in space, not knowing, hey, what's gonna click, 100 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: nursing school died out. I kicked out of nursing school 101 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: and I literally was like, okay, God, if cooking is 102 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: what I'm supposed to do, then you're gonna open up 103 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: this door for me, and it's gonna work. And literally, 104 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: the moment that I got kicked out of nursing school, 105 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: cooking just it was. Cooking was already building. But once 106 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: nursing school was no longer an option, cooking took off. 107 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: I begin traveling every single month. Um, this month, April 108 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: is my first time that I'm like, hey, I'm gonna 109 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: sit down in April. Guys, I'll see you back in May. 110 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: I'll be traveling again in Bade. But as a traveling chef, 111 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: UM April is right now is my first time I'm like, hey, 112 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: I'm not traveling this month. No, no, because you you 113 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: you used to work. Get you got kicked out of 114 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: nursing school. I'm just reason from your bio. How do 115 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: you get kicked out of nursing school? Natisha be Oh 116 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: my goodness, Because nursing is about following directions. So you bake, yeah, 117 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: so you know when it comes to bacon, there's a 118 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: certain time that you have to make sure wet together, 119 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: make sure drive together. It's the same thing with nursing. 120 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: You really have to follow directions. And for me, it's 121 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: not about knowing the right thing, it's about the rules 122 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: and you know, um, so I didn't call the rules 123 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: on the first day. All the rules in the first day. 124 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: You know, I'm like, hey, this is what you're supposed 125 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: to do. I'm helping my patient. Well the nurse, my 126 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: U my charge. Nurse, she's like, I need you to 127 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: step out my patients laying in the bed like she 128 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: was the best next I ever. But it's not about 129 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: being the best in doing what you know it's the 130 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: right thing. It's about following the rules. And also, I 131 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: just feel like, you know, my steps are ordered kicked 132 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: on the first day, right right right, right, right right right. 133 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: But like I said, you know, my degrees in mathematics, 134 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: gotta do real in mathematics, and I'm not doing anything 135 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: related to mathematics other than counting money because I don't 136 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: even do my own taxes. Okay, because I'm fearful of 137 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: doing my taxes. That's how you know. That's my my 138 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: My my numbers amount to my degree. Very smart, dude, 139 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: got a degree. It's on the wall. I can brag 140 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: about it. So when you said, nurse, it wasn't you, 141 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: that's a good thing because you did get so down 142 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: further far down the line. It frustrated you from seeing 143 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: what you really were capable of what your destination should be. 144 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: Why did you choose nursing? So, like you said earlier, 145 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: nursing was just felt like it was a a place 146 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: where you get a valued education, a secure job for 147 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: you and your family. Was that the reason that did 148 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: someone else tell you girl you should go there? And 149 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: you were following their lead? Um, it's a little bit 150 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: of both. You know. I tried nursing school back in 151 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine, and then I got married and 152 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: moved away and that so it just burned down. And 153 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: then the divorced it was like, hey, what are you 154 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: gonna do now? It's like, remember you had the passion 155 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: caring for people, you're so loving, you're so smart, Just 156 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: go back to school. And it really helped me get 157 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: back on track. So I don't just credit any of 158 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 1: the time that I spent, you know, pursuing that degree, 159 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: because it kind of helped me refocus and become disciplined again. 160 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: And um, it gave me something to do after the divorce, 161 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: you know, a purpose again, right, which which is really well, now, 162 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: let's go to the others because you said rashand you know, 163 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: I didn't want to follow the rules. Now are you 164 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: a self taught chef? Did you go to culinary school? 165 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 1: So I am a self taught chef. I have no 166 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: official culinary training. I am just a footie foodie. We'll 167 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: be right back with more Money Making Conversations Masterclass with 168 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: Rushan McDonald. Now, let's return to Money Making Conversations Masterclass 169 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: with Rashan McDonald. Okay, see that, I'm self taught. But 170 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 1: you so you are a different level though. So you 171 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: are you're doing some things. I look at your I 172 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: look at your your your Instagram, I look at your pictures, 173 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: a video, and I go, okay, she is this this 174 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:54,599 Speaker 1: is some natural gifts? What okay? Let me use me 175 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: as an example. Why are you so different from me 176 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: as a self taught person? Because you know, all your 177 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 1: all your final presentations looked so polished, so elegant, all user. 178 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: This person just looks in a magazine or looks in 179 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: a book and you're able to replicate that. Look, how 180 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: are you able to do that? Natasha? Be um, I 181 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: want to call it like it's it's a little bit 182 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: of an obsession. So I um, I love presentation, you know. 183 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: Going a little bit back to the nursing being a 184 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 1: nurse and just going through that school and knowing when 185 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: you look at food, like your brain and your body, 186 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: it already figures out how it's gonna digestive. So you 187 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: start eating your food before you start eating your food. 188 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: So for me, as a way of like, Okay, if 189 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a chef, if I'm gonna sell my food, 190 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: I want people to look at my food. I want 191 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: to look at my food and and and want to 192 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: eat it before I smell it or taste it or anything. 193 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: So that really separate aids me. I know when I 194 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: first got started, a lot of chefs they were using 195 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: like aluminum pants, and you think there's really there's no 196 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: new food. So how do I separate myself from the 197 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 1: next chef. It's like, okay, my presentation and my service. 198 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,599 Speaker 1: So I make sure whenever I present my food to 199 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: you that it is in the best ways food to 200 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 1: you outstanding, there's no doubt about it. That's why I 201 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: asked you had you any formal training, because that's what 202 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: it looks like and that's an ultimate compliment to your 203 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: natural skills. Now, but thank you. Now, the brand that 204 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: you go under is underground sea food. Now, yes, underground 205 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: always seems to me like you know, you you working undercover. 206 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,719 Speaker 1: People don't know about you, like you just blaze in 207 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: this reputation, but you underground and and once people find 208 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: out about you, they're just blown away. That's when I 209 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: hear the word underground. Now, obviously there's a term that 210 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: you put together underground and seafood. Tell us about the 211 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: brand underground seafood. Okay, um, you really just hit the 212 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: nail on the head. When I got divorced, my confidence 213 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: dropped it just did you know? I'm literally rebuilding myself 214 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 1: and I know that with food. It's like even though 215 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: I'm still being shy and you're still embarrassed, and you're 216 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: still like I don't want people to really know about me, 217 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: but you're like, I want you to eat this good 218 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: food though, So I wanted to stay underground. I wanted 219 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: to stay low key, fly under the radar. Hey guys, 220 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: I have this food, you know, just you know, playing 221 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,559 Speaker 1: small um, and that's how I got my name. And 222 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: it didn't stay small at all. As soon as people 223 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: found out that I had fried king crab legs and 224 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: fried lobster, you know, words spread fast. But it's spread 225 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: even that it kind of spread underground, because I would 226 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: still tell people it's like hey, they would ask me, 227 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: can I share your menu? And I'll be like, okay, 228 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 1: you can share here, but don't post see here. So 229 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: I try to stay low key. I try to stay 230 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: low key. Okay, now you try to stay low key? 231 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: Now see that? See that that word try. You know, 232 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,599 Speaker 1: I think on on social media videos don't trying to 233 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: figure out how they word try and social media, they 234 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: don't go together. You posting videos, they go fire on 235 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: the Tosha be how are you trying to be low key? 236 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: You know it's a mental thing, mental thing, a mental thing. Huh. 237 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm looking at any videos going. I should wish my 238 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: video could go viral. So when you first, when you first, 239 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: you know, I'm inspired by you first of all in 240 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: the Trisha because because I think that when I created 241 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: this platform, Money Made Conversations Masterclass, it was designed for 242 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: people to show that everybody's journey is different and it 243 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily have to be quote unquote the proceed path 244 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 1: and the perceived path is that you know, you go 245 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: to school and and then you get this job and 246 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: and then wail and there's no flaws to that path. 247 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: To me, the everyday person path is a path filled 248 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: with flaws. And I always tell people your key is 249 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: not to make the same mistake at least twice. Don't 250 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: make it twice. Okay, you can make it one time. 251 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: Making it twice you boorderline, just don't give a hoop. 252 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: But in your case, you know, you know. It all 253 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: started selling plates. Now, when I go to here in 254 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: the words selling plates, I go back to my church days, 255 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: I go back to my fraternity days in college where 256 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: we're just selling plates to to to raise money, just 257 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: a little bit of money. And it wasn't a lot 258 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: of money, but because sometimes it was more work making 259 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: the plates than the money, you got out to play. Okay, 260 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: so let's talk about how it all started to the 261 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: evolution where the month of April you ever take time 262 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: off for yourself and then back and made you back 263 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: in the ground, Mother's day back in the ground. So 264 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: let's talk about that early started because like you said, 265 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: when you got your divorce, you lost all your confidence. 266 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: You you you were insecure, you didn't have any direction. 267 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: You're just reaching out, you reach You reached out to 268 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: nursing school that wasn't the direction, and so when did 269 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: that whole I'm a count on me. I don't depend 270 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: on me. I'm gonna go down being me. Um, So 271 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: just you know, just a little background. I during the divorce, 272 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: I found that cooking was such a passion for me 273 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: and it brought me so much joy. So really, um, 274 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: I started selling the place because I annoyed my whole family. 275 00:15:55,480 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: They're like, you're cooking lobster again like a cravate game. 276 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: Can we get something else? So I had offered it 277 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: up on social media, Hey does anyone to want to 278 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: buy plates from me? And when they bought, I think 279 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: I sold ten plates and those ten people literally told 280 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: probably another set of okay, okay, nah, you sold templates 281 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: where I sold ten plates out of my parents home. 282 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: So people drove up to your parents home and got 283 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: the food. Yes, yes, they came and got it. They 284 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: came and it was like a little little plastic plates 285 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: and you know you put a little a little moon 286 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: farll on top or plastic spoons, and I, um, you know, 287 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: I'm kind of heavy handed with my portion sizes. So 288 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: they got yeah, and I did this red snapper, so 289 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: fry the fish pole with the onions, pepper celantra. I 290 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: have the special sauce that I use macint cheese which 291 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: is now smack and cheese, and some stur fried cabbage. 292 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: And it was so good that they literally told all 293 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: of their friends, like at least ten. Everybody told another 294 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: set of ten people. And the next week they asked 295 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: me to do the same thing, and it just continued 296 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:22,959 Speaker 1: to grow every single time, every single time, every single time. Um, 297 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: someone go ahead, So who was ready to kick you 298 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: out of the house? First? Okay? You know you turn 299 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: their house into a into a stop and go okay, 300 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 1: eat the go uh, get it, get it wild hot 301 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: go okay? People? Did you have a like our window 302 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: they can only come tending to or for the six 303 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 1: What were the rules did you put in place for 304 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: this food business? Did you set up at your at 305 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: your parents home? So it was something like, Hey, it 306 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: was maybe like a four hour window because we're starting small, 307 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: so it's like a four hour window. Hey, between these 308 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: hours you can come get your plate and it's now. Look, 309 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: if I do it now, everyone has an exact time. 310 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: I don't do the window anymore because then everyone on time, 311 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: and you know, um, I have you have an exact 312 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: time that you can pick up now, like you come 313 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: at one fifteen with maybe three other people who are 314 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: allowed to come at one fifteen, and you guys can 315 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: get a plate. We'll be right back with more Money 316 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: Making Conversations Masterclass with Rushan McDonald. Now, let's return to 317 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations Masterclass with Rushan McDonald. I've never heard 318 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: this story before, and this is so original to me, 319 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: and such a story filled with blessing and also support 320 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: because you have to have support for that to happen. 321 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: And so then then people come in and there's trust 322 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: there too, because you know, people come in your house. 323 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: You know that looks looks kind of like okay, she 324 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 1: in a house? Okay, is it right? They coming out 325 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: there right, and then but they then they told other people, 326 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: So I mean that they had to convince these people 327 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: you need to try this. And I know this sounds crazy. 328 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: She's over there cooking out of mom's house, but it's 329 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: it's worth going over there. So at what point did 330 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: you realize you had something special in your talent? The 331 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 1: Underground Seafood brand, the chef Natasha b at the time 332 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: Natasha Billups was building. Um, I think when I started 333 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: when I Fried Came Crab. It was good. I told 334 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: my mom was like, that's it. I'm a millionaire. She's like, okay, 335 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: you may fire hunt it out, like what are you 336 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: talking about? And I was like, this is it. It's 337 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: like I know only mad time hundred. But I'm like, Mom, 338 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: I'm a billionaire. I'm a billionaire. And then I would 339 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: you know, I got to a month where the income 340 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: was a thousand, and it's like, Mom, I told you, look, 341 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,479 Speaker 1: I'm a millionaire. Like I got it. Don't know when 342 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get it, but I got it. You get 343 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: the tooth thousand and you like, I do you hear 344 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: what I'm saying? Like I would keep flipping this thing. 345 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: I got something. Yeah. So the once it once I 346 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: did King Crab, you know that was it for me. 347 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: But the King Crab wasn't what caused me to go viral. 348 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: Like I'm known in Maryland for doing fried King Crab legs. 349 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: But I have this thing. Once I started doing private dinners, 350 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: I'm always thinking about how I can make this dinner better. 351 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: And I would do these fruit displays and I would 352 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 1: always look at it. This fruit display is beautiful. How 353 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: can I make this better. So I started doing watermelon 354 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: fruit displays and I would do them for free, just 355 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: over deliver every time I go on a client's home. 356 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: And that's what actually caused me to go viral. Um 357 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: And I like to tell this story because it's like, hey, 358 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: no one was asking me for a watermelon display when 359 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: I did it. My clients weren't paying for it. I 360 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: literally just figured out how to over deliver, and it's 361 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: what's caused me to go viral. It caused me to 362 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: get even more clients, so now I can charge for it. Now, 363 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: there are two things we're hearing this conversation. First of all, 364 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: when she says she was selling the plates, she kind 365 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: of over delivered on the food, which means that, you know, 366 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 1: our black people they like getting extra. You know, if 367 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: you go to any restaurant, Black people will take a 368 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: dog get bag out of a restaurant. They I don't 369 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: care if it's fries, it's rise, that's a wind, that's 370 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: a win right there. So she knew that. So then 371 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: when she started on these caterings catering opportunities, she realized that, 372 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna do these free watermelon decorations and 373 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: they wouldn't asking for. But it also made her brand 374 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: bigger and more thoughtful, and people saw extra value and 375 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: they supported her more so as a young entrepreneur. These 376 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: is just natural talent that you picked up on as 377 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: a marketer. Correct mm hm, yes, I'm always thinking about 378 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 1: you know, what does this look like? Now? You you 379 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: work for a lot of different preeple. So are you 380 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: working with comedians? Now? I'm a former comedian. So what 381 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: funny people have you worked with in this business that 382 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: have eaten your fantastic food and made you I guess, 383 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: I guess once you can say the your celebrity chef, 384 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: you really are, and because you're a celebrity chef, you're 385 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: able to start naming your ticket. You travel a lot. 386 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: What's the next step in the type of guests that 387 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: you have? As far as I know, this beyond comedians, 388 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: the entrepreneurs, their corporations, they're all types of people. But 389 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: what's the goal. But first, let me always just know 390 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: some of the working comedians you've been you've been uh, 391 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 1: you know feeding lately eating. My favorite footy comedian is 392 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: Timothy Shropshire in Charlotte, North Carolina. Um. He put me 393 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: in contact with Desi Banks, So I got to cook 394 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: for Desi Banks. Um. I always have followed d c 395 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: Irvan on social media. I saw him when he was 396 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, and I'm telling him like, hey, get cheese 397 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 1: stakes from here, but when you ever, whenever you come 398 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 1: to Maryland, I have to cook for you. So it 399 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: just so happened kind of around this time last year 400 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: he was in Maryland and I reached out to him again. 401 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: So I got to cook for DC Urban and Marlon 402 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: made so like as far as some of my favorite 403 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: comedians then and then I have my social media comedian 404 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: Um Kerr and Claiborne. I just cooked from him in 405 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:43,640 Speaker 1: Baltimore and he's hilarious, hilarious. So yeah, those are my favorite. 406 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: You know, the beauty of what you do. I'm just 407 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: gonna ansk this question, and um, what about the food specialty? 408 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: You know? Like I said, I love hamburgers, I love 409 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: pizza's pizza and uh, and so anything that looks like 410 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: a piece of our chicken. I mean, okay, why seafood? 411 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: Why why? Why? Why why did that becoming a food specialty? Seafood? Oh? 412 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: Because I it's two things. Personally, I love seafood, so 413 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: really I could be a Pesteterian because I can eat fish, 414 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: you know, shrimp, I can eat that every day of 415 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: the week. So that for me is a passion. And 416 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: then I also look around me to see just to 417 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: know the climate of what everybody else is doing. Everyone 418 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: is doing the hot honey wings and you know the 419 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: Jamaicans they got the ox tails. The Africans they got 420 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 1: the food food and the peanuts food, you know. So 421 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: it's like, what can I do to stand out? That's 422 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: also a passion of mine. And seafood is definitely it 423 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: like one. I'm in Maryland, so Maylanders we love seafood. 424 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: So if I can present amazing quality seafood and I 425 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: can hone in on that. And when you think about seafood, 426 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: you think fran king crab legs, fried lobster, You're gonna 427 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: think of me, right. You know. The beauty of this 428 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: interview is that I see a person who, um, It's 429 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: about empowerment. It's about being able to look in the 430 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: mirror and see a lot of strength. At one point 431 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 1: you may have not seen that strength, but you see 432 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: it now and I'm sure you willing to share that strength, 433 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: especially with women who may feel like you especially single 434 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,959 Speaker 1: moms who may feel they don't understand where they can 435 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: go with their lives. Talk about that discovering that self 436 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: empowered with within yourself and how do you share it 437 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: outside of the world of cooking. Um. Just cooking became 438 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: a source of empowerment for me because it gave me 439 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: control over my life again, it increased my finances and 440 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: increase my self esteem. UM. And then I found that 441 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 1: people through my pain and what I've been through, people 442 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: begin to look at me as like a source of inspiration. 443 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: And I never want you just to look at me 444 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: and think, oh, that was so great for Natasha. I'm 445 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: so glad I did that for Natasha. But like you, 446 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: you know, my situation is, it's so common, it's so 447 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: common to so many people. So many people have gone 448 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: through what I've gone through. So I don't want you 449 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: to look at me and just think, oh, inspiration. But 450 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: I would love for you to take my story and 451 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: to be empowered as well. I would love to help 452 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: you as well. I have so many other chefs that 453 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: have culinary training, they've graduated, they already have working, um 454 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: successful catering businesses, and they've reached out to me and 455 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: asked me to be their mentor, and it's like, wow, 456 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, I'm looking at you like you have something 457 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: to teach me, and you went to school, you know, 458 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: but they're still even with college training, they're still looking 459 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: for that empowerment and that mentorship. So UM, I'm at 460 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 1: really working on a menstorship program now that will be 461 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: available later this year, and we're gonna, you know, we're 462 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: gonna take other people and we're gonna empower them, especially 463 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: women and especially helping um children and teens if they 464 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: want to get into cooking, I want them to know 465 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 1: that like you can do this as well, you can 466 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: do this as well. Well, you're you're an inspiration. I'm 467 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: very happy I got the interview to today on Money 468 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: Making Conversation Masterclass. You know, her brand is Underground Seafood. 469 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: Believe me, the word underground is just a just a 470 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: phrase now because she's not underground no moment. She's very 471 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 1: much above ground and she's out there doing anything on 472 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: social media. She's traveling in this country. And when you 473 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: get that that that conference together, please come back so 474 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: we can talk about that and we're we're focused on 475 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,919 Speaker 1: that part of your life, which I think it's going 476 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 1: to become a major part of the blessing that you're 477 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: gonna be sharing with people. Right now, you're sharing your 478 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: blessings stroggl in that kitchen. But I think your your 479 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: next journey is gonna be outside, out of the kitchen, 480 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: but using the strength that you gained through seafood and 481 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: the color of the world that you were not trained in. 482 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: That God just gave you that talent to you and 483 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: you stuck with it in you. You took a person 484 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 1: who didn't believe there was a future that she could shape, 485 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: but you're shaping it, my friend. So Natasha be Chef 486 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: Natasha B. Thank you for coming on Money Making Conversation Masterclass. 487 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 1: Thank you for having me. Thank you for having me, 488 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: and you're absolutely fantastic. If you're in a year or 489 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: see any money interviews on money Making Conversations, please go 490 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: to money Making Conversation dot com. I'm with Sean McDonald. 491 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: I am your host.