Nick Walker, Are Your Line Cooks Still Loyal To You? Ep. 223
Nick Walker is an FSR 40 Under 40 chef who oversaw the James Beard nominated Meridian and now leads 11 Whiskey Cake locations across Texas and Florida. He started in a kitchen at 15, under the table, and cut his thumb open on his first real shift when a slamming office door caught his hand mid cut. They poured kitchen whiskey on the wound, duct taped it shut, and he finished service.
Why he believes a cook can cook food, but a chef has to manage people and run the numbers, and why so many talented chefs never make that jump
The line he still thinks about from a mentor who caught him publicly…
The skinny
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