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[Guy Fieri] When we shot
Restaurant Hustle 2020 All on the Line,
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I thought, wow, we got
a chance to capture
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unprecedented times and...
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[exhales] ...it's over.
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First table.
It's all downhill from here.
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[chuckles]
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[Guy] We started to see signs
that this wasn't the end.
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Matter of fact, we didn't even have
an idea of when the end would come.
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Everything's cancelled.
2020 is cancelled.
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Life is cancelled.
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How do you call
your four friends up and say,
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"Hey, you did a great job.
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Thanks for inviting us in.
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Thanks for being vulnerable.
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And, do you want
to do it again?"
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Chef Marcus Samuelsson's
worldwide restaurant empire
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took a 90% hit last year.
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Uh, it's devastating.
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So, the New York based
restaurateur
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needs a complete rebound
in 2021.
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New year, new restaurant.
I am ready to go, 2021.
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Let's get it.
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In Los Angeles,
Chef Antonia Lofaso
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is dealing with new restrictions
and a shrinking work force
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by adjusting and innovating
through outdoor dining,
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delivery
and new media opportunities.
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All of a sudden, the next day,
Guy was just like,
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"The floor is yours, I'm
leaving." And I was like what?
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Chef Christian Petroni
pivoted...
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Thank you so much, okay.
You guys all stay safe.
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he decided to walk away in
September to pursue other dreams.
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We're staying positive,
it's going to be great.
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Chef Maneet Chauhan
and her husband, Vivek,
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rebounded in Nashville...
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And this is the reopening.
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[Vivek] I think we should call it
Chauhan 2.0. What do you think, Maneet?
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[Maneet] Absolutely.
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and expanded their reach
into the brewery business.
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To our success.
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Hopefully. Fingers crossed.
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For 2021, it's
a whole nother chapter.
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New year, new goals.
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So, we asked the same
four chefs, my friends,
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to keep the cameras rolling...
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All right, let's see where
we can put this bad boy.
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as they continue
to reinvent...
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[exclaiming]
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reimagine...
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[Marcus] Welcome to Overtown.
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and rebuild their
businesses back in new...
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Madame.
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and exciting ways.
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Holy cow!
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So excited.
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- Good things are coming for us, Babe.
- Yeah.
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Tough times...
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The machine is broken again.
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make tough people,
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and these four are the toughest.
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[Marcus] We, when we work
together, we can do anything together.
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[anchor] Finally, right?
The world said goodbye,
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and in most cases,
good riddance to 2020.
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In Venice, California,
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the warrior princess herself,
Antonia Lofaso's own hustle
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has shape-shifted
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into a nationwide
food shipping business.
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I am Chef Antonia Lofaso.
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I am an executive chef
and restaurant owner
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here in Los Angeles, California.
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I have three restaurants,
Scopa Italian Roots,
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DAMA and Black Market.
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Right before November,
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we started nationwide delivery,
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and that saved us.
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You know, when I did
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Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,
Celebrity Edition
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with Guy Fieri last year,
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we sent in the
empanadas from DAMA,
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the rice balls from Scopa,
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and Guy said to me...
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If somebody calls you up, you
can freeze these and ship them?
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And I was like... [gasps]
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"What do you mean?"
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And then, I was like,
"Oh, we are doing takeout.
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We could do takeout
nationwide."
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And so, we started developing
these boxes.
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Today, we are packing out
four and four ribeyes from DAMA
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in a kit to ship out nationwide.
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[Antonia] We have figured out
how to sort of break down,
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create beautiful recipe cards.
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We have gotten a ton of events
that have come in.
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Good morning, everybody.
Excited to be here.
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And think of new creative
ways to create revenue.
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Old Lightning, which was our
25-seat bar/speakeasy,
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is now Scopa shipco,
which has stickers
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and vacuum seal packs
and the FedEx thing
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where you can print out
our own FedEx labels.
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It is no longer a...
speakeasy bar.
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It is now shipeasy.
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It's a shipeasy now.
I like that.
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- It's a shipeasy.
- [man] I like that one, too.
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[Antonia laughing]
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Marcus Samuelsson's plan to
bring a signature restaurant
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to Miami's Overtown neighborhood
has been brewing for years.
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With his landmark Red Rooster
restaurant in Harlem
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partially open, but quiet,
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he's committing
his full energies
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to getting his new Miami spot
across the finish line.
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My name is
Chef Marcus Samuelsson
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and I'm the chef and co-owner
of Red Rooster here in Harlem.
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We had 30 restaurants in
our portfolio in eight countries.
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I have lost a lot
of restaurants but, you know,
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I am healthy and I am here.
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Welcome to Overtown.
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One of the things that I love
about this Red Rooster is that
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we actually have roosters,
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real roosters outside
our restaurant.
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And they're not even
afraid of the cars.
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Keep walking, man.
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Overtown is beautiful.
It's busy.
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It's a very special place.
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Food is such a thing that
brings people together.
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Being closed in New York,
I have to pivot my business.
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So, the main focus is going
to be Red Rooster, Overtown.
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Tristen can do the day-to-day,
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but I have to set
the culture right,
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and the only way to do that
is to be here.
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Marvin is in the bar.
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Uh, drinking or working?
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Uh, little bit of both.
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- Just a little bit, over here.
- Yeah.
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So, the normal way,
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we would open a restaurant
with a grand opening,
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and it would be
a big, big, big deal.
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But because of COVID,
we just opened.
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It's my first time here
to this one.
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I've been to the New York one
many times. I live in Harlem.
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And this one is
beautiful and amazing.
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Great establishment.
Great establishment.
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Zion, are you going
to say hi or what?
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Hi.
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So, I've been down here with the whole
family in Miami for the last two weeks.
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You know, this restaurant has
opened, closed, opened, closed
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three times during 2020
because of COVID.
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New year, new restaurant.
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I am ready to go, 2021.
Let's get it.
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It's been positive to come to
Miami and Florida to work at least.
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But, I know I have to go back to
New York and start dealing with it.
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Marcus' fellow New Yorker,
Christian Petroni,
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is on a different journey
in 2021.
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My name is Christian Petroni
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and I got five Italian
restaurants called Fortina,
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located around
the Tri-State area.
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It is 2021.
The last time you saw me
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was in-- a trillion years ago
in September.
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I had walked away from
the restaurant company,
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the restaurant group.
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They came out of
my heart and my head,
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and it was based on
the experiences of my life.
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Egos got in the way,
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and not mine.
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The biggest priority,
business-wise, are
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The Gabagool Shop
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and garlic bread.
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That's really the only things
I should be focusing on.
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We're getting ready for
the people to show up.
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We're doing garlic bread.
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Hey, there's a new
garlic bread sheriff in town.
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I just want to be
the garlic bread guy.
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[customers chuckling]
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-[customer] That's awesome. Nice meeting you.
-Thank you.
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Who does garlic bread?
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Who does it well?
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Who does garlic bread so well
that, not only is the product delicious,
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but it's looking like I got to
take a picture of it for Instagram?
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What do you think, man?
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I mean, I always loved
your garlic bread,
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- but now, it's like--
- Next level, bro.
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- You got to catch up though.
- I'm telling you, bro.
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- You got to catch up to this dog.
- I got to catch up!
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If you take something
as humble as a garlic bread,
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and you throw the best
ingredients in America at it,
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turns out that you get something
pretty goshdarn delicious.
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One order is
one whole loaf of bread.
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It's like a 16-inch bastone.
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Bastone is the word meaning
cane in Italian,
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because this bread is so long.
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[man] What a day, man.
What a day!
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Whoo! Bastones.
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- Oh, right here, right here, right here.
- Beautiful.
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So, we get that bread,
we split it long-ways
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and in it gets smeared
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an incredibly copious amount
of butter
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that is just interlaced
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with sweet garlic confit
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that has been cooked slow
and well with Frankies olive oil
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so that, it just, you really get
the sweetness of the garlic.
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Open it on the foil.
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We add a copious amount of
low-moisture mozzarella cheese,
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some pecorino romano,
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Sicilian oregano,
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it goes in the oven,
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it comes out so crispy
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and crunchy and buttery
and tender
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that your teeth just sort of
shatters right through it.
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We were gonna
throw it in before--
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Throw it in. Let it simmer
for another hour.
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And then, on top of that,
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you get to dip it
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in the nectar of the gods,
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also known as marinara sauce.
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And, uh, serving it with
hot spicy marinara sauce,
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we've been making our own
spicy Calabrian chili garlic.
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So, like, you know, kind of
like a Japanese influence.
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I mean, I'll take one, I'll
take two right now if I could.
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Hey, big dog.
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Frank Falcinelli, the legendary.
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You want to think--
I know you're busy.
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You wanna think about how we can
make some money with that pizza oven?
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[Frank] Yeah.
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[Christian] I've started, um,
having some meetings
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and phone calls
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and it turns out that
I was right.
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I needed to get out
of the house.
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I wanted to cook.
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I wanted to start playing
around with garlic bread.
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Boom.
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So, a few weeks ago,
I embarked on
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the garlic bread world tour.
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[Matt] All right. Wow,
look at all that garlic, dude.
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Whoo!
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[Christian] I got to work
up at Good Old Days Pizza
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with my boy, Matt Stanczak.
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It cooks beautifully.
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I can turn it up to nine-hundy
if you wanna cook Neapolitan.
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I did a pop-up
with my brother, Dan Kardos,
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at his restaurant Oar and Oak
up in Stratford, Connecticut.
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And it's really cool.
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My friends at Waring,
they helped me out
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giving me these two
double-deck pizza ovens.
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And I've been rollin' up
to my friends' places,
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setting up all my tables,
setting up my generators
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and cooking garlic bread
out of the back of the truck.
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So, it's a really-- it's a
really great and weird feeling
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being back in a restaurant
after all this time.
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It feels good.
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[customer] Heavy!
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00:11:33,468 --> 00:11:36,337
- I put a little extra two-tier garlics on this one.
- [chuckles]
249
00:11:36,339 --> 00:11:38,706
It feels good to meet
really nice folks
250
00:11:38,708 --> 00:11:43,010
that were just
so genuinely happy
251
00:11:43,012 --> 00:11:46,013
to come out
and eat bread with cheese.
252
00:11:46,015 --> 00:11:49,050
My bastone is on the fritz.
[laughing]
253
00:11:49,052 --> 00:11:51,719
- Oh, my God, the pop-ups, like...
- I've been having fun.
254
00:11:51,721 --> 00:11:54,288
You're-- and what makes
you happy. Cooking, right?
255
00:11:54,290 --> 00:11:56,124
[laughing]
256
00:11:56,126 --> 00:11:57,725
He loves to create,
257
00:11:57,727 --> 00:11:59,894
and when he's out there
like cooking that food,
258
00:11:59,896 --> 00:12:02,897
he comes back, like,
a completely different person.
259
00:12:02,899 --> 00:12:05,032
Like, "Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
I saw this was there.
260
00:12:05,034 --> 00:12:06,801
"Oh, my God,
I saw the cutest kids."
261
00:12:06,803 --> 00:12:10,505
Good to see that baby.
That garlic bread baby.
262
00:12:10,507 --> 00:12:15,143
Like, the stress from,
you know, trying to put this,
263
00:12:15,145 --> 00:12:16,911
you know, new business together,
264
00:12:16,913 --> 00:12:19,147
kind of like gets to just
disappear for a little bit.
265
00:12:19,149 --> 00:12:22,850
So, when you do those pop-ups,
and then you come back,
266
00:12:22,852 --> 00:12:24,886
you're like, "I can't wait
to do the next one."
267
00:12:24,888 --> 00:12:26,187
And, now, I have
a better idea of how--
268
00:12:26,189 --> 00:12:27,388
What I'm wanna do with
the next one.
269
00:12:27,390 --> 00:12:29,690
I definitely think
you can cook some more
270
00:12:29,692 --> 00:12:31,526
for your-- for your own sanity.
271
00:12:33,195 --> 00:12:35,563
[chill hip-hop playing]
272
00:12:38,934 --> 00:12:43,371
[Christian] I want the Petroni
garlic bread to be a national product.
273
00:12:43,373 --> 00:12:48,009
I want it to just be
like a household staple item
274
00:12:48,011 --> 00:12:52,079
the way frozen pizza is,
the way these meal kits are.
275
00:12:52,081 --> 00:12:56,450
I'd like to have garlic bread
in every freezer in America.
276
00:12:56,452 --> 00:13:02,056
So, I see this, right now,
as a way of doin' it.
277
00:13:02,058 --> 00:13:03,925
So, it's been really cool
278
00:13:03,927 --> 00:13:07,995
and a fun way to-- to
keep the creativity flowing.
279
00:13:10,299 --> 00:13:13,000
[Guy] One full year
into this new food world...
280
00:13:14,970 --> 00:13:17,371
Are you ready for the finale?
281
00:13:17,373 --> 00:13:20,107
our four chefs
keep opening doors...
282
00:13:20,342 --> 00:13:22,176
Holy cow.
283
00:13:24,246 --> 00:13:25,880
to possibility...
284
00:13:25,882 --> 00:13:30,351
I started selling hoodies
as means of pure survival.
285
00:13:30,353 --> 00:13:31,686
and challenges.
286
00:13:31,688 --> 00:13:33,454
I was not prepared for it.
287
00:13:35,157 --> 00:13:37,091
Maneet Chauhan
and her husband, Vivek,
288
00:13:37,093 --> 00:13:38,960
the total package.
289
00:13:38,962 --> 00:13:42,697
Balancing a creative business
plan with a one-of-a-kind mash up
290
00:13:42,699 --> 00:13:46,000
of Indian cooking and
Nashville's southern charm.
291
00:13:47,035 --> 00:13:48,669
I am Maneet Chauhan
292
00:13:48,671 --> 00:13:53,140
and I am the president and
founder of Morph Hospitality
293
00:13:53,142 --> 00:13:55,910
and along with my husband,
Vivek Deora.
294
00:13:55,912 --> 00:13:58,412
Vivek is the CEO and founder.
295
00:13:58,414 --> 00:14:02,116
We own four restaurants
in downtown Nashville.
296
00:14:02,118 --> 00:14:06,821
Vivek and I also own a
beer park called Hop Springs,
297
00:14:06,823 --> 00:14:09,156
which is on 83 acres.
298
00:14:16,031 --> 00:14:17,732
- [Maneet] Well, tomorrow is the finale.
- Can't wait!
299
00:14:17,734 --> 00:14:18,833
Can't wait.
300
00:14:18,934 --> 00:14:21,135
This year, I did
Tournament of Champions again.
301
00:14:21,137 --> 00:14:23,738
It's time to kick
some west-coast [bleep].
302
00:14:23,740 --> 00:14:27,575
- [crowd cheering] - The one
and only, Chef Maneet Chauhan!
303
00:14:29,144 --> 00:14:31,279
[Maneet] Last year,
the same tournament,
304
00:14:31,281 --> 00:14:35,283
I got knocked out
in the quarter finals.
305
00:14:35,285 --> 00:14:39,220
Maneet, you are a champion.
You got all the way to the semifinals.
306
00:14:39,222 --> 00:14:44,358
It hit me a lot more than just a
normal win or a loss would have.
307
00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,962
- [crying] I wanted to see you win.
- It's okay.
308
00:14:47,964 --> 00:14:50,298
That's what life is all about.
309
00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:52,033
It was just not
that win or loss,
310
00:14:52,035 --> 00:14:53,868
it was the onset of COVID.
311
00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:58,372
The entire world around us
was completely shattering.
312
00:15:06,815 --> 00:15:09,350
I grabbed a bottle of wine,
went to the closet
313
00:15:09,352 --> 00:15:11,252
and I was just like
crying my eyes out.
314
00:15:11,987 --> 00:15:13,387
I want us to win, too.
315
00:15:13,389 --> 00:15:16,657
Um, especially when it comes
to the restaurants.
316
00:15:16,659 --> 00:15:19,460
Given the times that we are in,
317
00:15:19,462 --> 00:15:23,097
it just really, really hit me
and really, really upset me.
318
00:15:23,099 --> 00:15:26,334
I hope we get
out of this stronger.
319
00:15:26,336 --> 00:15:29,403
I keep convincing myself
that we will...
320
00:15:30,706 --> 00:15:32,106
but it's frightening.
321
00:15:34,943 --> 00:15:37,712
[Guy] Who will be crowned the
winner of Tournament of Champions?
322
00:15:41,416 --> 00:15:43,517
[Maneet] Long story short,
I got in, this year,
323
00:15:43,519 --> 00:15:46,487
to the last round of the finals.
324
00:15:46,489 --> 00:15:49,023
Are you ready for the finale?
325
00:15:49,025 --> 00:15:50,458
[crowd cheering]
326
00:15:50,460 --> 00:15:51,926
Let's light it up!
327
00:15:51,928 --> 00:15:53,327
Let's get this.
328
00:15:53,329 --> 00:15:57,198
[dramatic music playing]
329
00:16:00,969 --> 00:16:03,537
Let's see what the judges say.
This was a tough one.
330
00:16:03,539 --> 00:16:05,106
And the winner is...
331
00:16:11,113 --> 00:16:12,013
Maneet Chauhan!
332
00:16:12,015 --> 00:16:15,850
[all cheering]
333
00:16:15,852 --> 00:16:18,285
Vivek and I knew
what the results were,
334
00:16:18,287 --> 00:16:19,887
but we hadn't shared
it with the kids.
335
00:16:19,889 --> 00:16:21,122
The World Champ!
336
00:16:21,124 --> 00:16:24,291
Give it up for
Chef Maneet Chauhan!
337
00:16:24,293 --> 00:16:28,062
It was just a profound moment.
Just like...
338
00:16:28,064 --> 00:16:31,866
Like, "Oh, my God. It's-- it's actually
happened. It's finally happened.
339
00:16:31,868 --> 00:16:34,068
This is incredible, right.
340
00:16:34,070 --> 00:16:36,404
It's been a year
of devastating losses.
341
00:16:36,406 --> 00:16:39,340
But the fact
that we never stopped
342
00:16:39,342 --> 00:16:43,277
for a minute or gave
into that loss is something
343
00:16:43,279 --> 00:16:46,180
that we can only show the kids
through example.
344
00:16:46,182 --> 00:16:47,648
Yay!
345
00:16:47,650 --> 00:16:50,451
The next day, I was wearing my
Tournament of Champions T-shirt...
346
00:16:50,453 --> 00:16:52,686
[Chagun] Mommy, are
you ever gonna take that off?
347
00:16:52,688 --> 00:16:56,424
What? My Tournament
of Champions swag?
348
00:16:56,426 --> 00:16:58,993
I think the only thing
that winning does is,
349
00:16:58,995 --> 00:17:00,828
I think it does wonders
for your ego,
350
00:17:00,830 --> 00:17:02,897
because in the end of the day,
351
00:17:02,899 --> 00:17:06,300
reality is reality. I still
had to go out to work.
352
00:17:13,275 --> 00:17:15,810
- [man] Oh, my God.
- [Maneet] Hello. Hi!
353
00:17:15,812 --> 00:17:17,378
How are you doin'?
354
00:17:19,181 --> 00:17:23,050
We, literally, walked into a
situation the following Saturday,
355
00:17:23,052 --> 00:17:25,086
uh, reservations
going through the roof.
356
00:17:25,088 --> 00:17:27,455
Chaatable is going
to be doing around 200 covers.
357
00:17:27,457 --> 00:17:29,190
Mockingbird is doing 400 plus.
358
00:17:29,192 --> 00:17:31,425
Tansuo will be crossing 200
359
00:17:31,427 --> 00:17:33,494
and Chauhan, as usual,
will be crossing 300.
360
00:17:33,496 --> 00:17:35,362
If I look at the dining room
right now,
361
00:17:35,364 --> 00:17:38,065
I see one empty table.
362
00:17:38,067 --> 00:17:41,135
-Is that correct? There's one empty table.
-There is.
363
00:17:41,137 --> 00:17:42,903
Pretty busy.
[chuckles]
364
00:17:42,905 --> 00:17:44,839
Of course,
we are severely short-staffed.
365
00:17:44,841 --> 00:17:46,874
We're in this industry
to provide good food
366
00:17:46,876 --> 00:17:49,877
and good service
and a good experience.
367
00:17:49,879 --> 00:17:52,313
So, you've got to just roll up your
sleeves and do what you have to do.
368
00:17:52,315 --> 00:17:54,181
- Okay, guys.
- [worker] Boss is back.
369
00:17:54,183 --> 00:17:56,350
Boss is back
and Boss is just fed.
370
00:17:57,285 --> 00:17:58,886
Okay, let's do this.
371
00:17:58,888 --> 00:18:01,388
I've been talking to my
friends across the country
372
00:18:01,390 --> 00:18:03,991
and everybody is having
the same problem. Staffing.
373
00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:07,261
So, you know what, I have hands
374
00:18:07,263 --> 00:18:10,231
and I show up on weekends
and I help Chaatable.
375
00:18:10,233 --> 00:18:12,199
Which one are you
giving me first, B9 or B4?
376
00:18:12,201 --> 00:18:14,001
- B9. Yeah, yeah.
- B9? Okay.
377
00:18:14,003 --> 00:18:15,402
It's a lean team.
378
00:18:16,138 --> 00:18:17,338
We just have to make it work.
379
00:18:18,974 --> 00:18:22,710
Can you go ahead
and file B4 and B9?
380
00:18:30,218 --> 00:18:34,588
Just before the craziness of
the evening was about to start...
381
00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:43,264
I went to the restroom and I saw
that the handle of the flush was broken.
382
00:18:52,007 --> 00:18:54,942
The first thing we did
was jumped into the car
383
00:18:54,944 --> 00:18:57,378
because there was nobody else
that I could send.
384
00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:02,249
Head over to the closest
hardware store.
385
00:19:02,251 --> 00:19:04,285
[GPS]
In one mile, turn left.
386
00:19:04,287 --> 00:19:07,087
I will if the people in front
would move their [bleep].
387
00:19:07,089 --> 00:19:10,858
The person at the hardware
store gave me a couple of options.
388
00:19:10,860 --> 00:19:13,494
Bought all the options
just in case one didn't work.
389
00:19:13,496 --> 00:19:14,494
Of course, this is natural,
390
00:19:14,496 --> 00:19:17,198
you see a random pink elephant
right over here.
391
00:19:20,902 --> 00:19:23,137
I definitely am not
a handy person,
392
00:19:23,139 --> 00:19:26,106
but, at the time of a pinch,
you're figuring out how to do it.
393
00:19:26,108 --> 00:19:27,508
Yes!
394
00:19:27,510 --> 00:19:31,178
Riding on the high of winning
TOC was absolutely incredible,
395
00:19:31,180 --> 00:19:35,382
but, you know what,
reality is reality, it sets in.
396
00:19:37,352 --> 00:19:39,019
It's been a day, man.
397
00:19:39,021 --> 00:19:41,689
It's a good tired.
Like, I'll sleep well today.
398
00:19:42,424 --> 00:19:45,025
Okay, back to the kitchen.
399
00:19:50,765 --> 00:19:54,768
In Bedford, New York, Christian
and his amazing rock of a wife, Sheri,
400
00:19:54,770 --> 00:19:57,705
have doubled down on their
decision to do things differently.
401
00:20:01,676 --> 00:20:05,412
What we're doin' here is puttin'
out one of our weekly shipments.
402
00:20:05,414 --> 00:20:07,314
Um, we got the Gabagool here.
403
00:20:08,283 --> 00:20:10,284
I'm only about three quarters
of a pickup truck.
404
00:20:10,286 --> 00:20:12,519
[chuckles] It's lame.
405
00:20:12,521 --> 00:20:16,357
There is this great new way
to be able to create revenue,
406
00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:17,391
create a business
407
00:20:17,393 --> 00:20:20,160
without having to open
a restaurant.
408
00:20:20,162 --> 00:20:22,196
T-shirts, hoodies...
409
00:20:22,198 --> 00:20:28,969
I started preselling hoodies on my
Instagram as means of pure survival.
410
00:20:28,971 --> 00:20:31,038
I have my card payments
comin' up,
411
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,275
and I-- we had no more money.
[chuckles]
412
00:20:34,277 --> 00:20:36,877
So, that's when
2020 Hustle kicked in.
413
00:20:36,879 --> 00:20:38,379
Diddy said it best.
414
00:20:38,381 --> 00:20:41,949
"If 2020 didn't bring the hustle
out of you, then, nothing will."
415
00:20:41,951 --> 00:20:47,121
We live, we learn
and we Gabagool.
416
00:20:47,123 --> 00:20:51,325
I invested the last money I had
to get the initial push of hoodies
417
00:20:51,327 --> 00:20:54,028
and I posted them
and two, three days later,
418
00:20:54,030 --> 00:20:55,929
we were almost sold out hoodies
419
00:20:55,931 --> 00:20:58,065
and it absolutely
saved my [bleep].
420
00:20:58,067 --> 00:21:00,334
I was very, very, very blessed
421
00:21:00,336 --> 00:21:03,304
that my husband was working
hard keepin' us afloat.
422
00:21:03,306 --> 00:21:06,974
See Capocollo. That's
what Gabagool is. You get it?
423
00:21:06,976 --> 00:21:10,744
I know exactly what it is. I just
don't happen to really like it, so.
424
00:21:10,746 --> 00:21:14,648
Gabagool is like a funny way
of saying Capocollo,
425
00:21:14,650 --> 00:21:17,685
which is an Italian cured
meat. It's a joke, you know.
426
00:21:17,687 --> 00:21:21,121
- Can I just eat my Gabagool in peace please?
- [all laughing]
427
00:21:21,123 --> 00:21:23,257
[Christian]
I got to 40K in sales, like,
428
00:21:23,259 --> 00:21:26,694
really quick, and
I screwed everything up.
429
00:21:26,696 --> 00:21:30,097
From day two or three
was a real business,
430
00:21:30,099 --> 00:21:32,066
and I was not prepared for it.
431
00:21:32,068 --> 00:21:34,068
I had to bring on two employees,
432
00:21:34,070 --> 00:21:35,969
because I already running
this business into the ground.
433
00:21:35,971 --> 00:21:37,571
[laughs]
434
00:21:37,772 --> 00:21:41,608
Emily and Adam, they've taken
over the fulfillment in customer service
435
00:21:41,610 --> 00:21:43,777
which has been
an absolute blessing.
436
00:21:43,779 --> 00:21:47,314
Restaurant merch is more
popular than it's ever, ever been.
437
00:21:47,316 --> 00:21:51,018
I want like Gabagool Media
to be like a fun place to go to,
438
00:21:51,020 --> 00:21:53,787
where you can probably
buy some cool stuff,
439
00:21:53,789 --> 00:21:55,923
see some cool
collaborations, right?
440
00:21:55,925 --> 00:21:58,859
I want it to be
a lifestyle brand.
441
00:21:58,861 --> 00:22:02,196
You know, we've given away
watches and rare sneakers.
442
00:22:02,198 --> 00:22:03,997
That's a lot of fun for me.
443
00:22:03,999 --> 00:22:07,935
But it's a little stressful,
and thank God for Sheri.
444
00:22:07,937 --> 00:22:10,204
We are business
partners now, like, that's it.
445
00:22:10,206 --> 00:22:13,540
I'm going to be helping him with
design, help him stay focused.
446
00:22:13,542 --> 00:22:16,076
Whatever it is, you know,
we are going to be a team.
447
00:22:16,078 --> 00:22:18,145
Supporting your family at the
same time, that's the end goal.
448
00:22:18,147 --> 00:22:21,048
- Good things are coming for us, babe.
- [laughs]
449
00:22:22,250 --> 00:22:24,985
[Antonia] Los Angeles county
finally lifted its mask mandate.
450
00:22:24,987 --> 00:22:26,320
Everything is allowed to open.
451
00:22:26,322 --> 00:22:28,355
So, that was a huge deal.
452
00:22:28,357 --> 00:22:30,424
We had to prove ourselves.
453
00:22:30,426 --> 00:22:32,092
This is the newest wave.
454
00:22:32,094 --> 00:22:34,261
[Maneet] Derrick has started
making different samples
455
00:22:34,263 --> 00:22:35,863
of hard seltzer.
456
00:22:35,865 --> 00:22:37,131
The machine is broken again.
457
00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:46,407
Down in Tennessee,
Maneet and Vivek's brewery
458
00:22:46,409 --> 00:22:47,975
has been pumping out
459
00:22:47,977 --> 00:22:49,376
high volume
throughout the pandemic,
460
00:22:49,378 --> 00:22:52,880
and now, they're about
to turn that volume up to 11.
461
00:22:52,882 --> 00:22:55,883
[Maneet] At Hop Springs,
we have been contacted by
462
00:22:55,885 --> 00:22:59,319
some big hard seltzer
companies for us
463
00:22:59,321 --> 00:23:02,356
to contract-brew
hard seltzers for them.
464
00:23:02,358 --> 00:23:04,591
That is a huge market.
465
00:23:07,128 --> 00:23:09,062
But it's all fallen into place.
466
00:23:09,064 --> 00:23:12,366
Derrick has started making
different samples of hard seltzer.
467
00:23:12,368 --> 00:23:14,001
To our success.
468
00:23:14,003 --> 00:23:16,170
Hopefully. Fingers crossed.
469
00:23:19,541 --> 00:23:20,974
My God, this actually
is really good.
470
00:23:20,976 --> 00:23:22,709
This is the newest wave.
471
00:23:22,711 --> 00:23:24,545
Hard seltzer at
the present moment is one of
472
00:23:24,547 --> 00:23:28,182
the hottest commodities
in the beverage arena.
473
00:23:29,050 --> 00:23:30,117
Madame!
474
00:23:31,186 --> 00:23:33,153
Holy cow.
475
00:23:35,256 --> 00:23:38,692
[Vivek] This has been an
important pivot in our business.
476
00:23:38,694 --> 00:23:42,095
This contact that we secured is
gonna add some serious numbers.
477
00:23:42,097 --> 00:23:45,699
But to fulfill that contract,
we need a canning line
478
00:23:45,701 --> 00:23:50,304
that can do close to about
130 to 170 cans per minute.
479
00:23:50,306 --> 00:23:53,106
We had to prove ourselves.
480
00:23:56,544 --> 00:23:58,145
The machine is broken again.
481
00:23:58,147 --> 00:24:01,014
It's right over here.
482
00:24:01,016 --> 00:24:03,984
That there is a part which
is not behaving.
483
00:24:03,986 --> 00:24:08,889
We've got crews over here,
waiting to help out.
484
00:24:08,891 --> 00:24:12,793
Ooh, everybody's waiting.
Waiting, waiting-- Hi, guys.
485
00:24:12,795 --> 00:24:14,161
We're running against time
486
00:24:14,163 --> 00:24:16,763
because if we cannot
make the delivery on time,
487
00:24:16,765 --> 00:24:18,632
we're not going
to get that contact again.
488
00:24:26,875 --> 00:24:30,944
We've got thousands of cases
to deliver in two days.
489
00:24:30,946 --> 00:24:33,981
This is the biggest contract
that we've ever gotten.
490
00:24:33,983 --> 00:24:35,916
Each and every partner
showed up.
491
00:24:35,918 --> 00:24:39,286
The brewers, literally,
they were sleeping over there,
492
00:24:39,288 --> 00:24:40,821
taking two 2-hours break.
493
00:24:40,823 --> 00:24:44,057
It was literally
a 24-hour production
494
00:24:44,059 --> 00:24:46,126
because we had
to make so many cases.
495
00:24:47,996 --> 00:24:49,930
We were...
496
00:24:49,932 --> 00:24:54,268
you know, clenching our teeth whether
we're gonna make the quota or not.
497
00:24:54,270 --> 00:24:57,271
[Vivek] Blood, sweat
and tears, and then some.
498
00:24:57,273 --> 00:25:00,340
But you know what,
we hit our mark.
499
00:25:01,976 --> 00:25:04,077
Throughout the summer of 2021,
500
00:25:04,079 --> 00:25:06,713
restrictions on restaurants
slowly start to lift
501
00:25:06,715 --> 00:25:09,082
for Antonia and her staff
in Los Angeles.
502
00:25:09,084 --> 00:25:13,186
For the moment, it's providing a much
needed window to getting back to normal.
503
00:25:16,624 --> 00:25:19,226
[Antonia] California is
largely reopening today.
504
00:25:19,228 --> 00:25:22,396
It means most restrictions like
capacity limits, social distancing,
505
00:25:22,398 --> 00:25:27,000
mask requirements will end
for those fully vaccinated.
506
00:25:27,002 --> 00:25:29,636
Los Angeles County finally
lifted its mask mandate
507
00:25:29,638 --> 00:25:32,306
June 15th and said
everything is allowed to open.
508
00:25:32,308 --> 00:25:35,008
Meaning anyone who's been
vaccinated doesn't have to wear a mask.
509
00:25:35,010 --> 00:25:37,177
So, that was a huge deal.
That being said,
510
00:25:37,179 --> 00:25:39,379
this is the most normal
we've been back to
511
00:25:39,381 --> 00:25:41,048
in the last 18 months.
512
00:25:41,050 --> 00:25:42,082
Let me say that again.
513
00:25:42,084 --> 00:25:43,350
This is the most normal
we've been back to
514
00:25:43,352 --> 00:25:44,217
in the last 18 months.
515
00:25:44,219 --> 00:25:45,519
It feels so good.
516
00:25:48,790 --> 00:25:51,892
I've been so skeptical
this entire pandemic,
517
00:25:51,894 --> 00:25:53,760
because we've seen
opening and closing,
518
00:25:53,762 --> 00:25:55,796
and you can do this
or that you can't do this,
519
00:25:55,798 --> 00:25:59,199
and this has been the first time
that it's going in the right direction.
520
00:25:59,201 --> 00:26:01,001
Every time I walk into
this restaurant
521
00:26:01,003 --> 00:26:03,337
and I see a new thing
that's back to normal,
522
00:26:03,339 --> 00:26:04,271
I wanna cry.
523
00:26:04,273 --> 00:26:06,473
Because, you know,
so much has been
524
00:26:06,475 --> 00:26:09,042
stripped away
this last year and a half.
525
00:26:09,044 --> 00:26:11,445
It's really somewhat emotional.
526
00:26:12,246 --> 00:26:13,914
Every guest that comes in here.
527
00:26:13,916 --> 00:26:15,616
Everyone is so happy to be out.
528
00:26:18,853 --> 00:26:21,955
What used to sort of look
like a desert of tables,
529
00:26:21,957 --> 00:26:25,192
because we weren't allowed to
have plates and roll-ups and glasses,
530
00:26:25,194 --> 00:26:26,760
now we actually have
all of that out here.
531
00:26:26,762 --> 00:26:30,263
So it's starting to look
very much like regular dining.
532
00:26:31,699 --> 00:26:34,401
Honestly, the best news that
we've gotten so far is that,
533
00:26:34,403 --> 00:26:39,006
most likely, all outdoor dining is
gonna absolutely stay till 2022,
534
00:26:39,008 --> 00:26:41,408
possibly 2023.
535
00:26:43,678 --> 00:26:46,079
Technically, Scopa, DAMA
and Black Market
536
00:26:46,081 --> 00:26:47,347
are fully open.
537
00:26:47,349 --> 00:26:50,584
We're just trying to find
enough staff to open the bar
538
00:26:50,586 --> 00:26:53,186
and then sort of going back
to our large-party protocols.
539
00:26:53,188 --> 00:26:56,123
We're gonna get the bar back.
We're gonna get the large parties back,
540
00:26:56,125 --> 00:26:58,525
um, and then we're gonna
get ready for the holidays.
541
00:27:02,263 --> 00:27:03,330
[Guy] Coming up...
542
00:27:03,332 --> 00:27:05,432
As the world starts
to open up...
543
00:27:05,434 --> 00:27:07,334
Oh, my God.
This is insane, man.
544
00:27:07,336 --> 00:27:09,369
[Vivek] Everywhere I look,
there are people.
545
00:27:09,371 --> 00:27:11,138
[Maneet] This is like
back to normal.
546
00:27:11,140 --> 00:27:12,472
Who would have thought that
normal could be
547
00:27:12,474 --> 00:27:14,274
such an exciting thing?
548
00:27:17,912 --> 00:27:19,446
[Guy]
In Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
549
00:27:19,448 --> 00:27:23,316
Maneet and Vivek are preparing
for their first big event in 15 months.
550
00:27:23,318 --> 00:27:26,286
Hello! How are you doing?
551
00:27:26,688 --> 00:27:27,921
So nice to see you!
552
00:27:27,923 --> 00:27:29,322
Oh, my God.
This is insane, man.
553
00:27:30,425 --> 00:27:34,061
So, June 5th, we set up
at Hop Springs
554
00:27:34,063 --> 00:27:36,229
a Justin Moore concert.
555
00:27:36,731 --> 00:27:40,267
The first big concert.
556
00:27:40,269 --> 00:27:42,636
So, what are we expecting,
3,000 people tonight?
557
00:27:43,071 --> 00:27:45,172
I hope so.
558
00:27:45,174 --> 00:27:49,209
[Maneet] 3,000. Like, just that
number, it gave us goosebumps.
559
00:27:49,211 --> 00:27:52,579
Given the fact that last year
around this time...
560
00:27:53,815 --> 00:27:57,150
there weren't more
than 30 people allowed.
561
00:27:59,487 --> 00:28:02,389
[Vivek] We used to have
this area loaded with people.
562
00:28:02,391 --> 00:28:04,124
Today, it's empty.
563
00:28:04,126 --> 00:28:08,862
So, just leaving the
Hop Springs brewery,
564
00:28:08,864 --> 00:28:11,531
what do you think Vivek?
Do you think we'll make it?
565
00:28:13,101 --> 00:28:14,568
Do we have any other option?
566
00:28:18,005 --> 00:28:19,239
[guitar music playing]
567
00:28:25,246 --> 00:28:27,147
Hello!
568
00:28:27,149 --> 00:28:29,983
[Vivek] Everywhere I look,
there are people.
569
00:28:29,985 --> 00:28:32,953
This is like back to normal. Like,
who would have thought that normal
570
00:28:32,955 --> 00:28:35,088
could be such an exciting thing?
571
00:28:39,393 --> 00:28:40,961
[Vivek]
This concert is a kick-off,
572
00:28:40,963 --> 00:28:43,764
not only for kicking
COVID's butt,
573
00:28:43,766 --> 00:28:46,366
- but it's also to relax our souls a little bit.
- Yes.
574
00:28:46,368 --> 00:28:50,270
So, now that you've seen life
over here, it's like, yes!
575
00:28:50,505 --> 00:28:51,805
So excited.
576
00:28:51,807 --> 00:28:53,006
[crowd cheering]
577
00:28:53,008 --> 00:28:55,709
Well, I have the pleasure of
introducing you
578
00:28:55,711 --> 00:28:58,078
to Food Network
Tournament Champions winner,
579
00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,913
she's a partner here
at Hop Springs,
580
00:28:59,915 --> 00:29:02,849
she's now one of Nashville's
own, Maneet Chauhan.
581
00:29:02,851 --> 00:29:04,417
[crowd clapping and cheering]
582
00:29:05,319 --> 00:29:08,155
This was a cool
rock star moment.
583
00:29:08,157 --> 00:29:09,523
Thank you so much.
584
00:29:09,525 --> 00:29:11,191
Tried to put it down, team.
585
00:29:11,193 --> 00:29:13,493
Many smiles for joining us.
586
00:29:13,495 --> 00:29:15,729
So, so excited to be here.
587
00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:22,002
[singer]
Live music is back!
588
00:29:25,139 --> 00:29:27,941
Justin Moore
started his concert.
589
00:29:27,943 --> 00:29:31,678
[Maneet] And then I walked
back to the tap room
590
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,282
and I see Jerry,
who is running around,
591
00:29:37,218 --> 00:29:39,319
and I just kicked into my
chef mode,
592
00:29:39,321 --> 00:29:42,055
where I am like
ringing up everything,
593
00:29:42,057 --> 00:29:44,157
making sure that
the line is moving.
594
00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:47,194
Would you like a receipt?
Thank you. Enjoy.
595
00:29:47,196 --> 00:29:50,363
In all honesty,
this was an event
596
00:29:50,365 --> 00:29:53,033
where Vivek and I had actually
597
00:29:53,035 --> 00:29:55,335
really planned to just
stay back and enjoy.
598
00:29:55,337 --> 00:29:57,671
Like, take in the moment.
599
00:29:57,673 --> 00:30:00,240
I was on the stage. How did I
end up over here? I have no idea.
600
00:30:00,242 --> 00:30:04,110
Only Maneet can jump from
big stage to Jack and Coke.
601
00:30:04,112 --> 00:30:07,314
Look at the line. There's like a
20-minute wait to get a beverage.
602
00:30:07,715 --> 00:30:10,217
When it rains, it pours right?
603
00:30:10,219 --> 00:30:14,120
It's pouring right now. You know
what's pouring? A lot of beer, baby.
604
00:30:15,323 --> 00:30:17,357
It was crazy.
605
00:30:19,594 --> 00:30:21,661
Look at this, I mean...
606
00:30:24,932 --> 00:30:29,236
[Maneet] The next thing I realize
is when I look up, it's dark outside.
607
00:30:29,238 --> 00:30:33,506
When it started kind of winding
down, that's the time that we
608
00:30:33,508 --> 00:30:35,275
stepped away.
609
00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:37,878
I think, at this moment,
610
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,680
we can say that
we are getting back.
611
00:30:43,885 --> 00:30:49,122
What this entire experience has
taught us is never get comfortable.
612
00:30:49,124 --> 00:30:53,059
Always be on your toes, because
you never know what life holds for you
613
00:30:53,061 --> 00:30:55,128
around the next corner.
614
00:30:56,464 --> 00:31:00,967
We also are strong believers
that after the darkest night,
615
00:31:00,969 --> 00:31:03,503
what follows
is the brightest day.
616
00:31:03,505 --> 00:31:07,073
Right now, we are
at the breaking of dawn.
617
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:13,446
[Guy] Coming up...
618
00:31:13,514 --> 00:31:16,750
Our innovative and greatest
chefs spread their wings.
619
00:31:16,752 --> 00:31:19,386
[Antonia] I'm slightly
sweating and hyperventilating.
620
00:31:19,388 --> 00:31:23,390
I just kind of felt the
magnitude of that moment.
621
00:31:24,859 --> 00:31:27,193
[Guy] Out in LA,
Chef Antonia has no clue
622
00:31:27,195 --> 00:31:30,730
just how nutty I'm about
to make her life.
623
00:31:30,732 --> 00:31:33,300
[Antonia] 2020 and because
of the documentary,
624
00:31:33,302 --> 00:31:36,002
there are more opportunities
that have been opening up
625
00:31:36,004 --> 00:31:37,370
as far as television
is concerned.
626
00:31:37,372 --> 00:31:39,039
And that feels nice.
627
00:31:40,374 --> 00:31:42,742
I went to set for Grocery Games,
628
00:31:42,744 --> 00:31:45,145
and one of the producers said,
629
00:31:45,147 --> 00:31:47,347
"Guy wants you to host half
of the show with Hunter."
630
00:31:47,349 --> 00:31:48,882
And I was like, what?
631
00:31:48,884 --> 00:31:50,450
I thought I was
judging that day.
632
00:31:50,452 --> 00:31:53,119
Guy, like, gave up his power and
went and sat at the judges' table,
633
00:31:53,121 --> 00:31:54,888
and, suddenly, I'm telling
Guy what to do.
634
00:31:54,890 --> 00:31:55,555
And cut to...
635
00:31:55,923 --> 00:31:57,323
We go to Orlando.
636
00:31:57,325 --> 00:32:01,261
- Nice to meet you all.
- And he's doing Guy's chance of a lifetime.
637
00:32:01,263 --> 00:32:04,698
It's Christian and myself
with his partner, Robert Earl,
638
00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:06,266
who is the owner of
the Planet Hollywood
639
00:32:06,268 --> 00:32:09,369
and has me sitting on the panel
640
00:32:09,371 --> 00:32:12,339
as we're choosing six
contestants, who will essentially
641
00:32:12,341 --> 00:32:14,274
win a Chicken Guy! franchise.
642
00:32:14,276 --> 00:32:17,577
This is going to be the most
challenging job interview you've ever had.
643
00:32:17,579 --> 00:32:21,881
This is the largest cash prize
that has ever been given away
644
00:32:21,883 --> 00:32:24,384
on a culinary competition ever.
645
00:32:24,386 --> 00:32:26,953
Chicken Guy! is at the point
of a nationwide launch.
646
00:32:26,955 --> 00:32:28,154
Yeah, this is what I was
born to do.
647
00:32:28,156 --> 00:32:29,422
This is what I am made for.
648
00:32:29,424 --> 00:32:31,791
I came out the womb, ready
to operate this business.
649
00:32:31,793 --> 00:32:33,026
This is what I do.
650
00:32:33,028 --> 00:32:37,163
Guy, I am your Chicken Guy,
and that's all I gotta say.
651
00:32:37,165 --> 00:32:39,699
I'm in an interesting position
to be on that panel
652
00:32:39,701 --> 00:32:41,701
to sort of guide a lot
of these contestants,
653
00:32:41,703 --> 00:32:43,703
for them to really understand
what it means
654
00:32:43,705 --> 00:32:46,239
to be like a true,
authentic person
655
00:32:46,241 --> 00:32:47,640
in order to win this thing.
656
00:32:47,642 --> 00:32:49,943
- This is me talking very real to you, okay?
- Okay.
657
00:32:49,945 --> 00:32:51,911
You have a calling to the
restaurant industry I'm assuming.
658
00:32:51,913 --> 00:32:54,280
- Mmm-hmm.
- We need to know what that feels like.
659
00:32:54,282 --> 00:32:56,449
I'm ready to do everything
they have put in front of us.
660
00:32:56,451 --> 00:32:58,518
All of a sudden, the next day,
Guy was just like,
661
00:32:58,520 --> 00:32:59,986
"The floor's yours.
I'm leaving."
662
00:32:59,988 --> 00:33:01,221
And I was like, "What?"
663
00:33:01,223 --> 00:33:02,956
He likes to just like
do these things
664
00:33:02,958 --> 00:33:04,357
where he doesn't really
tell me what he's doing
665
00:33:04,359 --> 00:33:05,358
and then, just does it.
666
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,161
Suddenly, I was in charge
of the board room.
667
00:33:09,063 --> 00:33:11,931
And I'm slightly sweating
and hyper-ventilating.
668
00:33:11,933 --> 00:33:16,036
I just kinda felt the
magnitude of that moment.
669
00:33:16,038 --> 00:33:19,005
The three of us are normally
in competition together.
670
00:33:19,007 --> 00:33:21,041
All the sudden, we all start
sweating, they put a microphone on us,
671
00:33:21,043 --> 00:33:22,509
so it's like a whole thing.
672
00:33:22,511 --> 00:33:25,278
It was a pretty big moment that
made me like wanna go throw up.
673
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,279
[chuckles]
674
00:33:26,281 --> 00:33:29,249
So, I go into things
with no expectation.
675
00:33:29,251 --> 00:33:32,352
It's more just like my fear of
being vulnerable, to be honest.
676
00:33:32,354 --> 00:33:33,987
[man] Everybody ready?
677
00:33:33,989 --> 00:33:35,889
So, when he comes in,
I'm starting the clock.
678
00:33:35,891 --> 00:33:36,990
Correct?
679
00:33:36,992 --> 00:33:39,893
I literally heard my father's
680
00:33:39,895 --> 00:33:42,695
strong Italian, Long
Island accent, and he's like,
681
00:33:42,697 --> 00:33:44,898
"Well, you either gotta
[bleep] or get off the pot."
682
00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:47,400
[laughs] I was like,
"What is wrong with me?"
683
00:33:47,402 --> 00:33:49,035
We're not competing!
684
00:33:49,037 --> 00:33:51,504
We can calm down.
Don't worry. [laughs]
685
00:33:54,041 --> 00:33:55,241
I was a little awkward.
686
00:33:55,243 --> 00:33:56,776
It took me a second
to get my footing.
687
00:33:56,778 --> 00:33:59,245
I was not as confident
and as sure.
688
00:33:59,247 --> 00:34:01,047
So, we've got a big day
ahead of us.
689
00:34:01,049 --> 00:34:02,182
Let's get into it.
690
00:34:02,184 --> 00:34:04,417
I ran the board room.
I ran the contestants.
691
00:34:04,819 --> 00:34:06,086
Presentations.
692
00:34:06,088 --> 00:34:09,389
I wanna bring the next
franchise to Atlanta.
693
00:34:10,157 --> 00:34:11,491
- [applauding]
- How we doing?
694
00:34:12,093 --> 00:34:13,893
[all screaming]
695
00:34:13,895 --> 00:34:16,229
Chicken Guy!, fellas.
Here to stay!
696
00:34:16,231 --> 00:34:17,197
[Antonia] It's been a whirlwind.
697
00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:18,698
It's been super exciting.
698
00:34:18,700 --> 00:34:21,101
As you are on stage and as
you've been going through this,
699
00:34:21,103 --> 00:34:24,037
- this has also been Antonia's debut.
- Oh, my God.
700
00:34:24,039 --> 00:34:26,706
As a co-host and I think,
she's done a great job.
701
00:34:26,708 --> 00:34:27,407
- Don't you think?
- Yes.
702
00:34:27,409 --> 00:34:28,842
I'm impressed.
703
00:34:28,844 --> 00:34:30,043
[Antonia]
I love doing television.
704
00:34:30,045 --> 00:34:31,311
Who knows how far
that's gonna go?
705
00:34:31,313 --> 00:34:32,545
So, it's a big deal.
706
00:34:32,547 --> 00:34:33,947
It's a really big deal.
I'm excited about it.
707
00:34:33,949 --> 00:34:35,415
[all cheering]
708
00:34:37,118 --> 00:34:38,218
Back on the East Coast.
709
00:34:38,220 --> 00:34:40,386
Christian's taking a
different kind of break
710
00:34:40,388 --> 00:34:42,689
to take care of an issue
he's been putting off,
711
00:34:42,691 --> 00:34:43,923
in my opinion...
712
00:34:43,925 --> 00:34:45,425
for way too many years.
713
00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:50,330
[man] What are we doing today?
714
00:34:50,332 --> 00:34:51,698
[Christian]
Getting heart surgery.
715
00:34:51,700 --> 00:34:53,233
The old ticker.
716
00:34:53,235 --> 00:34:55,902
So, I've been living with
atrial fibrillation now
717
00:34:55,904 --> 00:34:58,037
for the past like
two, three years.
718
00:34:58,139 --> 00:34:59,172
Foolishly.
719
00:34:59,174 --> 00:35:02,041
I should have got it taken
care of a long time ago.
720
00:35:02,043 --> 00:35:05,845
And now, it's gotten to a point
where I'm just super uncomfortable.
721
00:35:05,847 --> 00:35:09,215
My demeanor, it's not the
normal Christian Petroni.
722
00:35:09,217 --> 00:35:12,719
A-fib leaves you like
totally depleted of energy.
723
00:35:14,155 --> 00:35:16,089
So, like, she's so excited
because--
724
00:35:16,091 --> 00:35:19,025
- I have been begging him for the longest time.
- Yeah.
725
00:35:19,027 --> 00:35:21,561
[Sheri] I've seen how
hard it is on him,
726
00:35:21,563 --> 00:35:23,029
and how much it's changed him.
727
00:35:23,031 --> 00:35:24,297
It's too scary not...
728
00:35:24,498 --> 00:35:25,532
to be handled.
729
00:35:25,534 --> 00:35:27,400
This is my go-bag.
730
00:35:27,402 --> 00:35:30,170
Sheri put this thing
for me obviously.
731
00:35:30,172 --> 00:35:32,305
Some sort of
instructions in there.
732
00:35:32,307 --> 00:35:35,208
The major source
of anxiety for me lately
733
00:35:35,210 --> 00:35:39,012
has been I'm so grateful
to be on Food Network.
734
00:35:40,781 --> 00:35:42,849
And then, at the same time,
it's like...
735
00:35:42,851 --> 00:35:45,084
I'm hoping that
when I'm on location
736
00:35:45,086 --> 00:35:46,452
somewhere else in the country.
737
00:35:46,454 --> 00:35:49,055
That my A-fib doesn't
get the best of me.
738
00:35:49,057 --> 00:35:50,557
Yes, that's what would
drive me nuts.
739
00:35:51,158 --> 00:35:53,126
You really enjoy being on set,
740
00:35:53,128 --> 00:35:55,028
and filming with basically
all your friends.
741
00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:56,729
It's like a non-stress
environment.
742
00:35:56,731 --> 00:35:58,598
[Christian] Yeah,
I am pretty happy--
743
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,768
-A lot of times, it's such a-- A lot of stress brings on...
- when I'm doing it.
744
00:36:01,770 --> 00:36:03,403
Yeah.
745
00:36:03,405 --> 00:36:06,005
We're gonna bring this to
the hospital, you never know.
746
00:36:06,007 --> 00:36:06,940
We might need them.
747
00:36:06,942 --> 00:36:07,840
So that's everything.
748
00:36:07,842 --> 00:36:09,142
This is my life.
749
00:36:09,144 --> 00:36:11,377
Whatever is left of me
is in this bag, baby.
750
00:36:12,079 --> 00:36:13,179
Remember me.
751
00:36:14,014 --> 00:36:15,381
Don't forget me.
752
00:36:15,383 --> 00:36:16,649
Will you remarry?
753
00:36:18,185 --> 00:36:19,219
[chuckles]
754
00:36:19,221 --> 00:36:20,787
I don't believe you.
755
00:36:20,789 --> 00:36:24,157
It also doesn't hurt
that Guy said to me
756
00:36:24,159 --> 00:36:26,292
that if I don't take
care of this,
757
00:36:26,294 --> 00:36:28,294
he won't put me on
any more of his shows.
758
00:36:28,296 --> 00:36:30,897
[vocalizing]
759
00:36:30,899 --> 00:36:32,532
- Are you driving or am I driving?
- I'll drive.
760
00:36:35,502 --> 00:36:36,936
All right. Be right back out.
761
00:36:36,938 --> 00:36:38,204
Oh, I'm just nervous.
762
00:36:39,039 --> 00:36:40,273
- I'm a mess.
- [producer] Yeah.
763
00:36:40,275 --> 00:36:41,874
But we're not gonna
tell Christian that.
764
00:36:41,876 --> 00:36:43,443
We're gonna pretend that I am...
765
00:36:44,011 --> 00:36:45,211
cool as a cucumber.
766
00:36:52,353 --> 00:36:53,853
[Christian]
So, I'm going in now.
767
00:36:53,855 --> 00:36:54,420
Incredible.
768
00:36:54,422 --> 00:36:56,022
Stamford Hospital.
769
00:36:56,024 --> 00:36:58,324
This is definitely gonna
be the catalyst
770
00:36:58,326 --> 00:37:00,994
for me getting healthy.
771
00:37:03,297 --> 00:37:04,197
All right.
772
00:37:05,899 --> 00:37:07,200
Not fun.
773
00:37:07,202 --> 00:37:08,501
Road to recovery.
774
00:37:09,069 --> 00:37:09,669
New life.
775
00:37:10,337 --> 00:37:11,237
Healthy.
776
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,605
Healthy, healthy, healthy.
777
00:37:17,344 --> 00:37:18,444
[Guy] Coming up...
778
00:37:18,712 --> 00:37:21,281
A year ago, I wasn't sure if
this would even happen.
779
00:37:21,849 --> 00:37:23,216
But we pushed through.
780
00:37:23,218 --> 00:37:25,285
We collectively did that.
781
00:37:25,287 --> 00:37:27,720
The fries are coming
from this station?
782
00:37:27,722 --> 00:37:29,122
Anything works,
it's just different.
783
00:37:29,124 --> 00:37:30,456
We can do anything together.
784
00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:32,992
We truly can.
This is the proof of that.
785
00:37:36,030 --> 00:37:37,463
For Marcus and his team,
786
00:37:37,465 --> 00:37:40,066
another long 4-year dream
comes to fruition.
787
00:37:40,068 --> 00:37:43,069
With a plane ride
down to the Bahamas.
788
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,106
Right now, we're at
Marcus at Baha Mar.
789
00:37:47,108 --> 00:37:51,077
And tomorrow, we have
our grand opening.
790
00:37:55,516 --> 00:37:58,318
I came here to open
Baha Mar in Bahamas...
791
00:37:58,320 --> 00:37:59,385
four or five years ago
792
00:37:59,387 --> 00:38:01,254
always with a vision
and the mission
793
00:38:01,256 --> 00:38:04,190
to open this
beautiful restaurant.
794
00:38:05,326 --> 00:38:08,027
Three years ago,
there was a hurricane.
795
00:38:08,029 --> 00:38:11,397
Hurricane Irma has
strengthened now to a Category 5,
796
00:38:11,399 --> 00:38:14,701
making it the strongest storm
to hit the Atlantic in a decade.
797
00:38:14,703 --> 00:38:17,403
Then right after that, COVID.
798
00:38:18,272 --> 00:38:19,105
I was scared.
799
00:38:19,107 --> 00:38:21,040
I was emotional, like a wreck.
800
00:38:21,042 --> 00:38:23,910
And a year ago, I wasn't sure
if this would even happen.
801
00:38:23,912 --> 00:38:25,745
We're not in New York right now.
802
00:38:25,747 --> 00:38:27,313
We're in a different country.
803
00:38:27,315 --> 00:38:29,682
How do we get products is different
than how you get it in New York.
804
00:38:29,684 --> 00:38:30,983
Anything works,
it's just different.
805
00:38:30,985 --> 00:38:34,954
All of it took papers,
it took permits.
806
00:38:34,956 --> 00:38:38,324
And to do that during COVID
in a different country was just--
807
00:38:38,326 --> 00:38:39,959
It takes a lot.
808
00:38:39,961 --> 00:38:41,694
But we pushed through.
809
00:38:41,696 --> 00:38:43,696
We collectively did that.
810
00:38:43,698 --> 00:38:44,697
So, yeah, it is emotional.
811
00:38:49,002 --> 00:38:50,370
Our restaurant...
812
00:38:50,372 --> 00:38:53,239
is pre-standing on the water.
813
00:38:53,241 --> 00:38:55,241
It's really fine-dining food.
814
00:38:55,243 --> 00:38:56,809
It's the bar itself.
815
00:38:56,811 --> 00:39:01,848
This is the place where people can
gather casual or just stare at the ocean.
816
00:39:01,850 --> 00:39:03,149
I grew up on the water
in Sweden.
817
00:39:03,151 --> 00:39:04,884
It never looked like that.
818
00:39:04,886 --> 00:39:05,952
It's a dining room.
819
00:39:05,954 --> 00:39:07,420
Open kitchen.
820
00:39:07,422 --> 00:39:10,022
It was really important
to showcase the local talent,
821
00:39:10,024 --> 00:39:12,058
who cooks your dinner.
822
00:39:12,060 --> 00:39:15,528
And that's when the restaurant
goes from just being four walls
823
00:39:15,530 --> 00:39:18,030
to something super
dynamic and special.
824
00:39:18,032 --> 00:39:20,900
Upstairs, which is the bar,
which we want people to come
825
00:39:20,902 --> 00:39:23,169
and have a cocktail and
watching the sun go down.
826
00:39:23,171 --> 00:39:24,103
The patio.
827
00:39:24,105 --> 00:39:25,338
The party will be right here.
828
00:39:25,340 --> 00:39:28,141
We'll be cooking over there
and cooking over here.
829
00:39:28,143 --> 00:39:29,242
Lights, fire, action.
830
00:39:29,810 --> 00:39:31,110
What are we doing for dessert?
831
00:39:31,912 --> 00:39:33,413
- [chef] The Viking.
- Right.
832
00:39:34,181 --> 00:39:35,081
As a chef,
833
00:39:35,083 --> 00:39:37,049
you can do nothing
without teams.
834
00:39:37,051 --> 00:39:40,920
To build a restaurant like
that, it's got around 90 jobs.
835
00:39:40,922 --> 00:39:45,191
And then, as we opening up, probably
get to 140 or something like that.
836
00:39:45,193 --> 00:39:47,894
Make sure we cook so it's
ready for the next course.
837
00:39:47,896 --> 00:39:49,829
Getting to know the local team.
838
00:39:49,831 --> 00:39:52,565
Learn from Garrett
what is the dish
839
00:39:52,567 --> 00:39:54,267
so you know how to present it.
840
00:39:54,269 --> 00:39:59,005
Then, making sure that we're cooking
the right way, seasoning the right way.
841
00:39:59,007 --> 00:40:01,941
- The fries are coming from this station?
- Yes, sir.
842
00:40:01,943 --> 00:40:05,945
So, before you present them
toss in salt, right?
843
00:40:05,947 --> 00:40:08,414
Nothing leaves the station
without being tasted, okay?
844
00:40:08,416 --> 00:40:09,649
Nothing!
845
00:40:09,651 --> 00:40:10,983
Nothing, nothing, nothing.
846
00:40:10,985 --> 00:40:14,153
So, as a leader, you have
to be firm but also calm.
847
00:40:14,155 --> 00:40:15,922
You have to calm the team down.
848
00:40:15,924 --> 00:40:17,657
How do we do this the right way?
849
00:40:18,892 --> 00:40:20,960
- Okay, now you have better contrast right?
- Yeah.
850
00:40:20,962 --> 00:40:21,994
- You see?
- And that's very--
851
00:40:21,996 --> 00:40:23,896
- Now, it's more elegant.
- Yes, it is.
852
00:40:23,898 --> 00:40:25,498
I want them to understand that,
853
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:27,166
end of the day, we are
creating and experience,
854
00:40:27,168 --> 00:40:28,468
and they're a part of it.
855
00:40:28,470 --> 00:40:30,203
And we can't do it without them.
856
00:40:35,075 --> 00:40:36,976
Today is the grand opening.
857
00:40:36,978 --> 00:40:38,978
It is the day.
I'm beyond excited.
858
00:40:38,980 --> 00:40:40,112
It's been a long journey.
859
00:40:40,114 --> 00:40:41,881
For chefs, regardless
of where you are,
860
00:40:41,883 --> 00:40:45,418
openings are the most exciting
thing in our industry.
861
00:40:45,420 --> 00:40:48,221
They're the most complicated,
but also the most exciting.
862
00:40:48,223 --> 00:40:50,423
- Marcus, thank you.
- [all applauding]
863
00:40:50,425 --> 00:40:52,124
It's hundreds and
hundreds of people
864
00:40:52,126 --> 00:40:55,828
that kept on working during
COVID to create this.
865
00:40:55,830 --> 00:40:58,297
Thank you so much and now...
866
00:40:58,299 --> 00:41:01,434
let's go down and have dinner
and have a good time!
867
00:41:01,436 --> 00:41:03,102
[all cheering]
868
00:41:03,104 --> 00:41:05,571
My first goal
is to open for dinner.
869
00:41:06,773 --> 00:41:08,241
It's really been a great project
870
00:41:08,243 --> 00:41:10,977
that I was very worried
about a year ago,
871
00:41:10,979 --> 00:41:12,845
because I didn't think it
would happen because of COVID.
872
00:41:12,847 --> 00:41:14,413
I didn't have a lot of hope.
873
00:41:17,050 --> 00:41:19,852
Today, I'm happy.
I'm extremely happy.
874
00:41:19,854 --> 00:41:22,455
And it shows that we,
when we work together,
875
00:41:22,457 --> 00:41:23,890
we can do anything together.
876
00:41:23,892 --> 00:41:24,824
We truly can.
877
00:41:24,826 --> 00:41:26,158
This is the proof of that.
878
00:41:29,396 --> 00:41:32,665
I don't even have words.
But what I do have...
879
00:41:33,834 --> 00:41:35,401
is... thanks.
880
00:41:36,470 --> 00:41:38,137
Thanks to the customers.
881
00:41:38,139 --> 00:41:39,872
Thanks to the guests.
882
00:41:39,874 --> 00:41:42,041
Thanks to the
people that pivoted.
883
00:41:42,043 --> 00:41:44,810
Thanks to the industry
supporting one another.
884
00:41:44,812 --> 00:41:47,146
Thanks to the people
that came back to work.
885
00:41:47,148 --> 00:41:51,017
So, on behalf of Chef Marcus, Chef
Antonia, Chef Monique, Chef Christian
886
00:41:51,019 --> 00:41:53,019
and the millions of my
brothers and sisters
887
00:41:53,021 --> 00:41:54,320
in the restaurant business,
888
00:41:54,322 --> 00:41:56,422
we wanna say this.
889
00:41:56,424 --> 00:41:58,991
Thanks for coming in.
And we'll see you soon.