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Today I'm on a mission to convince a millionaire to let me cook in their house I'm in Falls Church,

Virginia one of the wealthiest cities in America where celebrities Politicians and athletes live behind these gates to help me.

I brought my friend Lloyd The Michelin trained chef who cooked at the legendary three-star restaurant,

The Inn at Little Washington.

Millionaires are used to dining at the world's best restaurants,

but will they let us cook for them in their own kitchen?

There's only one way to find out.

And nobody gonna let a young black dude just walk in the house.

What's the breakdown?

You're about to go knock on rain on people's houses?

Uh, yeah.

Are you serious?

And we're gonna cook in their house?

Take my three house.

Yeah, why?

I'm just kidding.

Black guy with a do-rag.

Oh no. Everything is so private out here.

Beware of dog.

Yo, this is how we know we're in such a wealthy area.

Like, every home has got fence,

dogs, a pool, and a basketball court.

The challenge for today is we gotta find somebody willing to open the doors for us and let us cook for them.

We get some knowledge from them, we learn.

It's a whole experience for us too.

Yo, we gotta hit up those homes.

Should we pull up?

Yeah.

You know Ring records, right?

So don't be acting crazy.

Hello.

Hey, how you doing?

Good, how are you?

Hi.

How can I help you?

I have a YouTube channel.

This is my friend, Loic.

He's a chef.

We're just going around the neighborhood and asking people if we can cook in their houses.

Really?

You have a house?

Yeah, like a free meal.

That's a great idea.

But we're not really doing it right now.

Um, we'll leave town possibly when we get back.

Okay.

Maybe for Thanksgiving.

Sure.

No, I don't think you really need anything.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Have a good day, okay?

All right, thanks for stopping by.

Good luck.

Have a good day.

I feel like if you're a homeowner and you see us walking up,

like, what do you think we're trying to get out of them, you know?

We definitely want something.

Finding someone who would let some strangers in their home was actually more difficult than we thought.

People would either not answer their doors or just not be interested in the idea at all.

With no real success, we decided to move neighborhoods.

Dang, it's like a kingdom.

Private property, residence, and invited guests only.

We are invited.

We're inviting ourselves.

You know the mortgage on these homes are like 25-30 grand a month.

Y'all making one house.

Private road, no soliciting.

Private property, 24-7 video recording.

Private community, no soliciting.

All of them are no soliciting.

Yo, look at that one.

They got like a little- Horses.

What the?

Let's go there bro.

It's a nice house.

It's like a Miami vibe.

You know what's so interesting is like when you see huge homes like this,

but then they own like a Hyundai.

I know people would do the opposite.

Oof.

They always gotta have a dog.

They scared of dogs?

I'm not scared, but I'm not about to have no dogs in my house, bro.

I don't think they want to be bothered.

Let's leave them alone.

Their gate's just open.

Is this okay for us to just walk in?

No. Hey, look at this one.

This one's got some crazy looking gates.

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Can't even see the house.

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What?

Wait, I want to talk to somebody before going in.

This is a whole neighborhood, bro.

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Wait, they didn't even ask like who he called.

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Oh.

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Hello?

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Hello!

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Oh, you gotta go.

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Okay.

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What are you doing here?

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Oh, we're just going around the neighborhood to make some friends and...

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Oh.

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Okay.

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I'm gonna get fired.

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Oh, okay.

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I thought you were somebody else.

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Okay, no, no, no, here we go.

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Just being honest, live, it's...

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...awesome.

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So, we're gonna just tell you in this neighborhood,

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you don't wanna screw around.

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You'll find trouble real quick.

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In this neighborhood, there's a lot of high-profile people.

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She's a chef, we're here.

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We're just building connections and cooking for people, that's all I do.

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Okay.

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I'm sorry, it's a new world new world,

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but you can't do shenanigans like this Why does she open it without even confirming that's what I'm saying dude like yeah,

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it's your fault not ours Yeah,

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she took a picture of all of us, too.

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I'm not worried about legally what she can do legally.

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Yeah, I'm worried about what she can do illegally How did I get us kidnapped or some?

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Oh, yeah, they came to our house.

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We don't know what this up.

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We have to kill them

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That lady got me shook for over one thing we're going to end it do stuff to us.

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Yeah, you know Yeah, it's been like four hours already.

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This is hard work, man.

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You know door to door salespeople I really appreciate them after

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this a lot of these homeowners are probably shopping for their kids before they go back to school Honestly,

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I feel like everyone these days has almost no time for themselves

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because they're so busy with their lives That's where CookUnity comes in.

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And his mole chicken enchiladas with veggie rice

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and chef Mina's truffled fettuccine Alfredo with grilled chicken and Parmesan cheese It's like chicken breast spaghetti

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That tastes like just like it would at a restaurant,

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but it came fresh to my door The meals come fresh,

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not frozen, and labeled with the chef's name.

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No grocery shopping, no meal prep, and barely any cleanup.

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Just eat, plate, and eat.

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Oh, that looks so good.

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Honestly, it might be the best thing in your fridge.

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Look at this!

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Dang!

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It looks like my mom's car.

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Which one?

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I'm doing you.

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Toyota?

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Yeah!

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I feel like it's the one.

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This one has to work.

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I hope so, man.

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What's up sir?

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Hey, how you doing?

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You know, we're just going around the neighborhood.

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So I got my friend here, he's a chef.

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We just want to ask if you wanted us to cook for you.

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Make some food for you guys and just connect and make some friends.

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Alright, okay.

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After talking for a little bit,

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we actually found out he was also in the YouTube space.

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We shared each other's channels and he decided to agree to being a part of the video.

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I want to come in.

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Yeah, is that okay?

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Yeah, we're before.

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It's too much.

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Brian let us inside for a bit and just told us to surprise him and his friends with a good meal.

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Okay, so we're gonna go shop real quick and then we'll come right back, okay?

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Is that alright?

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Be back in like an hour and a half.

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Yeah, that's fine.

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That's good.

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We're in there!

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We're feeding six to eight people right now.

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Are you ready for this?

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I'm ready to feed these folks.

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Folks?

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Alright guys, just make sure your shoes are off.

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We have a kitchen.

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It's really nice.

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So you knocked on like multiple people's doors beforehand.

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Yeah, all day long.

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So we just got back from shopping.

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We have a surprise for you.

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So let's just get situated real quick and then we'll just start cooking.

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But you want to start thawing this, right?

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Oh, yeah.

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Now after we got back from shopping,

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Brian was pretty excited, but I don't think he realized what he signed up for.

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Our goal today wasn't just to cook something basic.

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We wanted to blow his mind with the ultimate three-course meal.

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Yellowtail crudo, duck ragu pappardelli,

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and a rib eye steak dish.

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But before we started cooking,

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the duck needed some time to thaw,

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so Brian decided to give us a house tour.

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Come on.

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Dang, what the?

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This used to be a wine cellar,

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but I don't drink like that.

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So, battle calmed out right here.

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Scar here on your left.

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Here, brother.

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Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

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Whoa.

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Shhh.

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Yo, yo, yo.

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So, this is where I grab guests over.

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I got a sauna, too.

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Dang.

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Oh, dope.

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We have a stew.

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We're gonna record videos.

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This is a sick setup.

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How much does this all cost?

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It's around 20, 30 grand.

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Dude, this is nuts, man.

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Wait, how did you get started?

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It was almost 15 years ago.

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I started recording videos of me playing Call of Duty on the Wii at my parents' house.

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I had a Canon Rebel TI camera.

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I'd upload that to YouTube.

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That was my very first YouTube channel.

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As you guys can see,

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Brian's house was huge and there was so much more to see,

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but we had to start cooking.

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They're moving in.

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Brian told us he has friends coming over and we didn't want to disappoint.

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What's your day to day like?

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A lot of my day is still spent working.

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I make a lot of content too when I can.

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What kind of content do you create?

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Before I used to talk about credit cards,

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then I used to make content on stocks and now I'm actually into the crypto space.

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Nice.

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Let me start cooking man,

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we got some work to do.

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Hey, what's your bathroom?

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My bathroom is to the right here and then there's one to the left.

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Wish wash, right?

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You're on the right, bro.

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How old are you?

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28. Wait, so did you go to college?

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I went to Montgomery College.

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It's a community college for like three years.

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After that I dropped out.

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So you don't think college is necessary?

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No, absolutely not.

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I think it's a scam.

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Every year, more and more people are getting the same degree as you.

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It's costing the same amount to get the same education that's been around for decades.

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And even when you get that degree,

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the only thing you're guaranteed is debt.

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Like, you're not guaranteed a job.

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How long you been doing this for?

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Is this a subscription business?

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I'm gonna have to pay y'all after this day?

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Yeah, you gotta pay us a hundred thousand dollars.

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Ha ha ha ha!

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Nah, so Loic, he owns a restaurant out in Baltimore.

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Yeah, Casual Concept, drink a night,

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and on top floor, like fine dining, speakeasy.

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Loic worked at the end.

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No way.

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He knows how to cook, for real.

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Alright.

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I got high expectations then.

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What are you guys actually making right now?

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Yeah, we're making a ragu for the pappardelli.

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I'm just working on this pasta dough.

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I'm making just like a marinade for the fish

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and we're gonna basically sit the fish in the soy base for like 30 minutes an hour.

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Still bone-in ribeyes.

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Hey, this is like a million dollar oven right here.

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Oh, what the?

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You got two ovens here with computer screens.

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Even there's salt.

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It looks fancy, yo.

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What the fuck?

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Steak's here.

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We're gonna put them in the oven.

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We'll do a roll faster now, baby.

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We should get the millionaire to get his new gravy, bro.

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Oh, yeah?

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Should we get him some cooking, too?

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He can cook the leeks,

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a little bit of butter,

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and then we're gonna add heavy cheese.

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So right now we're doing like a green oil.

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It's gonna be part of our crudelouch.

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We got our ragu going,

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our duck ragu going, and then we got some steaks in the oven.

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Now, while we waited for the sauce to settle and the ducks and steaks to rest,

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Brian showed us how he makes money and how he helps others make money and what cars he spent his money on.

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You have to show us your portfolio.

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I turned a $20,000 port to $110,000 in about three weeks.

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I'll lose money too, but generally,

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I've been hitting on them.

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I'm up about $10 million across my portfolios.

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Yeah, and that's me with just me still like doing YouTube and business and building up Kaizen Before all of this though,

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was there like a moment I struggled for you?

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Absolutely, man.

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Bro, I thought I was gonna quit YouTube and go to a 9 to 5 on three different occasions Yeah,

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there's a time I applied to a job overall I think as long as you're headed in the right direction

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If you can just withstand that volatility

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and those shakeouts as long as you're in the general direction of moving forward You'll be able to stay successful

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Why did you decide to let like some strangers who just knock on your door like just cook dinner for you?

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Honestly, man, I wanted to let you guys in because I think everyone has a story.

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Everyone has something you need to do.

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When I first got started,

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I wish I had someone like that,

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that could do that for me.

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And I want to just continue to set that example.

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A lot of the people I've actually hired come straight from my community.

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So with you guys pulling up here today,

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I know that you guys are trying to do something bigger.

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I want to be the source that could be of assistance for that.

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Hey, you want to see the garage?

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Yo, we got to see the garage.

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When he said that, he got something in there.

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What you got in there?

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Yeah, so we got the fur line out here.

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This I bought for $295.

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When I first bought it,

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though, I did have the payment.

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I put $100,000 down on this.

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But to the side of that, it's my RS7.

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Man, people love that car when I drive.

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RS7, it only attracts car enthusiasts.

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Now, obviously, the GWAC is just a classic.

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I'll show you the other car that we got.

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Oh, what the?

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This is like a little utility car.

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Yeah, it's off-road ready.

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Raptor is still one of the most underrated trucks.

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Let's get out.

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Look in the car.

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It was really eye-opening and inspiring to see what someone could achieve at such a young age.

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We saw the cars, the rooms, the elevator.

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It was now time to play and finally eat.

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So I'm gonna start searing these steaks off and we're gonna be ready almost.

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Brenda's bat first.

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Come on, bro.

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Yo, shout out Marc Forgione.

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I learned this from you.

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Brush with some herbs.

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What is this, Joel?

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That's gonna go on the stage.

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It's gonna be the second layer of the stage.

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So the stage is gonna have two layers.

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The creamy leeks, first layer.

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And the second layer will be the crispy leeks on top.

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Is it ready?

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The cheese is like all the money.

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Oh, today's ready.

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So now what do we do?

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Shred it.

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We have a nice little three-course meal for you.

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I know you told us four to six people for the night.

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So what we made here,

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we have some yellow-tailed crudo,

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some apples underneath that, and here we have a duck ragu,

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papadeli pasta, and ribeye steak with leeks,

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chieweys, and rare wine duck sauce.

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Do the crudo first.

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I want the chef to show us how to do it.

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Make sure you get a little bit of everything on there.

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The perfect bite.

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Good.

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Wow.

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I thought he was missing something.

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Yeah, but he was missing something, you know.

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What do you think of this first course right here?

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No, actually, it's really good.

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I've had a lot of great things in my life,

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but this is really up there.

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And this one, we got duck.

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Got some duck meat in here.

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Yeah.

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I mean, let's give it a try.

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Mm.

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Wow.

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This is good.

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The way the duck is shredded, really good.

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Did you expect that me up in a stranger when you woke up this morning?

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No, I didn't.

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This is great.

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Y'all should come over more often.

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You know, I feel like we're all young guys, you know?

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We're trying to elevate a little bit,

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try to make some money and make a living for ourselves, you know?

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What do you recommend for us?

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Honestly, you just got to get your bag up.

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You got to put in the work.

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A lot of people want to just fast forward everything and speed run it.

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Yeah.

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But I think right now,

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there's so many opportunities around.

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And if you're able to just create some kind of active income,

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you can use that towards your investments.

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Well, would you go straight for the Bitcoin?

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If you want to change your life,

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you got to look at other things like altcoins,

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things that are alternative to Bitcoin.

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That's actually what helped me to be in this house here today.

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Okay, let's try to stay.

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The perfect bite.

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What cut was this?

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This is tomahawk, right?

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Ribbon.

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I love ribbon.

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I'm not gonna lie, knocking on doors today was scary.

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I mean, we even got threatened by that one lady,

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but meeting Brian made it worth it.

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Not only did we get to cook for a chill guy,

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but we made a new friend.

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