Ali Kariem
I was born in the culinary cooking my father was a chef in the Navy and he taught me me how to smoke meats, and my father had a restaurant.
I was born in the culinary cooking my father was a chef in the Navy and he taught me me how to smoke meats, and my father had a restaurant.
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Free RegistrationMy father and God, I work in my father restaurant and bakery at a young age boy and I just start cooking as well on my own, and just grew in the kitchen and different restaurants. I open and closed different restaurants from Memphis to California.
How do you stay motivated?What I love to do is feeding the homeless and feeding my family and clients when I had them now I’m wanting to open my own restaurant and feed God children and serve the city of Memphis.
What would you do with the $25,000?To open my own drive thru restaurant in Memphis Tennessee and open doors for employment to help the city of Memphis with the greatest smoke pecan chicken wings.
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