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I watched him because a lot of 27 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: people can't cook. That's why why watch that And a 28 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: lot of things they cook, I try. So it benefits 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,639 Speaker 1: me both ways. It entertains me and it also feels 30 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 1: my belly. He has his own signature line of cooking 31 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: sauces and spices that are solding hundreds of stores Norway 32 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: stores worldwide and can be found in my home refrigerator 33 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: and cabinet. Just let you know, I seasoned with this 34 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: brother on the regular basis, and you can get him 35 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: by going to www. Dot Chef Jarnard dot com. There's www. 36 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: Dot Chef Jernald dot com. He's on the show to 37 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: talk about minute things, but more importantly, his own cooking 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: show that will air in the first quarter of eighteen. 39 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: I called him the Family Shop because he got nine 40 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: kids we got nine kids. You called family family shop. 41 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: Please welcome to money making Conversation. Chef Gerard Wells. Thank you. 42 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: You know it's always a ball. Just listen that you talk. 43 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 1: It's Jeff, I got a lot of stuff to say 44 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: about you. You know what I'm saying. Yeah again, I'll 45 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: tell you about my relationship. When he called on me, 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: I participated in one of his charity benefits, drove down 47 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: to uh that was making George Jordan uh and mates. 48 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: Maybe one of my desserts down there, and people couldn't 49 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: believe how tasty they were. Was a long line of 50 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: people are way ol Man had a blad, had a 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: blast and just seeing just seeing your creativity, Uh, just 52 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: come to light on stage and it's there's no wonder 53 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: people you know while they gravitate towards you, and you know, 54 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: it was just truly a blessing and honor to have 55 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: you to come down and engrace the stage and hear 56 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: it with us and just cut up and have some 57 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: fun and cut some great food. Now you go. That's 58 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: the key, because people, you know, people like you. It's 59 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: different like if you're an athlete, you know, nobody expects 60 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: you just running for the yard dash. You know, nobody 61 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: expects you just dunk and you're in a restaurant, you know, 62 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: but when you're cook now, they look at you different. 63 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: When you walk through, they go did you bring anything 64 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: with you? Got anything I can sample? Got in the recipe? 65 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: So you don't never ask some quarterback for a play. 66 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: You gotta play I can use. But when you're a 67 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: cook a bank up, they want to know some extra 68 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: stuff like how did your season, what's what you put 69 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: on the bibe queue, how did you make that case 70 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: so that cake taste so good? What's your season in 71 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: the meat with That's the question you get on a 72 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: regular basis, chef, don't you all the time? You know? 73 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't go to a function, I can't 74 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: go to an event that doesn't even pertain to food. 75 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: And someone is always coming up to me acting about 76 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: something dealing with some kind of food, some kind of advice, 77 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: whether or not is it something that I know how 78 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: to cook or show them how to cook, or had 79 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: I tried something before? But it's it's it's a non stuff. 80 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: It's one of those things. Being in the culinary industry, 81 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: when you're embedded any you can't turn it off. It's 82 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: it's almost like it's a it's an ongoing twinter for 83 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: our thing. But but one of the things that I 84 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: truly I love it. I honestly love what I do 85 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: and I love sharing them with people. And I think 86 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: that's one of the biggest things with a lot of 87 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: us that are in culinary culinary art. We do it 88 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: and we create the art just for the sake of 89 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: others loving what we do. And that's all I love 90 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: talking to See he's a professional. I am just a 91 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: guy that just goes in the kitchen and just I 92 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: make a lot of mistakes. But don't nobody know about 93 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: me exactly. That's when you when you cook, you can 94 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: make a mistake and fix. When you're begging though mistake, 95 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: you make a mistaken show up coming out there. Chemistry. See, 96 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: there's a difference in a lot of people don't realize 97 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: there's a big difference in cooking and baking. That's why 98 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: you have a lot of a lot of ships of 99 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: color culinary art school. They choose wisely on which field 100 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: they want to go into because of the simple fact 101 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: bacon is a is a technology and the chemistry within 102 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: this self. You add the wrong amount of baking soldier 103 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: or powders to something, you get a completely different effect. 104 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: You add the wrong color, you at the wrown season 105 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: and all of these things show up, and bacon versus 106 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: cooking it can be masked a little more. You messed 107 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: around and you put the wrong thing in the cake. 108 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: Now you got a lump side of the cake. And 109 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: you guess what I'm gonna tell you. A good friend 110 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: of mine, one of the clients are Ariva Martin. She's 111 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: at any challenge. The young lady also on the show 112 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: with Via Fox. She's one of the analysts on her show. 113 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: And she sent me a recipe she technically her corn 114 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: bread recipe. She's a rash This is a killer corn 115 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: bread recipe. Well, you know, Rashaan just can't do what 116 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: they said. Now, I just can't do what they said. 117 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: So I added some sugar because I like a little 118 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: sugar in my corn break. Okay, her recipe didn't have 119 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: sugar nowhere in it, but I added a little corner 120 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: and kept it four hundred degrees. And that bad boy 121 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: came out lump side it because I added sugar. I 122 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: messed up. Brother. See when you started adding stuff to 123 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: a recipe, that works. You gotta make heat differences, baking differences. 124 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: But I'm gonna ride it out. It's that four undred 125 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: degrees I wrote it out for in degree, so so 126 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: you know, the inner section of the cake or the 127 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: other corn bread was not fully cooked. So I just 128 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: I just cut that little inner part out and road 129 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: and nobody knew about it. Now. Oh oh, I just 130 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: took that mid apart out went on by my business 131 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: brother business. But that's what I just say. That that 132 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: is just give you an example of what you were saying. 133 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: If you change something, you alter something overmashing something when 134 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: you're baking, it's gonna come out when you pull out 135 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: of the oven or before you pull it out of 136 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: that because you may have to pull out out of 137 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: that open early because it's just not gonna work. That's true. 138 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: That's true. And you know, and baking a lot of 139 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: things outside of just ingredients, time, temperature. You know the 140 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: people that for instance, in Denver, Colorado, they're cooking, they're 141 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: cooking different. You know up in the in the mountains, 142 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: they're they're baking different because of the temperature range, just 143 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: the humidity and the atmosphere where they are. All of 144 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 1: that plays a factor, and baking is so many things, 145 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: and you know, and that's why my my heat is 146 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: off to you always, you know, because I honestly I've 147 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: I've had to under trying some of your food and 148 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: watching and seeing seeing some of the videos that you cook, 149 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: that you that you create, and I think that you 150 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: do a very good job. Especially one of the biggest 151 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: things is even how you master the art of no 152 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: bake recipes for the simple A lot of people gravitate 153 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: towards those because it takes a lot of the as 154 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: we say, the nonsense. Will have to try to feel 155 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: your way through it because the no bay it gets 156 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: you in and gets you out fast. And guess what, 157 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: you get that same quality dish out of it. Hey, 158 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: you gotta love of that. Especially at the same time 159 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: by providing the no bag option. Guess what I ain't 160 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: gotta have. Ain't gotta have to catch him four hundred 161 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: degrees Lord in the summertime, that pays a big price. 162 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: Time happy, We're to tell you half you love that 163 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: extra heat. Now, I'm gonna tell you chef. You know 164 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: he's on my social media every Saturday. He posted a recipe, 165 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: a video. Um he's been doing it over over a 166 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: year and consistently because I support him. I support him 167 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: not only as a friend, but his skill set and 168 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: he's a hard worker. Well, his hard work is finally 169 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: taking him to the next level. Something I've been weighing on, 170 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: something I've been trying to do with him. Well, he 171 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: has a new show called The New Soul Kitchen. Now, 172 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: what network is that on? New Soil Kitchen is on 173 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: Cleo TV, the new network that TV one lunched in 174 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: conjunction with Comcast NBC, So Cleo TV. Now is that 175 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: is that? Is there a channel yet or you just 176 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: know yet? Because it didn't give you an official debate day? 177 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: Debut day? The debut day um set right now for 178 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: Cleo TV as a whole is January the nineteenth, um 179 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: is when the new channel we were appear on all 180 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: cable outlets such as Comcast, Expenity, things of that nature. Um, 181 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 1: the actual day my show are on, we don't know yet. 182 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: We just we just know that it's gonna be in 183 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: this in this first quarter between them. But we know 184 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: that the channel itself goes live January the nineteen, So 185 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: we're truly looking forward to that. We're gonna come back 186 00:09:57,920 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: to the next day. We're gonna break down the new 187 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: Soul kid because he has a co host and I 188 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: want to hear about that because Chef loved to talk. 189 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 1: You know, he loved to dominate that kitchen. So it's 190 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: a co host and we're gonna talk about the best 191 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: thing I ever ate. Oh, you know, I love that conversation, 192 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: money making conversation. I'm back with my man, Chef Jernard 193 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: Wells Uh, the family chef. Uh. You've seen him many 194 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: times on the Food networking the Cooking Channel, or his 195 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: signature line of cooking sauces and spices and a Soul 196 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 1: and hundreds of stores worldwide, and it can be found 197 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: in Rushan McDonald's home and refrigerate a kitchen and cabinet, 198 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: or you can go to ww dot Chef Jannard dot 199 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: com as www dot Chef Jannard dot com and you 200 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: can buy the product yourself. Um, here's a lot of 201 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: things happening that I'm so proud of. I've been supporting him. 202 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: We just create. We hit it off. He came on 203 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: my show as a as a basic interview like so 204 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,719 Speaker 1: many other people, and I just felt that he was 205 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: a person that I wanted to have in my life 206 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: as a as a friend, and he wanted me to 207 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: be in his life as a friend, which is cool 208 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: because it's it's hard when you just want to be 209 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: a friend. I might go, I don't want that type 210 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 1: of relationship. So he said, I like you, you like me, 211 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: and we love to eat. That was the key. That 212 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,599 Speaker 1: was the key to the friendship denominator of demat. We 213 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 1: as a new show on Cleo TV that's launching this mark. 214 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: The network is launching this mark with podcast. It's called 215 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: The New Soul Kitchen. How did you finally get on 216 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: TV with your own show? Chef? You know, you know, 217 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: hard working press events always pays off. But then you know, 218 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: it was a compilation of many things, being at the 219 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: right place the right time, having the right people in 220 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: my life to support me. Um Ms Cathy Hughes is 221 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: a is a is a strong mentor in my life 222 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: as well, just like you. Um My PR person Carlo 223 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: Scott has always been advocating for me. And when this 224 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: opportunity was um new Cleo TV was was spearheaded by 225 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: Michelle Rice to the GM of TV one. UM. This 226 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: was one of her brain child and when it was 227 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: brought to life. One of the things that the network 228 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: deal was they reached out to one of the top 229 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: production companies, which is Powerhouse Production that's ran by UM 230 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: operated by Too African American Ladies out of Jersey, and 231 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: me already having a great relationship with them. UM. It 232 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: was just a compilation of so many things come together. 233 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: And then not to not to mention that I had 234 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: over ten years of experience with Food Network, so I 235 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: was already talent that was being groomed for my own 236 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: anyway and putting into work and just waiting until my turn. 237 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: And that's what it is. You know. We can't we 238 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: can't determine when it's gonna come and how it's gonna come, 239 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: but we always have to be ready. And that's my 240 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: biggest thing, is just staying ready in life. And so 241 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: when this opportunity presented itself, and when they presented the 242 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: concept of the show to me, I knew it was 243 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: the perfect perfect combination. Being the Emily Chef a show, 244 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: New Soul Kitchen. One of the biggest things are just 245 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: recently released Least a cookbook by the name of Southern Modified, 246 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: and that was the style of cooking that that society 247 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: that we're going in. We want what we want, we 248 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: love what we want, but a lot of times we 249 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: want it in a more health conscious style. And and 250 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: this show concept has two parts. It has meat cooking 251 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 1: the way I'm traditionally known to cook, the cooking in 252 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: a more health conscious way. But then my co host, 253 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: her name is Porscha Thomas. Porsha Thomas is also Peter 254 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: Thomas's daughter. If you remember the show The Real Housewives 255 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: of Atlanta, UM, he was one of the stars on there. 256 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: But Peter has a series of restaurants from Charlotte to Miami, 257 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: and his daughter because she doesn't fall far from the 258 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 1: kitchen table because she's a very outstanding cook. But one 259 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: of the things is as a chef, she's a vegan chef. 260 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: So the concept of the show is meat cooking the 261 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 1: way I cooking. Then imagine having a vegan shift right 262 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: beside you, breaking bread, chopping it up, having fun and 263 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: cooking the saying styles of food and I'm cooking it 264 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: set for a vegan audience. So she's doing vegan. You 265 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: said you're doing non vegan. Yeah, I'm doing non vegan. 266 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: So the so the benefits for me is I get 267 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: to try all the food because she's actually vegan. See, 268 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: I not understand why you we were inviting me down there. 269 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: You know, up, I got double food. You know that 270 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: she's not gonna come over and get this hamburger or 271 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: this shrimp coming over. Your boy, he just lasagna with 272 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: me and then you go away and get that vegans like, 273 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: because you know, I'm like Mikey in the kitchen, I 274 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: eat it everything and if the dessert, I eat that too. 275 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: So so just so, so with that being said, what 276 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: is your personality like? Because you're bigger than life personality. 277 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: You're up for you, You're you're articulate, you're you know, 278 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: you have a culinary back round, you're professional, and you're funny. 279 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: They did they put you with a like Julia Child's 280 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: type person? What is this person you put your because 281 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: you can't put you live people in the same room. No, 282 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: you can't. Actually, uh, I guess to the almost be 283 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: like the Yan Yan and the Yang the cool that 284 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: our our characters just merge into each other. She's she's 285 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: more of the subtle, but don't get a confused. She 286 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: has a very fun side about herself and she and 287 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: she loves to just have fun. But it takes me 288 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: one of those people, as they say, the life of 289 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: the party, to truly just bring it out. When you 290 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: got that one friend that's kind of cool, come with 291 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: the demeanor, and then you got that one friend is 292 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: just kind of all over the place. I'm their friends 293 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: all over the place and saying, this person gotta be 294 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: different from you. Now, yeah, we're talking about it with 295 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: chef dear Wells just all over the place in the kitchen. 296 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: Who who was amazing. Here's a new show that's coming 297 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: out on Cleo TV network. That's a that's a like, 298 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: I want to say, sister of TV one, sister just 299 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: a channel for TV one. The new show is called 300 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: New Soul Kitchen. It's coming out in the first quarter 301 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: of fact. You know when when when you get that 302 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: official day, you just drop on the air. You know, 303 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: you know I'm gonna support you, but just drop back 304 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: on the air. So we're getting and bring her bring 305 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: much personality, so you know I can find out you know, 306 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: she she don't even know what she's about to walk into, 307 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: but she's like a chameleon to you know me and Vegan. 308 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: You know, come on that Vegan. You know that's gonna 309 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: be a fun conversation. So she'll be but you'll be amazed, 310 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: You'll be you'll be amazing something she had some some 311 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: amazing dishes, and just seeing her create some of the things, 312 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: um well, what she usually like nutritional yeas flakes. These 313 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: is probably falling obviously to certain people. But just seeing 314 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: how they come together, making cash you nuts into into 315 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: different butters and stuff like that, and just seeing what 316 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: she does. You know, I had a ball stepping into 317 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: her world, because that's what it's about in the field 318 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: of food or culinary is being able to step into 319 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: everyone's where inexperienced them because we cooked the way we cooked, 320 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: because it's about experiencing who I am, and we were 321 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: paired together to share the ability of how you know, 322 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 1: everybody has those friends or family members. I don't care 323 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: who it is. You may be eating, um me, whatever 324 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: it is that you eating, but then you always gonna 325 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: have somebody coming over to the dinner party. They're saying, Hey, 326 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a vegetarian, I'm a vegan, I don't 327 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: eat cheese. So how do you meet the need for 328 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: everybody at the party so everybody is happy? And that's 329 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: what this is about. Im before we get off the air. 330 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: The best thing I ever ate. You know, he actually 331 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: invited me to one of the shoots that was at 332 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: the Battery Park, and I was so mad because I 333 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: couldn't make it. I couldn't make it. That's free food, 334 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 1: free food, free food. One thing you can give Rishawn 335 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: on a lot of levels. You listen, you checked me. 336 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 1: Some really good food is showing up. I'm there. In fact, 337 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: if there is a a barbecue festival in Texas every year, 338 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 1: you paid, like I paid like a hundred dollars to 339 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: go on there, and I can eat every It's like 340 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: my fifty restaurants for going there with my little trade. 341 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: You're going there with a trade and you can go 342 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: to every restaurant and just give whatever you want. Obviously, 343 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: oh so so when you told me to come on, 344 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: that was so mad when I couldn't make it. So 345 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: for next month, you're part of that very popular series. 346 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: The best thing I ever ate, best theme I ever ate, 347 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: I'm changing the name of the show. Thing is not 348 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: the name of the show. You won't find that if 349 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: you google it. The best thing I ever ate, which 350 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: you're air in February, tell me a couple of the 351 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: places that you send people. Uh that if you recommend 352 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: that we should go this local to the Atlanta area. 353 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: Oh man, the best things I ever ate. You know it, yes, 354 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: next month on the Cooking Channel. But some of the 355 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: best places, like you said, c l at c ELTs 356 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: is an amazing steakhouse that's actually sits in the battery. 357 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: Um it was that Marietta. Uh. The steaks are phenomenal 358 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: and I wish you had to join me there because 359 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: I couldn't even finish it all over so much. Oh 360 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: and the barbecue shrimp are truly to die for. So 361 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: we got c el It's we got fat Mats, which 362 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: is a barbecue staple here here in the I missed. 363 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: He called me on that. Yeah, look, you can't come 364 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: to Atlanta and not not go to Fat Mats and 365 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: experience the barbecue there. It's one of those those down 366 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 1: home places as we call them, dinner, dit drive ins 367 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: and dies. It's one of those spots. Don't let the 368 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: food or the image of the place fool you. Great food, 369 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: great people, the whole nine yards. Then another place we 370 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: are high tailed it out to actual Athens, Georgia. Athens, Georgia, 371 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: it's an amazing restaurant there all homemade, and this is 372 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 1: one of the things the best things that I ever 373 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 1: ate is about different restaurants that I've experienced. I've taken 374 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: my family to my kids too, and I just love 375 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 1: the food so much that I want to share with 376 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: the world because I want other people to experience how 377 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: great this food is. Well, I'm gonna tell you something. 378 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: I always appreciate the chef. Every Saturday you can catch 379 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: his favorite restiper. He's on uh at Rashaan McDonald uh 380 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: my Facebook page. I said this young man because guess what, 381 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: his a fantastic wife who I probably talked to it 382 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: more than I talked to you, because she's she's amazing. Uh. 383 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: But you're keeping successful. You gotta come back when you 384 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: get that actual date of the h of this new 385 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: soul kitchen. Uh a date. We gotta bring you back 386 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: so I can get her as part of the Rushan 387 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: McDonald prove. But man, you keep winning, my man. Listening 388 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: makes us smarter, more connected people. It makes us better partners, parents, 389 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: and leaders. 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