Uncle Vinny sits down with Chef Todd Griffith for a great conversation about life as a chef, restaurant owner, and much more.

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0:00 - welcome @cheftoddgriffith

0:40- growing up in Ohio, winding up in AZ

1:00 - moving to AZ from spinning a globe

3:00 - being a chef has been my only job

4:30 - the wild lifestyle of a chef

5:45 - early chef days

6:45 - hitting a wall while running a restaurant in Seattle

7:45 - burnout as a chef

10:00 - leaving being a chef and living on a farm for 3 years

12:40 - stress of running a Seattle restaurant

14:30 - living on 300 acres in Mississippi

16:55 - transitioning to becoming a private chef

24:30 - private chef clientele and lifestyle

29:00 - owning a restaurant in flagstaff

32:00 - the importance of experience

34:00 - Asian influence in your cooking

35:30 - presentation of food

36:30 - drawing your dishes

39:00 - favorite meal to cook currently

40:00 - wooden spoon business; creativity

46:00 - top 3 private chefs in Phoenix

47:00 - advice for a young chef

49:30 - AZ life

51:00 - upcoming plans

53:00 - shoutout Chef Todd

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