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00:00Fish in the sea, you know how I feel River running free, you know how I feel
00:13Blossom on the tree, you know how I feel
00:19It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me
00:27And I'm feeling good
00:35Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don't you know
00:42Butterflies all having fun, you know what I mean
00:48Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean
00:53And this old world is a new world And a bold world for me
01:07Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
01:13Sand of the pine, you know how I feel
01:17Cause freedom is mine And I know how I feel
01:25It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me
01:33I'm feeling good
01:49I'm feeling good
02:01When I feel like I'm feeling good
02:03It's a new life for me
02:05I'm feeling good
02:07It's a new life for me
02:13Closer to my dream
02:38Coming over me
02:41I'm getting higher
02:45Closer to my dream
02:51I'm getting higher and higher
02:56Feeling in my sleep
03:02Sometimes it feels like
03:06I'm going higher
03:12Sometimes it feels like
03:16I'm going higher
03:20And I'm going higher
03:24Closer to my dream
03:28I'm going higher
03:30Closer to my dream
03:32I'm going higher
03:34I'm going higher
03:36Closer to my dream
03:38I'm going higher
03:40Closer to my dream
03:42Closer to my dream
03:44Sometimes you just have to let go
03:48Closer to my dream
03:52Closer to my dream
03:54Closer to my dream
03:56Closer to my dream
03:58Closer to my dream
04:00Closer to my dream
04:02Closer to my dream
04:04Closer to my dream
04:06Closer to my dream
04:08Closer to my dream
04:10Closer to my dream
04:12Feel it all over me
04:19Close your eyes and see what you'll be feeling
04:31I'm going high, high, high
04:47Give me the heart to the mind
04:50I'm moving up with an old one
04:56I'm moving up with an old one
05:00I can see you on my arm so I can reach
05:04I'm so close to the light
05:08To sleep
05:10I can feel my dreams
05:14I'm moving up with an old one
05:20Lately there seems to be some insecurity
05:44Securities
05:45About the way I feel
05:49Where I wanna be
05:50But you know what's with you
05:52No one can do
05:55The things you do
05:57To me
06:00Never to be mistaken
06:04Long as this love we're making
06:07There's gonna be some rain
06:09Gonna be the pain
06:11But as long as I know
06:12Points I will show
06:15Our love will grow
06:18And I know love will be
06:21Right here
06:23Be right here
06:25Right here
06:28Be right here
06:31No fear
06:33Have no fear
06:36No tears
06:39Love is here
06:41Love some don't believe in
06:45That's just what I'm giving
06:47I'm gonna keep it strong
06:50I'll be holding on to you
06:54No one can do
06:56Me like you do
06:59It's true
07:01It's true
07:02Sure as the sun is shining
07:06Our love will keep on climbing
07:08There's gonna be some rain
07:11Yeah
07:11Oh look at that Haitian flag
07:14I gotta come back out here with my Haitian flag
07:18What's up guys?
07:20How are you guys doing?
07:21How are you guys doing?
07:21Listen if there's one thing that that last panel has proven
07:26Is that Essence Festival of Culture
07:28Is not just here for a good time
07:30It's a hub of systematic disruption
07:33Alright
07:34Make some noise for that
07:35Especially considering what's been going on the last couple days
07:39Okay
07:40We are disrupting that
07:41Now I don't know about y'all
07:43But not only did they drop gems
07:45They gave us the tools to save our communities
07:47Alright
07:48Now remember this morning I told y'all
07:50That the Essence Stage is not just where
07:53You know it's where you get everything right
07:55Whether it's politics, wellness, relationships
07:58This is where it all goes down
08:00And this segment is no exception
08:03I am personally excited about this one
08:05Because I have been working all day
08:08On this Essence Men's Center Stage
08:11Okay
08:11And you know what?
08:12I'm hungry
08:13Anybody else hungry?
08:17Anybody else in here love food?
08:19I love food
08:21Okay
08:21So coming next to the stage
08:23Is a panel of foodies
08:24Who have so much to offer
08:26They are decorated and award winning chefs
08:29Who are stepping up to the plate
08:31Pun intended
08:32So what's really tea when it comes to
08:34What it takes to make the best of the best?
08:37We're getting ready to find out today
08:38With celebrity chef and owners of
08:40Beauchamp Restaurant and Catering
08:42Chef Damien
08:44Cheryl Banks
08:47And with recipe deliver
08:50I'm sorry
08:51And with recipe developer
08:52And content creator
08:53Miss Alex Hill
08:55Oh, and you know what?
09:00I get to ask the questions now
09:02This is fun
09:03Oh, hey
09:05Hey, cute
09:06Y'all make some noise for Funky Doniva
09:10All right
09:13So
09:13First of all
09:15You guys look great
09:16How are you guys doing?
09:18Thank you so much
09:19For being here
09:20At Essence
09:21All right
09:22So
09:22Chef Damien
09:23Can I ask first
09:25You know
09:25How did you get into cooking?
09:27Tell us a little bit
09:27About your back story
09:28For those of us
09:29Who aren't familiar
09:30All right
09:31So
09:31Actually cooking
09:32Wasn't my first thing
09:33Actually it was art
09:34So
09:35I was
09:35I'm very talented in art
09:37So
09:38There was
09:39A very famous chef
09:41That was located down here
09:42By the name of
09:42Chef Austin Leslie
09:43And my uncle
09:45Jules Marvin
09:46He was the sous chef
09:47So
09:48I was 14 years old
09:49And
09:50I needed a summertime job
09:52Because I was a dishwasher
09:53Or whatever like that
09:53So they had this program
09:55On Sundays
09:56That they did on WWL
09:58So basically
09:59Long story short
10:00He asked me to cook rice
10:01I wasn't into cooking
10:02I was into art
10:03He looked at me
10:04He said
10:04You know what
10:05You need to stick to art
10:06Because cooking not your thing
10:07Yes
10:09Yes
10:09Well look at you now
10:10And that's exactly
10:11Exactly how I went
10:13So
10:13So Cheryl
10:14You and Damien
10:16Are husband and wife
10:17Make some noise
10:18For black love
10:18Okay
10:21And you guys are also
10:22Business partners
10:22You both manage
10:23The NOLA based
10:24Beauchamp
10:25Restaurant and catering
10:27Yes ma'am
10:27How do you manage
10:28Managing the restaurant
10:30Keeping the business together
10:32And also
10:32Keeping the love
10:33Together as well
10:34Okay
10:35So one of the things
10:36That I do
10:37Is we take time
10:38Lots of time
10:39To date each other
10:40So we've been dating
10:42For 32 years
10:43We've been married
10:44For 24
10:45So
10:46But we still date each other
10:48So that's very important
10:49Married for 34
10:51Married for 24
10:52Dating for 32 years
10:55And that's actually
10:55And that's actually
10:55Our kids and grandkids
10:57In the audience
10:57So yes
11:00And we make
11:0124 years
11:02July 17th
11:04Wow
11:04So we take lots of vacation
11:06When I see that
11:07He's getting overwhelmed
11:07At work
11:08I make his schedule
11:09I pull him away
11:10And we take a vacation
11:11And we just make sure
11:13We take time to date
11:14That's the most important part
11:16Is still dating each other
11:17Excellent
11:18Excellent
11:18So Alex
11:19You develop recipes
11:22And you're a food content creator
11:24Tell us a little bit
11:25About how you fell
11:27Into that
11:27And it becoming
11:28Your passion
11:29Well I was trying
11:30To do sports
11:31But I was in love
11:32With cooking
11:32At a young age
11:33For my mom
11:33She was effortless
11:34In the kitchen
11:35And she just showed me
11:36How to cook
11:36So she saw it
11:37At a young age
11:38And I really loved cooking
11:39And so like
11:405th or 6th grade
11:41I started cooking
11:41And outside of high school
11:43I wanted to go
11:44To culinary school
11:45And she was like
11:45No not really
11:47You're going to go
11:47To a four year
11:48So I went to Hampton
11:49Best student of my life
11:50Oh okay
11:51Hampton
11:52Oh okay
11:54Hampton back there too
11:56Hampton D
11:56Hampton D
11:56But I still loved cooking
11:58After graduation
11:59And went to a lot
12:01Of culinary school
12:02Open houses
12:02Did not graduate
12:04Just because
12:04I couldn't afford it
12:05And then I started
12:07A food blog in 2017
12:08Just as like
12:09A creative outlet
12:09And it led me to Hampton
12:11Hey
12:11We love that
12:13Yeah
12:13Alright so
12:15All of you three
12:16I feel can answer
12:17This question
12:17What is a
12:19A dish that you guys
12:20Make that is like
12:21Your this
12:22This can't fail dish
12:23And how do you make
12:25I can go
12:26I'm not Jamaican
12:28But I can make
12:29Pretty good oxtail
12:30Oh hold on now
12:31I got a man off that
12:33Oh oh
12:34Years ago
12:35But yeah
12:36Oh okay
12:36So backstage
12:37You're going to give me
12:37That recipe right
12:38I'll give you the recipe
12:39Okay cool
12:39What about you guys
12:41Well it's kind of hard
12:43For me to answer that
12:44Because I have my taste testers
12:47Because I will continue
12:49To read
12:49You know
12:50Direct a recipe
12:51And say look
12:52Stop
12:52It's perfect the way it is
12:53So it's actually
12:54Whatever they made
12:55Like
12:55Yeah what do you feel
12:56Is his
12:57What do you feel
12:58Is his
12:58Can't fail dish
13:00I love the seafood pasta
13:03Oh
13:04That's my favorite
13:05Oh I love me a seafood pasta
13:06Make some noise
13:07For seafood pasta
13:08Oxtail
13:09I mean my goodness
13:10We got all bases covered
13:12With those two dishes
13:12Right there
13:13Okay so
13:14For those in the audience
13:15Who want to start
13:16Chefing up at home
13:17And cooking for the culture
13:18What should be in their toolkits
13:21What are the main seasons
13:23And ingredients
13:24That everyone should have
13:26And can't live without
13:27So being from the south
13:30You have to have
13:30The holy trinity
13:31Celery, onion, and bell pepper
13:32Okay
13:33Okay
13:34And then from that
13:35Of course being a Creole city too
13:37Your tomatoes
13:38Fresh Creole tomatoes
13:40And the simplicity
13:41Is as long as you got
13:42Sawn and pepper
13:42You can be able to
13:43Create anything
13:44Oh
13:44Okay
13:45And other than that
13:46Your spices
13:46Your herbs
13:47Hey
13:47As long as it's fresh
13:49Yeah
13:49You're okay with it
13:50Okay
13:50Yeah
13:51Yeah
13:51I love that you said
13:52Tomatoes too
13:53I'm Haitian
13:54We love tomatoes
13:55Yeah
13:55For me it's salt
13:57I think everyone
13:58Is afraid of it
13:59But salt brings out flavor
14:00And like
14:01When you're at a restaurant
14:02And nine times out of ten
14:03Something is like flat
14:04Just add salt
14:05So
14:05Salt
14:06It's okay
14:06To add salt
14:07Okay
14:09And what do you say Cheryl
14:10I always say
14:11I always ask them
14:13To kick it up a little bit
14:14With spice
14:15Oh yeah
14:15I love spice
14:16Yes
14:16Okay
14:18Would you say
14:19That's a New Orleans thing
14:20Like doing
14:20Spice is big here
14:22I love spice
14:22Yes
14:23Yes
14:23Okay
14:24Okay
14:24So let's start sampling
14:26Chef Damien
14:27You have some of your best work
14:29For a lucky audience member
14:31So let's get into it
14:32I think we have a lucky audience member
14:34Who's gonna try some food
14:35Where is she
14:36Oh are you right there
14:37Okay come on
14:38Come on
14:38Let's make some noise
14:38For my sister right here
14:40How do we get you up here
14:42You know what
14:47Yes
14:47Oh this looks beautiful
14:52Okay so you know
14:52Chef Damien
14:53You gotta come over here
14:54And you gotta let the folks know
14:56What our lucky audience member
15:00Is going to be trying
15:01So I'm Chef Damien
15:03And this is
15:04Chef Damien you too
15:05This is my son
15:06Oh he's your son
15:07So what we have right here
15:09Just give you a little history
15:11On the shirt that I have on
15:12Right now
15:12This is my grandfather's shirt
15:14We do everything to honor
15:15Our grandparents
15:16And everything
15:17So this right here
15:18This is the Jew's Beauchamp
15:20The granddaddy
15:21So this right here
15:22Is a panko-crested
15:24Japanese eggplant
15:25That has put down
15:26A little bit of roasted garlic
15:27Deglazed with a little bit
15:28Of brandy
15:28Thick it up with a little bit
15:29Of potato starch
15:30Has unduly sauces
15:31In his shrimp and crawfish tails
15:33And finish off with fresh basil
15:34Oh my god
15:36And all the garnishes
15:37And the gourmand shi
15:38Well let's go ahead
15:39And dig in
15:40Come on now
15:40Come on
15:41First of all
15:42Let me get your name
15:42What's your name sweetheart
15:43I'm Mariah
15:45Mariah
15:46Okay so
15:46You about to try
15:47This special dish now
15:49You gotta let me know
15:50You know what
15:52Can I
15:52I'm sorry
15:52They didn't say I could
15:53But uh
15:54Yeah I'm a little hungry too
15:57So I'm sorry
15:58I
15:58Do y'all mind if I
16:01Okay cool
16:02Let me go ahead
16:03Thank you
16:07Thank you
16:08Thank you
16:08No I'm just gonna
16:09Yeah I'm just gonna
16:10Fork
16:10I'm just gonna put
16:11My fork in it
16:11Okay
16:12Alright
16:14Hold on now
16:15Wait a minute
16:15I wanna get a little bit
16:16Of that sausage too
16:18Hold on
16:19Help out son
16:21Okay hold on
16:22Oh
16:26Mmm
16:28Hold on
16:29Yeah
16:31Oh yeah
16:33Yeah
16:34Oh my god
16:36That's amazing
16:38You have to tell me again
16:39Break down to me again
16:41What I'm eating
16:42Cause it's like a party
16:43In my mouth
16:44It's like a party
16:46In my mouth
16:46Seriously
16:47I just fused it together
16:48With like Asian
16:50Mixed Asian
16:51Asian
16:51Get it
16:52That's a
16:53The Asian is the
16:54Japanese egg
16:54Flamed with a
16:55Panko crusted
16:55Bread crumb
16:57And then the
16:58Garlic is roasted off
17:00And then the glazed
17:01And flamed off
17:02With the brandy
17:03Burn the alcohol off
17:04And then I add the
17:04Sausage and the shrimp
17:05And the crawfish
17:06To the paprika
17:07And a little bit of basil
17:09And then after that
17:10As it starts to grow up
17:11I add just a little bit
17:12Of potato starch to it
17:13Just to thicken it up
17:14Lightly
17:14Wow
17:15Make some noise
17:16For that
17:17What do you take
17:20I mean does it make you
17:21Want to slap your mama
17:21Let me know
17:2210 out of 10
17:24Anyone that's on TikTok
17:25As Keith Lee would say
17:26But show you right on
17:2710
17:2810 10 10s
17:31Across the board
17:32Alright well you know
17:32Let's give a round of applause
17:34For Chef Damien
17:35Cheryl Banks
17:37Alex Hill
17:39You guys have really
17:41I mean thank you so much
17:42For that dish
17:43Thank you so much
17:44For all you guys do
17:45And guys we'll be right back
17:46Okay
17:46Make some noise
17:48Make some noise from him
17:48Again
17:48Make some noise from him
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