Paola Velez on Why She'll Always Be a "Restaurant Kid"

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In this clip from the Tin Foil Swans podcast, award-winning chef Paola Velez joins host Kat Kinsman to discuss her deep-rooted identity as a "restaurant kid." This video explores how her culinary background is inseparable from her life, complete with a story about almost being born in a restaurant.

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00:00so i think it boils down to the fact that like being like a pastor's kid i was a restaurant kid

00:05you know so like i never i think like there's nothing that you can do to separate my identity

00:12from that because like i was almost born in a restaurant like and like i wish it was like

00:18like cheeky kind of like no my mom almost had an accident on the stairs like going and 91st and

00:24broadway you know like literally she was almost like i'm going to have this baby here in the

00:29middle of a snowstorm you know so i was like first mom why were you here like at the restaurant in the

00:35middle of a snowstorm like we live in the bronx it's 91st and broadway you know but you know i think

00:41for me it's like i did go to school for this right but i also did like a reverse and like i never took

00:48my schooling and said like this is why i'm a chef right i went and i worked my way up the ranks right

00:54um and then when i moved to dc i took everything off my resume from new york and worked my way up

01:00the ranks again you know and um i know how to always be a chef not because of the really fun

01:11things and creative things that i make that's the fun part of the job that's like the reward yeah you

01:16know

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