1 00:00:16,965 --> 00:00:17,966 Corner. 2 00:00:20,843 --> 00:00:22,095 Shit. Fuck. 3 00:00:22,929 --> 00:00:24,430 Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. 4 00:00:45,910 --> 00:00:47,078 - Good morning, chefs. - Chef. 5 00:00:47,161 --> 00:00:48,580 - How we doing so far? - Chef, morning. 6 00:00:48,663 --> 00:00:49,872 - Everybody good? - Chef. 7 00:00:50,373 --> 00:00:52,417 - Chef, you good? - I'm doing great, Chef. 8 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:53,751 Appreciate it. Thank you. 9 00:00:54,877 --> 00:00:56,337 - Morning, Chef. - Chef, morning. 10 00:00:56,421 --> 00:00:58,506 - How we doing? - Good, Chef. Good. 11 00:00:58,590 --> 00:00:59,632 - Good? - Yes. 12 00:01:01,259 --> 00:01:03,344 - First week? - First day. 13 00:01:03,428 --> 00:01:04,429 - Really? - Yes, Chef. 14 00:01:04,512 --> 00:01:08,933 And sous chefs have you making family meal? 15 00:01:09,017 --> 00:01:10,018 Yes, Chef. 16 00:01:10,101 --> 00:01:12,061 Ah, a lot of pressure, especially roast chicken. 17 00:01:12,145 --> 00:01:13,730 - It's pressure. Yeah. - Yes, we love it. 18 00:01:13,813 --> 00:01:16,107 Can I… Can I help you? Show you a few things, get you started? 19 00:01:16,190 --> 00:01:17,191 - Please. - Good. 20 00:01:17,859 --> 00:01:22,155 We're gonna start by showing you how to remove the wishbone. 21 00:01:22,238 --> 00:01:23,865 - Yeah. - You can feel the wishbone in there? 22 00:01:23,948 --> 00:01:25,450 - Yes. - So, it's on both sides. 23 00:01:25,533 --> 00:01:28,703 - And, you know, as a child, right? - Right. Make a wish. 24 00:01:28,786 --> 00:01:31,372 Roasted chicken… Yeah. We'd take the wishbone out and hang it up 25 00:01:31,456 --> 00:01:34,834 and dry it overnight, and then we'd sit with our brothers or our mother 26 00:01:34,917 --> 00:01:38,755 or whoever and, uh, try to break… Who was gonna be the lucky person. 27 00:01:38,838 --> 00:01:41,758 But now I'm just scraping with the tip of my knife, you see? 28 00:01:41,841 --> 00:01:46,054 This knife, you can… you can… hear it. You can feel it, right? 29 00:01:46,137 --> 00:01:48,473 The vibration on the knife kind of sounds like… 30 00:01:49,223 --> 00:01:53,478 um, my dentist… my dental hygienist cleaning my teeth. 31 00:01:54,937 --> 00:01:56,189 - You got that? - Yes, Chef. 32 00:01:57,857 --> 00:01:59,275 I can start to pull it out. 33 00:02:00,777 --> 00:02:02,904 - You can see it now, right? Exposed. - Yeah. 34 00:02:03,404 --> 00:02:04,405 - Boom. - There you go. 35 00:02:04,489 --> 00:02:05,490 - Your wishbone. - Perfect. 36 00:02:05,573 --> 00:02:06,616 You can save that for tomorrow. 37 00:02:07,116 --> 00:02:08,910 - Now we're gonna truss it. - Okay. 38 00:02:08,993 --> 00:02:11,245 Begin by wrapping it underneath the pope's nose. 39 00:02:11,329 --> 00:02:12,664 - The pope's nose? - Right here. 40 00:02:12,747 --> 00:02:14,123 And then bring it across. 41 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:16,959 - Uh-huh. - Make a figure eight. 42 00:02:17,043 --> 00:02:18,670 - You see that eight, right? - Yes. 43 00:02:18,753 --> 00:02:22,840 - And then just bring it back and push. - Wow. 44 00:02:22,924 --> 00:02:27,845 Now, I'm pushing with my thumbs right against the… the wing joint. 45 00:02:29,931 --> 00:02:34,060 Turn it over, bring it underneath the wing, right? 46 00:02:34,143 --> 00:02:35,269 Wrap it around. 47 00:02:35,353 --> 00:02:37,021 - See the neck right there? - Chef. 48 00:02:37,105 --> 00:02:38,398 Wrap it around the neck. 49 00:02:38,481 --> 00:02:41,442 Very simple. Making sure that you pull. 50 00:02:43,277 --> 00:02:44,278 Push that back. 51 00:02:44,362 --> 00:02:47,532 - You see how nice the bird is, right? - Yeah. Beautiful. 52 00:02:47,615 --> 00:02:49,450 Why do they call it the pope's nose, Chef? 53 00:02:49,534 --> 00:02:50,535 - The pope's nose. - Yeah. 54 00:02:50,618 --> 00:02:53,830 So It's funny, there's a couple of stories, but the one I like the most 55 00:02:53,913 --> 00:02:55,456 or the one I've heard the most, 56 00:02:55,540 --> 00:02:58,459 is it was a time, um, in England 57 00:02:58,543 --> 00:03:01,713 in the reign of, you know, King, uh… 58 00:03:02,630 --> 00:03:03,965 - King James III. - Oh. 59 00:03:04,465 --> 00:03:07,427 And, uh, it was the anti-Catholic sentiment 60 00:03:07,510 --> 00:03:09,011 going around the country, 61 00:03:09,095 --> 00:03:14,350 and so, um, they called the ass-end of the bird the pope's nose… 62 00:03:14,434 --> 00:03:17,311 - I see. - …as a derogatory comment about the pope. 63 00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:20,690 And there we go. So we just cinch it up. 64 00:03:22,066 --> 00:03:23,067 Beautiful. 65 00:03:23,818 --> 00:03:26,487 You've been here for 23 years now? Right? 66 00:03:26,571 --> 00:03:27,655 Twenty-three years. 67 00:03:27,739 --> 00:03:29,824 - Oddly enough, it seems like yesterday. - Yeah. 68 00:03:29,907 --> 00:03:32,493 I went to work for a French chef named Roland Henin, 69 00:03:32,577 --> 00:03:35,830 and, uh, I was the staff cook, so what you're doing here today 70 00:03:35,913 --> 00:03:37,331 - is kind of the same thing. - Sure. 71 00:03:37,415 --> 00:03:39,375 And he came to me one day and he asked me, he said, 72 00:03:39,459 --> 00:03:41,377 "Thomas, do you know why cooks cook?" 73 00:03:41,461 --> 00:03:43,713 And I'm like okay, I'm trying to think. 74 00:03:43,796 --> 00:03:46,674 He said, "We cook to nurture people." 75 00:03:47,216 --> 00:03:50,470 I know people call me a chef, but our trade is cooking, 76 00:03:50,553 --> 00:03:53,973 and that, to me, is such a profound profession 77 00:03:54,056 --> 00:03:59,353 because we get to really be part of people's lives in significant ways. 78 00:03:59,437 --> 00:04:01,022 - Yeah. - So never forget that, right? 79 00:04:01,105 --> 00:04:03,524 We are here today because those who came before us. 80 00:04:03,608 --> 00:04:05,985 - And so this is your first day. - Chef. 81 00:04:06,569 --> 00:04:09,530 You'll have a legacy here in this restaurant, you know, 82 00:04:09,614 --> 00:04:10,615 and after you leave. 83 00:04:10,698 --> 00:04:14,118 So always remember, right, come in every single day 84 00:04:14,202 --> 00:04:17,455 and just try to do a little better than the day before. 85 00:04:17,538 --> 00:04:20,958 - Just a little better. Modicum of effort. - Yes. 86 00:04:21,042 --> 00:04:24,545 And that'll compound over the years that you're here, 87 00:04:24,629 --> 00:04:27,131 and you'll leave this restaurant with education, 88 00:04:27,215 --> 00:04:29,801 training, skills and a path forward. 89 00:04:30,468 --> 00:04:32,178 You're nurturing yourself. 90 00:04:32,261 --> 00:04:34,472 You're nurturing the team you're cooking for. 91 00:04:34,555 --> 00:04:36,015 You're gonna be nurturing our guests. 92 00:04:36,098 --> 00:04:38,559 We're even nurturing our farmers, our fishermen, our foragers, 93 00:04:38,643 --> 00:04:42,355 our gardeners, who are bringing us all these wonderful ingredients. 94 00:04:42,438 --> 00:04:44,273 - Of course. - And so, just remember, right? 95 00:04:44,357 --> 00:04:46,442 - It's all about nurturing. - Chef. 96 00:04:47,235 --> 00:04:48,236 I'll let you at it. 97 00:04:48,319 --> 00:04:49,612 - Thank you, Chef. - Thank you, Chef. 98 00:07:15,132 --> 00:07:16,133 Chef. 99 00:07:19,095 --> 00:07:20,179 Really good to see you. 100 00:07:35,403 --> 00:07:37,446 - Well, well, well. Look who's here. - My fricking boy! Dude. 101 00:07:39,657 --> 00:07:42,535 Oh, shit. Back where we started. 102 00:07:42,618 --> 00:07:44,495 Did you see that we hung your jersey up there? 103 00:07:44,578 --> 00:07:47,498 - Retired it, huh? - Yeah. Fastest retired number of all time. 104 00:07:47,581 --> 00:07:49,750 - I'm honored. Thank you. - No, man, we're honored. 105 00:07:49,834 --> 00:07:51,252 Yeah. Fuck yeah, you're honored. 106 00:07:51,335 --> 00:07:53,671 - I'm a fucking legend. - That's my legendary dawg right there. 107 00:07:53,754 --> 00:07:56,340 - And his legendary four days. - Five days. 108 00:07:56,424 --> 00:07:58,217 And I'd like to think that, had I stayed on, 109 00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:00,761 my talents would have just flourished exponentially. 110 00:08:00,845 --> 00:08:02,847 Yeah, so you're saying that we would've just retired your jersey anyway. 111 00:08:02,930 --> 00:08:04,390 This is what I'm saying. Correct. 112 00:08:04,473 --> 00:08:06,517 Like, in reality, you saved us some time. 113 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,728 Yes, because every second counts, bitches. 114 00:08:08,811 --> 00:08:09,895 I like what he's saying. 115 00:08:13,774 --> 00:08:15,735 Can I ask you about the balloon? 116 00:08:15,818 --> 00:08:18,154 Was it always supposed to be apple-flavored, or… 117 00:08:18,237 --> 00:08:19,947 - Yeah, we changed it a few times, but yes. - Right. 118 00:08:20,031 --> 00:08:21,657 'Cause there's a mozzarella one as well, right? 119 00:08:21,741 --> 00:08:22,643 - Right. - Yeah. 120 00:08:22,658 --> 00:08:25,202 Yeah, I just, um… I just quit. 121 00:08:26,287 --> 00:08:29,165 Yeah, man. Well, it's about time. I'm sure your palate says thank you. 122 00:08:29,248 --> 00:08:32,084 I don't know. I haven't… I haven't really noticed a difference yet. 123 00:08:33,127 --> 00:08:35,629 What's up with Malcolm? What's going on with his hair? 124 00:08:35,713 --> 00:08:38,132 I mean, if I'd have known he was going to leave to get a haircut, 125 00:08:38,215 --> 00:08:39,717 I would have cut it myself. 126 00:08:45,181 --> 00:08:47,600 What's up, guys? You know where you're going yet? 127 00:08:47,683 --> 00:08:50,311 - I guess reality hasn't set in yet on us. - That's… Yes. Yes. 128 00:08:50,394 --> 00:08:52,229 - Yeah, we'll be okay. - Yeah, I know. 129 00:08:52,313 --> 00:08:53,773 Well, this I know to be true. 130 00:08:54,273 --> 00:08:57,151 Hey, you guys mind if I hang in here for service? 131 00:08:57,943 --> 00:08:59,111 You don't wanna sit out there? 132 00:08:59,195 --> 00:09:00,446 No. Fuck that. 133 00:09:01,072 --> 00:09:02,073 Of course. 134 00:09:05,910 --> 00:09:07,953 - The pillow, the one that's… - The lavender pillow. 135 00:09:08,037 --> 00:09:10,164 - The lavender pillow, right. - Yeah. The lavender pillow. 136 00:09:10,247 --> 00:09:11,248 How does that work? 137 00:09:11,332 --> 00:09:14,335 Does it… Is it, like, perforated beforehand or do you puncture it? 138 00:09:14,418 --> 00:09:16,504 - We puncture it after. - Puncture it. Okay. 139 00:09:16,587 --> 00:09:20,341 Actually, talking about puncturing, um, 'cause I'm just thinking about, um, 140 00:09:20,424 --> 00:09:21,884 like, uh, needles, like, um… 141 00:09:22,384 --> 00:09:24,386 So with the, uh, truffle explosion, 142 00:09:24,470 --> 00:09:27,139 is that injected or is that, like, set when you make the pasta? 143 00:09:27,223 --> 00:09:28,390 Nah, that's set. 144 00:09:28,474 --> 00:09:29,558 - Oh, okay. - That one's set. 145 00:09:29,642 --> 00:09:31,268 Oh, okay. 'Cause it just… It explodes so much. 146 00:09:31,352 --> 00:09:32,645 - I thought it was maybe… - Right. 147 00:09:32,728 --> 00:09:34,271 Yeah. Injected. 148 00:09:34,355 --> 00:09:36,607 Now, what's up with the restaurant? What's going on? 149 00:09:36,690 --> 00:09:38,734 - Um, you know, kicking my ass as usual. - Yeah. 150 00:09:39,235 --> 00:09:42,530 You know, I've been an adrenaline junkie my whole life, 151 00:09:42,613 --> 00:09:44,281 but that shit does not come for free, 152 00:09:44,365 --> 00:09:46,700 and I don't think I wanna pay with my sanity anymore. 153 00:09:46,784 --> 00:09:48,244 Yeah. Yeah. No, I hear you. 154 00:09:53,457 --> 00:09:54,750 Final service. Time to rock. 155 00:09:54,834 --> 00:09:55,835 You wanna lead? 156 00:09:56,836 --> 00:09:58,254 No, thanks. I'm retired. 157 00:09:58,337 --> 00:09:59,672 Mind if I take it? 158 00:10:00,506 --> 00:10:01,882 Go get 'em, Chef Jess. 159 00:10:04,176 --> 00:10:05,928 You know, actually, again, needles. 160 00:10:07,513 --> 00:10:11,058 Hot potato, cold potato, because that has a needle in it. 161 00:10:11,142 --> 00:10:12,143 - It does, yeah. - Yeah. 162 00:10:12,226 --> 00:10:13,394 - Well… - Peel it, Chef. 163 00:10:13,477 --> 00:10:15,437 Yeah. What was the idea for that? 164 00:10:15,521 --> 00:10:17,982 I mean, as in like, how did you come up with that plate? 165 00:10:18,065 --> 00:10:21,735 - 'Cause it's like nothing I've ever seen. - Yeah. You know what? I gotta run. 166 00:10:22,319 --> 00:10:23,320 Sure. 167 00:10:30,161 --> 00:10:31,871 Why did I say needles so much? 168 00:10:49,638 --> 00:10:50,639 - Hey. - Hey. 169 00:10:50,723 --> 00:10:52,057 - Hey, how you doing? - Yeah, I'm good. 170 00:10:52,141 --> 00:10:53,851 You're doing good? I think we're… 171 00:10:53,934 --> 00:10:55,186 - Yeah, just over here. - Yeah. 172 00:10:55,686 --> 00:10:57,730 Hey, everybody. This is Chef Sydney. 173 00:10:57,813 --> 00:10:59,106 - Yeah. - Hi. 174 00:10:59,190 --> 00:11:00,357 That's Luca, Syd. 175 00:11:00,441 --> 00:11:01,525 - Hey. - Hi, Chef. How you doing? 176 00:11:01,609 --> 00:11:03,110 - Will, Syd. - Doing good. Nice to meet you. 177 00:11:03,194 --> 00:11:04,195 Hi. 178 00:11:06,822 --> 00:11:07,823 Hey, guys. 179 00:11:14,330 --> 00:11:15,915 Twenty-two, go. 180 00:11:16,457 --> 00:11:18,292 Twenty-three, go! 181 00:11:18,375 --> 00:11:20,753 - Twenty-four, go! - Chef! 182 00:11:20,836 --> 00:11:22,713 Nineteen, walking in four. 183 00:11:22,796 --> 00:11:26,675 - Table 305, hands, please. - Chef! 184 00:11:26,759 --> 00:11:30,304 It's one of the first dishes I got to work on, uh, here, 185 00:11:30,387 --> 00:11:33,849 and, uh, serving it to all of you is fucking brutal. 186 00:11:33,933 --> 00:11:35,684 So, uh, please be gentle. 187 00:11:35,768 --> 00:11:38,229 Keep your shit-talking at a low volume. Enjoy. 188 00:11:38,312 --> 00:11:40,231 No smudges, okay? 189 00:11:41,482 --> 00:11:43,776 Next time you get 15 seconds, press the fucking button. 190 00:11:43,859 --> 00:11:45,236 Sign the agreement, Syd. 191 00:11:49,990 --> 00:11:53,244 I remember the first time I yelled "hands" 192 00:11:53,327 --> 00:11:56,205 on the, like, first dish that I'd fully made, 193 00:11:56,288 --> 00:12:01,293 and it was simultaneously the happiest, most fucking terrifying moment of my life. 194 00:12:01,377 --> 00:12:05,214 And I was staring at it from the pass, all the way through the dining room, 195 00:12:05,297 --> 00:12:08,425 like, waiting for the ceiling to collapse or something. It was horrible. 196 00:12:10,010 --> 00:12:12,054 Do you remember yours? 197 00:12:12,137 --> 00:12:13,389 - My first dish? - Yeah. 198 00:12:13,472 --> 00:12:14,515 Oh, my gosh. 199 00:12:14,598 --> 00:12:15,599 It was awful. 200 00:12:17,142 --> 00:12:19,853 - Wait, the experience or the dish? - The dish was awful. 201 00:12:20,771 --> 00:12:24,817 I… 'Cause, like, now my desserts are so, like, just scaled back, 202 00:12:25,526 --> 00:12:29,655 and I think this dish had 12 elements on it. 203 00:12:29,738 --> 00:12:31,657 Mine was corn bread ice cream. 204 00:12:31,740 --> 00:12:33,826 Working for this guy. Working for this guy. 205 00:12:33,909 --> 00:12:36,620 He ran me through the gamut. Ran me through the gamut. 206 00:12:36,704 --> 00:12:39,790 How many different ways can you get ice cream to taste like corn bread? 207 00:12:40,416 --> 00:12:43,669 Turns out months and months of different ways. 208 00:12:43,752 --> 00:12:45,838 It's, like, why I became obsessed with ice cream. 209 00:12:45,921 --> 00:12:47,881 I never knew that. That's cool. 210 00:12:47,965 --> 00:12:50,467 Things you learn when you dine out with your spouse, right? 211 00:12:51,719 --> 00:12:53,762 Can you not handle this? Is it too much for you? 212 00:12:53,846 --> 00:12:54,972 - Answer me. - I can handle it. 213 00:12:55,055 --> 00:12:57,099 - "I can handle it, Chef." - I can handle it, Chef. 214 00:12:57,182 --> 00:12:58,767 - Why a restaurant? - Why not a restaurant? 215 00:12:58,851 --> 00:13:01,270 We get a bad review, I gotta cut the fucking string. 216 00:13:01,353 --> 00:13:06,525 The first dish I made, it was, like, a soft chocolate ganache. 217 00:13:06,608 --> 00:13:09,111 And I put, like, all these different, like, dollops on it. 218 00:13:09,194 --> 00:13:11,405 And I showed it to Alex, and he was just like… 219 00:13:12,156 --> 00:13:14,992 Took a picture, and he, you know, uploaded it to Twitter 220 00:13:15,075 --> 00:13:19,580 and he said, "I just seen the greatest ganache ever." 221 00:13:20,205 --> 00:13:22,458 And it was like, "Innovation still exists." 222 00:13:22,541 --> 00:13:24,293 And my heart, like, dropped. 223 00:13:24,376 --> 00:13:25,669 Like, I was like, "Oh, man." 224 00:13:25,753 --> 00:13:28,505 Then it was just, like, that feeling of, like, creating something new 225 00:13:28,589 --> 00:13:29,798 was just, like, everlasting. 226 00:13:29,882 --> 00:13:31,925 And then having someone you really respect say… 227 00:13:32,009 --> 00:13:33,260 - Validate it. - Absolutely. 228 00:13:33,344 --> 00:13:34,970 - …"Okay, it's ready to go on." - Yeah. 229 00:13:35,054 --> 00:13:37,765 - Not just you saying it's ready to go on. - Yeah. 230 00:13:37,848 --> 00:13:39,683 Chef, it's not ready yet, you understand? 231 00:13:39,767 --> 00:13:42,811 It becomes our menu. Like your fingerprint is on the menu. 232 00:13:42,895 --> 00:13:44,438 - That feeling. - Yeah. 233 00:13:44,521 --> 00:13:48,692 But, like, the fact that then he posted it and gave you credit for it. 234 00:13:48,776 --> 00:13:50,361 That's not common, man. You're… 235 00:13:50,444 --> 00:13:55,449 And dare I say, like, the greatest mistake is working for a bad boss. 236 00:13:55,532 --> 00:14:00,788 Such that, what it unlocks in you is the culture that you choose to create. 237 00:14:00,871 --> 00:14:03,332 - This needs to get good or go away. - This needs to get good or go away. 238 00:14:03,415 --> 00:14:04,625 You redid everything. 239 00:14:04,708 --> 00:14:06,043 - Syd! Syd! - So, I was trying to… 240 00:14:06,126 --> 00:14:09,088 Just because you're in the Napa doesn't make this a not-fuck business, you know? 241 00:14:10,005 --> 00:14:12,257 People say that I self-sabotage myself 242 00:14:12,341 --> 00:14:15,135 to kind of purposely put myself in the shits. 243 00:14:15,636 --> 00:14:19,056 But it's because, like, I need that fear to get something done. 244 00:14:19,139 --> 00:14:22,476 I need the fear of a deadline to, like, light a fire under me. 245 00:14:22,559 --> 00:14:25,354 Has anybody ever left on the preorder option? 246 00:14:26,355 --> 00:14:29,316 - Fuck. - Don't say no like that. 247 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,152 We're just all sharing stories, I just wondered, I was just curious. 248 00:14:32,236 --> 00:14:35,322 I remember one time I got a haircut in the middle of service. 249 00:14:35,406 --> 00:14:36,407 And… 250 00:14:38,450 --> 00:14:41,829 - I was… No, this is… - That's crazy. 251 00:14:41,912 --> 00:14:42,955 Yo, this is crazy. 252 00:14:43,038 --> 00:14:45,916 My barber was around the corner from the restaurant. 253 00:14:45,999 --> 00:14:48,752 - So, I was, like, all right… - You set up your station and then left? 254 00:14:48,836 --> 00:14:51,255 So, I set up the section. I had, like, my number two. 255 00:14:51,338 --> 00:14:54,091 I was like, "Yo, hold it down. I'll be back right before we hit it." 256 00:14:54,174 --> 00:14:58,971 So when I came back, Wylie was like, "Where were you?" 257 00:14:59,471 --> 00:15:02,724 And I was like, "Oh, I got this thing for this magazine." 258 00:15:02,808 --> 00:15:05,519 He was like, "The magazine is called Dessert Professional. 259 00:15:05,602 --> 00:15:07,563 Was that professional to leave?" 260 00:15:08,605 --> 00:15:10,399 And, but yo, like, that was crazy. 261 00:15:10,482 --> 00:15:12,776 The greatest lesson you ever learned from Wylie Dufresne: 262 00:15:12,860 --> 00:15:15,195 Don't leave in the middle of service to get a haircut. 263 00:15:15,279 --> 00:15:17,489 It was pre-service. It wasn't like… 264 00:15:17,573 --> 00:15:20,659 Mind you, you're still sort of making a little bit of an excuse. 265 00:15:20,742 --> 00:15:24,496 - "It was pre-service. It was pre-service." - It was around the corner. 266 00:15:24,580 --> 00:15:25,956 - He wasn't totally wrong. - Yeah. 267 00:15:26,039 --> 00:15:28,208 Actually, now that I think about it, I don't think he's right. 268 00:15:28,292 --> 00:15:29,877 "My number two was holding it down." 269 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,212 Do you want to step out for a second? A little too much? 270 00:15:32,296 --> 00:15:33,672 I think we could open a restaurant. 271 00:15:33,755 --> 00:15:35,299 - Who's "we"? "We" who? - Me and you, Mike. 272 00:15:35,382 --> 00:15:37,718 Hey, guys, why don't y'all stop? I'm gonna let Carmy catch up. 273 00:15:38,552 --> 00:15:42,973 We used to do julienne showdowns, which I know sounds stupid, and it was. 274 00:15:43,056 --> 00:15:46,018 And I'm, like, new and I wanna prove myself, you know? 275 00:15:46,101 --> 00:15:47,603 Earn a bit of respect. 276 00:15:47,686 --> 00:15:50,772 And then second or third cut, sliced my hand open. 277 00:15:50,856 --> 00:15:53,650 - Shit. - And they were so nice to me. 278 00:15:53,734 --> 00:15:55,944 Like, it was so embarrassing, but they were so cool. 279 00:16:01,116 --> 00:16:02,284 Just keep going. 280 00:16:02,367 --> 00:16:06,330 It was someone from front of house, and I'll never forget, she taped me up 281 00:16:06,413 --> 00:16:09,666 and, like, sent me back out there, 'cause this was right before service. 282 00:16:09,750 --> 00:16:11,793 And it weirdly gave me confidence. 283 00:16:11,877 --> 00:16:18,342 It weirdly made me feel like I've kind of earned my place there a little bit. 284 00:16:18,425 --> 00:16:19,635 Or something close to confidence. 285 00:16:19,718 --> 00:16:21,845 Well, I feel like there's also this sense of, like, 286 00:16:21,929 --> 00:16:24,932 everybody knows you can handle your shit a little bit now. 287 00:16:25,015 --> 00:16:27,226 Like, you're not gonna back down. 288 00:16:27,309 --> 00:16:28,977 - Right. - Like, you're in it. 289 00:16:29,061 --> 00:16:32,898 I was just, like, immediately obsessed with the controlled chaos. 290 00:16:32,981 --> 00:16:34,691 Like, the orchestrated frenzy. 291 00:16:34,775 --> 00:16:39,154 The idea that literally every single one of life's experiences 292 00:16:39,238 --> 00:16:41,990 can be happening simultaneously within the same four walls. 293 00:16:42,074 --> 00:16:45,619 And then you get to, like, be the conductor of it all. 294 00:16:46,161 --> 00:16:48,413 Like, when I was 12, my dad had me write down, 295 00:16:48,497 --> 00:16:50,249 like, my life's goals, which is a little intense. 296 00:16:50,332 --> 00:16:53,168 But I wanted to open a restaurant in New York City, because I was like, 297 00:16:53,252 --> 00:16:55,045 "I wanna throw a party every single night 298 00:16:55,128 --> 00:16:56,338 - for the rest of my life." - Wow. 299 00:16:56,421 --> 00:16:58,298 This is why you're alone. You can't handle this. 300 00:16:58,382 --> 00:17:02,177 I think you're so special and so wonderful. 301 00:17:02,261 --> 00:17:04,429 - You are not tough. You are bullshit. - I love you. 302 00:17:04,513 --> 00:17:06,557 - I love you. I'm really proud of you. - You are talentless. 303 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,393 - You've really thought about this, huh? - I really love you. 304 00:17:09,476 --> 00:17:11,019 - Take fucking hands. - Hands! 305 00:17:11,645 --> 00:17:15,274 I think why I wanted to be a chef as… Like, when I was in middle school, 306 00:17:15,357 --> 00:17:17,609 I was in this, like, home economics course, 307 00:17:17,693 --> 00:17:19,861 and I made, like, a dessert. 308 00:17:19,945 --> 00:17:22,406 And, like, when I served everyone, 309 00:17:22,489 --> 00:17:25,409 just the feeling of how they connected to the food, 310 00:17:25,492 --> 00:17:26,868 it felt just, like, super magical. 311 00:17:26,952 --> 00:17:29,871 Like, no one in the classroom knew who I was, 312 00:17:29,955 --> 00:17:32,583 but they were, like, connected to me through the food. 313 00:17:32,666 --> 00:17:36,044 And that was, like, okay, I think I wanna do this for the rest of my life. 314 00:17:36,128 --> 00:17:38,505 Like, you know, like, that felt, like, okay. 315 00:17:39,006 --> 00:17:41,758 Yeah. I just love food. 316 00:17:41,842 --> 00:17:45,637 It was always about making something with my hands, 317 00:17:45,721 --> 00:17:49,474 making something amazing that I'm proud of and having somebody else enjoy it 318 00:17:50,851 --> 00:17:52,185 in a fleeting moment. 319 00:17:52,269 --> 00:17:53,270 Like music. 320 00:17:53,854 --> 00:17:56,940 Your dessert with a Negroni ice cream on it at Sanchez. 321 00:17:57,024 --> 00:17:58,817 It's like one of the best things I've ever eaten. 322 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:01,361 I feel like an impostor because I feel like 323 00:18:01,445 --> 00:18:04,573 I don't like cooking as much as everybody else does. 324 00:18:04,656 --> 00:18:09,620 Um, I knew that I always wanted to make things for people. 325 00:18:09,703 --> 00:18:14,916 And then, growing up, you know, my parents were never in a good place, 326 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:19,504 but I always knew that I could make something so specific that would m… 327 00:18:19,588 --> 00:18:21,465 bring them joy, you know? 328 00:18:21,548 --> 00:18:23,425 And that was the thing that I got addicted to, 329 00:18:23,508 --> 00:18:27,596 and I think that I seek approval out of people every single day. 330 00:18:27,679 --> 00:18:28,972 And… yeah. 331 00:18:29,473 --> 00:18:33,143 At Elske, we run the food to everyone who comes and eats, 332 00:18:33,226 --> 00:18:37,564 and that has added this, like, additional layer of something I love. 333 00:18:37,648 --> 00:18:39,566 It just means so much to these people. 334 00:18:39,650 --> 00:18:42,110 And for them to become regulars or… 335 00:18:42,611 --> 00:18:45,364 I don't know, it just brings this other layer to cooking. 336 00:18:45,447 --> 00:18:46,490 I love it, so. 337 00:18:46,573 --> 00:18:49,117 - There's nobility in this. - Yeah. 338 00:18:49,201 --> 00:18:53,372 We get to help people celebrate some of the most important moments of their lives. 339 00:18:53,455 --> 00:18:56,458 We can give them the grace, if only for a few hours, 340 00:18:56,541 --> 00:18:58,543 to forget about their most difficult moments. 341 00:18:58,627 --> 00:19:02,589 Like, we can make the world a nicer place. All of us in this room. 342 00:19:02,673 --> 00:19:05,133 We have this opportunity, perhaps even a responsibility, 343 00:19:05,217 --> 00:19:07,803 to create our own little magical worlds 344 00:19:07,886 --> 00:19:11,932 in a world that is increasingly in need of a little more magic. 345 00:19:12,015 --> 00:19:15,102 And every time I find myself, like, about ready to burn out, 346 00:19:15,185 --> 00:19:18,939 I reconnect with the fact that that is the business we're in. 347 00:19:19,815 --> 00:19:22,401 - Ten, 36. Don't fuck with my count. - Fire. Eight, 13, 36. 348 00:19:22,484 --> 00:19:25,487 - Three, 52, 14. - Eight, 13, 29. Sorry, Chef. 349 00:19:26,154 --> 00:19:27,823 - Are you broken? - Fuck! 350 00:19:27,906 --> 00:19:31,034 I've definitely met thousands of people who definitely do not love restaurants. 351 00:19:31,118 --> 00:19:32,744 - Well, they would love ours. - Yeah? Why is that? 352 00:19:32,828 --> 00:19:34,121 Because it would be ours. 353 00:19:34,204 --> 00:19:36,415 - Sometimes you just have to give up. - You should be fucking dead. 354 00:19:36,498 --> 00:19:38,041 - Say, "Yes, Chef." Say it. - Yes, Chef. 355 00:19:38,125 --> 00:19:41,461 Go faster, motherfucker. Can you go any faster? Why are you so fucking slow? Why? 356 00:19:41,545 --> 00:19:43,171 - Why are you fucking with me? - Are you shaking? 357 00:19:43,255 --> 00:19:46,216 You're a failure. Your brother hates you. Why do you keep trying? Fuck off. 358 00:19:46,299 --> 00:19:47,634 What will we call this place? 359 00:19:51,555 --> 00:19:54,349 Sorry, I forgot my spoon. I went to use my watch. 360 00:19:54,433 --> 00:19:56,101 Using my Rolex. Um… 361 00:19:59,980 --> 00:20:01,690 Uh, this will be quick. 362 00:20:01,773 --> 00:20:04,609 I just wanted to thank you all for being here. 363 00:20:05,193 --> 00:20:08,321 Um, and it's so lovely to see you all again. Um… 364 00:20:10,198 --> 00:20:15,036 Uh… you've all played a beautiful part in keeping this particular plate spinning, 365 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:17,122 for which I am eternally grateful. 366 00:20:17,914 --> 00:20:20,876 I never thought I'd be here. Not in my wildest dreams. 367 00:20:22,377 --> 00:20:24,129 I was thinking the other night, 368 00:20:24,212 --> 00:20:26,548 when I first started cooking professionally, 369 00:20:26,631 --> 00:20:31,219 uh, it was… I was a garde-manger in a brasserie in London. 370 00:20:31,303 --> 00:20:35,223 And it was an open kitchen, so I could see all of the customers coming in 371 00:20:35,307 --> 00:20:37,768 and, rather terrifyingly, they could also see me. 372 00:20:38,435 --> 00:20:42,063 Uh… But I was there for seven years all in. 373 00:20:42,147 --> 00:20:43,982 I worked my way up to CDC. 374 00:20:44,065 --> 00:20:47,611 And over that time, something rather beautiful happened. 375 00:20:47,694 --> 00:20:48,695 Um… 376 00:20:48,779 --> 00:20:52,157 I would see the regulars come in with their kids and their teenagers 377 00:20:52,657 --> 00:20:56,453 and, uh, I would watch those kids become teenagers. 378 00:20:56,953 --> 00:21:00,791 I would watch those teenagers become grown-ups. 379 00:21:01,333 --> 00:21:02,918 And I saw families grow. 380 00:21:03,001 --> 00:21:05,629 You know, families, people got married, people had kids, 381 00:21:05,712 --> 00:21:09,424 and I got to know them all, and I got to celebrate with them. 382 00:21:09,508 --> 00:21:13,637 And, um, people often talk about restaurants. 383 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,224 As in, you know, what's the history of it? 384 00:21:17,307 --> 00:21:18,683 What's the impact it's making? 385 00:21:19,267 --> 00:21:22,395 Uh, who… Who has worked there previously? 386 00:21:22,479 --> 00:21:25,690 What awards have they won? What about the, quote, "chef"? 387 00:21:26,358 --> 00:21:29,736 And I think what I've learned over the years, uh, 388 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:34,574 in all the places I've worked, is, uh, people don't remember the food. 389 00:21:35,116 --> 00:21:36,660 Sorry. 390 00:21:36,743 --> 00:21:39,329 It's… It's the people that they remember. 391 00:21:39,955 --> 00:21:43,834 And so I just wanted to say I'm so grateful that you're all here. 392 00:21:44,334 --> 00:21:47,045 And, um… And thank you. 393 00:21:47,796 --> 00:21:48,880 - Thank you. - Hear! Hear! 394 00:21:50,799 --> 00:21:51,967 Thank you very much. 395 00:21:56,555 --> 00:21:58,431 Three going to 21. 396 00:21:58,515 --> 00:22:00,350 Pick up order 19. 397 00:22:00,433 --> 00:22:02,644 Twenty-four walking in five. 398 00:22:02,727 --> 00:22:04,229 Let's pick it up. Every second counts. 399 00:22:04,312 --> 00:22:05,730 Chef! 400 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,276 Hey, Jess. Can I ask you something? 401 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:10,569 Shoot. 402 00:22:10,652 --> 00:22:11,653 Hey… 403 00:22:14,072 --> 00:22:15,323 Is there a secret? 404 00:22:15,824 --> 00:22:16,908 Secret to what? 405 00:22:17,576 --> 00:22:20,203 You know, like, staying all pumped. 406 00:22:20,287 --> 00:22:22,205 Pumped like inspired? 407 00:22:23,123 --> 00:22:24,374 Yeah. Inspired. 408 00:22:25,208 --> 00:22:26,376 I mean, I wish. 409 00:22:28,253 --> 00:22:29,254 So there's not? 410 00:22:29,963 --> 00:22:32,465 There's not not, there's just not, like, a secret. 411 00:22:34,217 --> 00:22:37,012 So, how you do it? 412 00:22:37,846 --> 00:22:41,266 I think I surround myself with people better than myself. 413 00:22:41,766 --> 00:22:43,685 What about when you're not at work? 414 00:22:43,768 --> 00:22:45,020 I didn't mean at work. 415 00:22:47,689 --> 00:22:50,150 - Well, maybe that's the secret then. - Right. 416 00:22:50,233 --> 00:22:51,484 Don't tell anybody. 417 00:22:54,154 --> 00:22:55,155 Hands. 418 00:23:05,790 --> 00:23:06,790 Yeah. 419 00:23:07,459 --> 00:23:08,877 That's a blast from the past. 420 00:23:09,461 --> 00:23:10,754 Did you work on this? 421 00:23:11,630 --> 00:23:15,842 I think Carmy and I shucked probably ten million of these peas… 422 00:23:15,926 --> 00:23:19,387 …day in, day out like robots. 423 00:23:19,471 --> 00:23:21,306 Shell-shucking robots. Mmm. 424 00:23:22,307 --> 00:23:23,516 It's the deadliest kind. 425 00:23:25,226 --> 00:23:26,728 Kinda like a trauma dish then. 426 00:23:28,146 --> 00:23:30,523 Yeah. It's a, uh… It's a big-time trauma dish. 427 00:23:31,733 --> 00:23:34,486 The messed-up thing is I currently make a dessert version. 428 00:23:34,569 --> 00:23:36,446 - Really? - Yeah. 429 00:23:36,529 --> 00:23:38,031 Sweet pea panna cotta. 430 00:23:39,032 --> 00:23:42,160 You kinda repurposed your trauma then, I guess. 431 00:23:42,243 --> 00:23:44,746 That's all we can do, right? 432 00:23:47,582 --> 00:23:49,042 Carm. You all right, mate? 433 00:23:50,669 --> 00:23:51,878 You're staring. 434 00:23:51,962 --> 00:23:53,922 Yeah, like, really staring, actually. 435 00:23:54,005 --> 00:23:55,090 What? 436 00:23:55,173 --> 00:23:56,424 Who are you staring at? 437 00:23:57,217 --> 00:23:59,511 Just a fucking asshole over there. 438 00:23:59,594 --> 00:24:01,137 - Which one? - It's the dude in the corner. 439 00:24:01,221 --> 00:24:02,597 Just don't… don't look right now. 440 00:24:03,515 --> 00:24:05,809 David Fields. Oh, shit, from Empire. 441 00:24:05,892 --> 00:24:07,477 Yeah. He's a dickhead. Yeah. 442 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,438 He's the fucking worst and one of the best chefs in the world. 443 00:24:10,522 --> 00:24:12,774 Well, he used to be one of the best chefs in the world. 444 00:24:12,857 --> 00:24:13,942 Total prick. 445 00:24:15,026 --> 00:24:16,027 Fuckface. 446 00:24:16,778 --> 00:24:20,615 The bastard made me very, probably, mentally ill. 447 00:24:20,699 --> 00:24:22,742 Dead inside. Cold. Never turns it off. 448 00:24:23,660 --> 00:24:26,454 Accomplishes more by 10 a.m. than most people do in a lifetime. 449 00:24:27,956 --> 00:24:29,165 I don't think he sleeps. 450 00:24:29,833 --> 00:24:32,085 I don't think he eats. I don't think he loves. 451 00:24:32,752 --> 00:24:35,588 He hates black pepper for some reason I'll never understand. 452 00:24:35,672 --> 00:24:38,216 And he is getting up. 453 00:24:38,299 --> 00:24:40,385 - Carm. Carmy. - Carm. Carmen. 454 00:24:46,307 --> 00:24:48,059 Do we think that's gonna end well? 455 00:24:48,852 --> 00:24:51,187 - Probably not. Yeah. - Yeah, no. I'm betting no. 456 00:24:57,610 --> 00:24:58,778 Chef. 457 00:24:59,529 --> 00:25:00,697 - Chef. - Hi. 458 00:25:00,780 --> 00:25:03,074 How you doing, Bergazzo? 459 00:25:10,665 --> 00:25:14,044 I always wondered what I would say to you if I got to see you again. 460 00:25:17,589 --> 00:25:19,007 Okay. Let's have it. 461 00:25:21,384 --> 00:25:23,720 After "fuck you," I don't… I don't have much. 462 00:25:25,889 --> 00:25:27,140 Fuck me? 463 00:25:27,974 --> 00:25:29,392 Yeah, that's right. 464 00:25:31,352 --> 00:25:32,604 For anything in particular? 465 00:25:32,687 --> 00:25:35,273 No, just generally being you, I think. Yeah. 466 00:25:39,402 --> 00:25:40,403 Got it. 467 00:25:41,321 --> 00:25:42,572 Well, this has been nice. 468 00:25:44,699 --> 00:25:46,034 Still have these, huh? 469 00:25:49,871 --> 00:25:51,289 I think about you too much. 470 00:25:56,252 --> 00:25:57,462 I don't think about you. 471 00:26:00,507 --> 00:26:02,092 Why are you such a fucking asshole? 472 00:26:03,635 --> 00:26:04,761 How am I an asshole? 473 00:26:04,844 --> 00:26:06,346 Do you have half an hour? 474 00:26:06,429 --> 00:26:07,514 You're welcome. 475 00:26:08,681 --> 00:26:10,809 I'm welcome? For-For-For what? 476 00:26:11,976 --> 00:26:14,312 You were an okay chef when you started with me, 477 00:26:15,146 --> 00:26:17,065 and you left an excellent chef. 478 00:26:17,148 --> 00:26:18,399 So you're welcome. 479 00:26:23,071 --> 00:26:27,700 You gave me ulcers, and panic attacks, and-and nightmares. You… 480 00:26:29,744 --> 00:26:32,288 You know that, right? Do you… Do you understand that? 481 00:26:33,873 --> 00:26:36,626 Yeah, I gave you confidence, and leadership, and ability. 482 00:26:37,127 --> 00:26:38,378 It fucking worked. 483 00:26:40,171 --> 00:26:43,716 I'm, like… I'm-I'm-I'm… I'm fucking stunned right now. I… 484 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,511 Dude, you need to unclutch your pearls. 485 00:26:55,436 --> 00:26:57,981 - My life stopped. - That's the point, right? 486 00:26:58,481 --> 00:26:59,816 That's the point? 487 00:26:59,899 --> 00:27:01,276 You wanted to be great. 488 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:02,652 You wanted to be excellent. 489 00:27:02,735 --> 00:27:04,320 So you got rid of all the bullshit, 490 00:27:04,404 --> 00:27:08,950 and you concentrated, and you got focused, and you got great. 491 00:27:09,033 --> 00:27:10,160 You got excellent. 492 00:27:12,495 --> 00:27:13,496 It worked. 493 00:27:14,372 --> 00:27:15,373 You're here. 494 00:27:16,207 --> 00:27:17,250 Look at all this. 495 00:27:22,839 --> 00:27:24,048 I'm gonna go piss now. 496 00:27:38,271 --> 00:27:39,439 God. Fuck. 497 00:27:42,609 --> 00:27:43,735 Get out. 498 00:28:23,566 --> 00:28:25,860 Um, are you here for a minute? 499 00:28:26,861 --> 00:28:28,279 - A few months, yeah. - Oh, wow. 500 00:28:28,780 --> 00:28:32,242 Yeah, my sister's here and, uh… Yeah, it's been a while, so. 501 00:28:32,325 --> 00:28:33,326 - Mmm… - Um… 502 00:28:33,409 --> 00:28:35,453 - What about you? Do you have siblings? - No. 503 00:28:35,536 --> 00:28:38,331 - Oh. Wow. An only. - Oh, yes. Yes, indeed. 504 00:28:38,831 --> 00:28:41,084 Was that, uh… Was that hard ever? 505 00:28:41,584 --> 00:28:42,585 No. 506 00:28:43,419 --> 00:28:45,505 - Really? - I got all the attention. 507 00:28:46,339 --> 00:28:49,759 - Oh, I see. Okay. I get that. Yeah, nice. - Yeah. 508 00:28:49,842 --> 00:28:53,972 But doesn't that also mean you also get all the bad stuff too? 509 00:28:54,055 --> 00:28:56,891 Honestly, no. 510 00:28:57,392 --> 00:28:58,810 - Wow. - Sorry. Yeah. 511 00:28:58,893 --> 00:29:00,395 - Wow, that's great. - Yeah. 512 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:03,815 Yeah, of course. It kind of… 513 00:29:04,774 --> 00:29:07,819 I guess it proves it doesn't have to be brutal, 514 00:29:07,902 --> 00:29:09,153 it can be, like, more, uh… 515 00:29:09,654 --> 00:29:12,407 - Oof. Like, normal? - Normal. 516 00:29:12,490 --> 00:29:14,325 Yeah. More mellow. Yeah. 517 00:29:14,409 --> 00:29:15,660 - Sure. - It sounds nice. 518 00:29:15,743 --> 00:29:17,704 Yeah. Um… 519 00:29:17,787 --> 00:29:19,956 Did you like having a sibling? 520 00:29:22,041 --> 00:29:23,876 Yeah. Yeah. I mean, um… 521 00:29:26,170 --> 00:29:30,300 For us, it was nice to look over at someone 522 00:29:30,383 --> 00:29:34,345 who's going through the exact same situation you are, 523 00:29:34,846 --> 00:29:37,307 you know, so that when something feels crazy, 524 00:29:37,390 --> 00:29:39,726 you feel less crazy, 525 00:29:40,727 --> 00:29:41,894 - if that makes sense. - Hmm. 526 00:29:43,604 --> 00:29:48,443 But also, like, if things were good, then you kinda had, like, proof, 527 00:29:48,526 --> 00:29:50,862 like you knew it was good. 528 00:29:50,945 --> 00:29:53,156 Right. Good. Yeah. Yeah, right. 529 00:29:56,409 --> 00:29:57,493 Are you close? 530 00:29:58,036 --> 00:29:59,037 Yeah. 531 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,373 Kind of best friends and kind of lost touch, so. 532 00:30:02,457 --> 00:30:04,792 - It's nice to reconnect. - Yeah. 533 00:30:05,460 --> 00:30:09,047 Yeah, especially when it literally is like a best friend 534 00:30:09,130 --> 00:30:11,674 that you saw every day of your life 535 00:30:11,758 --> 00:30:16,346 and you kinda went through this sort of battle together. 536 00:30:17,096 --> 00:30:18,096 Um… 537 00:30:19,307 --> 00:30:21,476 Yeah. Do you have anybody like that in your life? 538 00:30:23,644 --> 00:30:24,854 Maybe my dad. 539 00:30:25,605 --> 00:30:27,065 Your dad. Apart from your dad? 540 00:30:28,941 --> 00:30:31,736 Hey, Syd. Oh, hey, Lucas. 541 00:30:31,819 --> 00:30:33,988 You still doing the cooking thing? 542 00:30:34,572 --> 00:30:37,909 Chef Adam, still, uh, getting your fingerprints on everything? 543 00:30:37,992 --> 00:30:39,660 Oh, a smudge joke. 544 00:30:39,744 --> 00:30:42,288 That… No one's made one of those. Thank you so much. 545 00:30:42,372 --> 00:30:44,999 Sydney, could I, uh, borrow you for a second? 546 00:30:45,083 --> 00:30:46,167 Yeah, sure. 547 00:30:50,004 --> 00:30:51,255 - Love you. - Love you too. 548 00:30:55,510 --> 00:30:57,095 - All right, hi. - Hey, Adam. What's up? 549 00:30:57,178 --> 00:30:58,679 Hi. Um… 550 00:31:00,390 --> 00:31:02,934 You get a chance to talk to Carmy yet? No, not-not yet. 551 00:31:03,017 --> 00:31:05,019 Okay. All right. Cool. 552 00:31:05,103 --> 00:31:06,521 I mean, let me know, you know, 553 00:31:06,604 --> 00:31:08,147 - if I need to start looking… - Yeah. 554 00:31:08,231 --> 00:31:09,565 No, no, I… I get it. 555 00:31:10,066 --> 00:31:13,569 - I would if… You know. Yeah. - Yeah. Okay. Okay, cool. 556 00:31:14,278 --> 00:31:16,280 Um… I just know, um… 557 00:31:16,364 --> 00:31:18,741 - Yeah, this is a big change for you. - Yes. 558 00:31:18,825 --> 00:31:20,827 I wasn't sure if you had spoken to him yet, so. 559 00:31:20,910 --> 00:31:24,247 No, I just… You know, I haven't found the right time, I think. 560 00:31:24,330 --> 00:31:27,083 - Just… - And there never is. 561 00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:28,835 - No. - Yeah. 562 00:31:28,918 --> 00:31:29,919 Yeah. 563 00:31:31,129 --> 00:31:33,673 - And you're still interested, right? - Yes. 564 00:31:33,756 --> 00:31:34,757 Okay, good. 565 00:31:34,841 --> 00:31:36,926 'Cause I sort of want to start making this thing… 566 00:31:37,009 --> 00:31:38,261 - Absolutely. - …real. 567 00:31:38,344 --> 00:31:40,888 - Yeah. I… I get it. - Okay. Yeah. Um… 568 00:31:40,972 --> 00:31:42,974 - Starting to look at spaces. - Oh, wow. 569 00:31:43,057 --> 00:31:44,559 Yeah, it's getting exciting. 570 00:31:44,642 --> 00:31:47,687 Uh, yeah, I bet. It's… Of course. It's sick. 571 00:31:47,770 --> 00:31:49,188 - It's huge. Um… - Yeah. 572 00:31:49,939 --> 00:31:50,940 - All right, good. - Yeah. 573 00:31:58,948 --> 00:32:00,992 - Yeah. Just let me know. Just… Okay. - Okay. Yeah, of course. 574 00:32:01,075 --> 00:32:03,578 - Great. All right. Let's get out of here. - Yes. Yeah. Okay. 575 00:32:03,661 --> 00:32:06,205 - I'm right behind you. Yeah. Thanks. - All right. Thank you, Chef. 576 00:32:39,655 --> 00:32:40,740 Hey, old friend. 577 00:32:41,324 --> 00:32:42,825 Hi, Chef. 578 00:32:42,909 --> 00:32:44,202 Finally had enough, have you? 579 00:32:44,285 --> 00:32:47,205 No, no, no, no, it's… it's wonderful. 580 00:32:47,830 --> 00:32:49,290 I mean, I just wanted some air. 581 00:32:49,373 --> 00:32:51,042 - Yeah, me too. - Yeah. 582 00:32:52,919 --> 00:32:54,337 Oh, you finally quit? 583 00:32:54,420 --> 00:32:56,088 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 584 00:32:56,172 --> 00:32:57,924 - How about you? - Oh. I've just started. 585 00:32:58,007 --> 00:33:01,344 - Oh. Seems reasonable. - I thought so. 586 00:33:08,392 --> 00:33:10,561 - It's quiet. - Yeah, it's beautiful. 587 00:33:11,229 --> 00:33:15,691 On late nights here, I used to come out and watch, uh, the construction of that. 588 00:33:15,775 --> 00:33:18,819 I watched that whole building being built in its entirety. 589 00:33:18,903 --> 00:33:20,029 - Really? - Yeah. 590 00:33:20,112 --> 00:33:21,447 It's like real life Jenga. 591 00:33:22,073 --> 00:33:23,699 - Stressful. - Yeah. 592 00:33:23,783 --> 00:33:26,035 Oh, to see them set up the crane, I was like, "Fuck!" 593 00:33:26,118 --> 00:33:29,080 - Yeah. No, it's totally insane. - Bonkers. 594 00:33:33,626 --> 00:33:34,627 Chef, I, um… 595 00:33:37,463 --> 00:33:40,967 I don't think I ever got to tell you just how much I learned in this place. 596 00:33:41,634 --> 00:33:42,802 How much did you learn? 597 00:33:43,928 --> 00:33:45,012 It's a lot. 598 00:33:46,556 --> 00:33:47,557 Thank you. 599 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,350 Well, I learned plenty myself. 600 00:33:49,433 --> 00:33:50,518 - Yeah? - Yeah. 601 00:33:50,601 --> 00:33:52,853 I learned that I want to sleep in more. Uh-huh. 602 00:33:52,937 --> 00:33:54,689 - I want to go to London more. - Hmm. 603 00:33:54,772 --> 00:33:57,441 I want to go to a party. And I want to meet people. 604 00:34:00,236 --> 00:34:01,988 - Live. - Precisely. 605 00:34:03,239 --> 00:34:04,574 That's why you're closing? 606 00:34:05,575 --> 00:34:07,410 Yeah. Yes, sir. 607 00:34:10,997 --> 00:34:13,124 But, you know, I got to do all the things I wanted to do 608 00:34:13,207 --> 00:34:16,252 the way I wanted to do them with the people I wanted to do them with. 609 00:34:16,335 --> 00:34:19,046 So, can't ask for more than that, really. 610 00:34:20,715 --> 00:34:22,717 - Uh, heard. - Hmm. 611 00:34:23,968 --> 00:34:25,303 And now you're starting. 612 00:34:26,470 --> 00:34:27,638 Yeah. Um… 613 00:34:29,181 --> 00:34:30,683 It feels like I've been starting forever. 614 00:34:30,766 --> 00:34:32,226 Yeah, the finish line keeps moving. 615 00:34:32,310 --> 00:34:34,228 - Yeah, that happens, doesn't it? - Yeah. 616 00:34:35,021 --> 00:34:37,565 But I've heard your restaurant is wonderful. 617 00:34:37,648 --> 00:34:40,484 - Oh. - Congratulations. Truly, Carmen. 618 00:34:40,568 --> 00:34:41,652 Thank you. 619 00:34:42,153 --> 00:34:43,821 That's very nice. Yeah. 620 00:34:45,615 --> 00:34:48,034 Yeah. No, it's… it's a miracle these places exist. 621 00:34:48,618 --> 00:34:49,994 Preach. 622 00:34:54,749 --> 00:34:55,958 Can I ask you something? 623 00:34:56,042 --> 00:34:57,084 Yeah, of course. 624 00:35:00,671 --> 00:35:04,342 What would you tell yourself, you know, when… 625 00:35:05,259 --> 00:35:06,510 when you were where I am? 626 00:35:07,470 --> 00:35:09,472 - I know. I know. I know. - Oh… 627 00:35:11,265 --> 00:35:12,892 Oh, that's a toughie. 628 00:35:13,809 --> 00:35:14,809 Uh… 629 00:35:15,686 --> 00:35:19,774 I don't think there's any right thing to say that will make any difference. 630 00:35:21,233 --> 00:35:24,987 Uh, I think I'd tell myself that you have no idea what you're doing, 631 00:35:25,071 --> 00:35:26,781 and therefore, you're invincible. 632 00:35:32,495 --> 00:35:33,996 Can I ask you something, Carmen? 633 00:35:34,872 --> 00:35:35,872 Shoot. 634 00:35:36,332 --> 00:35:37,875 - Next time we see each other… - Yeah? 635 00:35:37,958 --> 00:35:39,460 …will you call me Andrea? 636 00:35:41,504 --> 00:35:42,588 Yes, Chef. 637 00:35:42,672 --> 00:35:44,757 Thank you. 638 00:36:30,511 --> 00:36:31,595 Awfully quiet. 639 00:36:38,185 --> 00:36:39,185 Oh… 640 00:36:40,438 --> 00:36:42,189 - Chef. - Thank you, Chef. 641 00:36:56,203 --> 00:36:58,038 Come on, let's get the fuck out of here. 642 00:37:22,188 --> 00:37:23,272 Oh, my God! 643 00:37:34,325 --> 00:37:35,325 Hi! 644 00:38:02,812 --> 00:38:04,647 - It's really bad. - How bad? 645 00:38:05,356 --> 00:38:07,191 - Ugh. - Ooh! 646 00:38:07,274 --> 00:38:11,237 Andrea Terry is in my freezer, and all I have are waffles and pizza. 647 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,114 This is amazing. Andrea Terry loves this shit. 648 00:38:14,198 --> 00:38:16,575 And look, we can put this on top. 649 00:38:18,202 --> 00:38:19,286 - Boo! - Is that a move? 650 00:38:19,370 --> 00:38:21,997 - Let's play for $500. - No! 651 00:38:23,457 --> 00:38:25,960 Eggo waffles, Chef! 652 00:38:26,043 --> 00:38:27,378 What the fuck is that? 653 00:38:27,461 --> 00:38:28,963 It just goes into your cuff. 654 00:38:30,172 --> 00:38:32,716 Service, bitches! 655 00:39:24,476 --> 00:39:27,771 Um… Can you take this? I'm gonna… Thank you. 656 00:39:28,272 --> 00:39:30,816 I'm gonna grab something outside. I'll, uh… 657 00:41:06,203 --> 00:41:07,705 Motherfucker.