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Chris Shepherd: Houston, Hustle, and Taste

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James Beard winner Chris Shepherd pulls up to Unglossy with Bun B, Jeffrey Sledge, and Tom Frank to talk real kitchen life—no foam, all flame. He traces the glide path from Tulsa dishwasher to Houston icon, why cooking clicked when school didn’t, and how using all five senses beats any recipe card. We dig into Underbelly’s whole-animal, write-the-menu-daily chaos; the gloriously unhinged One Fifth experiment (five concepts in five years); and the way Houston’s Vietnamese community reshaped Gulf flavors—from crawfish boils to kimchi on a “Chinese-Korean” menu. Bun and Chris revisit the night they wrote wine notes together (“that tastes red” is canon now), we adjudicate the great gravy debate (brown on almost everything; white strictly for chicken-fried), and Chris breaks down how Eat Like a Local can take a chicken-fried steak from 50 orders a week to 400. Most importantly, we go deep on Southern Smoke—emergency aid, mental-health care, real safety nets for hospitality workers—and how you can help. Come hungry, leave useful.

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Chapters

1. Chris Shepard's Culinary Beginnings (00:00:00)

2. Finding a Home at Brennan's (00:17:04)

3. The Underbelly Revolution (00:32:02)

4. One Fifth: Five Restaurants in Five Years (00:47:53)

5. Southern Smoke Foundation's Impact (00:54:14)

6. Eat Like a Local and Houston's Food Scene (01:06:27)

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