Andrew Hawkins

It has become really something that's quite incredible and raised, you know, 40 million dollars for this hospitality school, which is a vital, vital, vital importance because of the intersection of, you know, societal tentpoles at which chefs and people in the hospitality industry sit from health and wellness to immigration to national security, hunger, waste, climate crisis.

It has become really something that's quite incredible and raised, you know, 40 million dollars for this hospitality school, which is a vital, vital, vital importance because of the intersection of, you know, societal tentpoles at which chefs and people in the hospitality industry sit from health and wellness to immigration to national security, hunger, waste, climate crisis.

It is fun entertainment. I'm co-hosting the closing party, something that I've done for, I don't know, the last 15 of the 20 years that I've been down here. And, you know, obviously the regular demos and dinners and the other things that I've been doing every day on the hamster wheel of excess that I've been, you know, treading. Yes.

It is fun entertainment. I'm co-hosting the closing party, something that I've done for, I don't know, the last 15 of the 20 years that I've been down here. And, you know, obviously the regular demos and dinners and the other things that I've been doing every day on the hamster wheel of excess that I've been, you know, treading. Yes.

Yes, because I can't say the word no. We were saying that before we came in here. Once I'm coming down to a place, folks look at me and they say, hey, you're here. Would you? Could you? And I'm like, absolutely.

Yes, because I can't say the word no. We were saying that before we came in here. Once I'm coming down to a place, folks look at me and they say, hey, you're here. Would you? Could you? And I'm like, absolutely.

I'm talking about the way you feel. Gratitude is how I run my life. Words matter. You are a wordsmith. And when we talk about not having a home for a year, you know, that is homelessness, right? And it's not food insecurity, it's hunger. And I've experienced both those things in my life. I've been, you know, a homeless street junkie, user of people, taker of things. I've been in jail and prison.

I'm talking about the way you feel. Gratitude is how I run my life. Words matter. You are a wordsmith. And when we talk about not having a home for a year, you know, that is homelessness, right? And it's not food insecurity, it's hunger. And I've experienced both those things in my life. I've been, you know, a homeless street junkie, user of people, taker of things. I've been in jail and prison.

I've done some horrible, horrible things in my life. And then, you know, had a complete 180... you know, flip 33 plus years ago and my life changed all for the better. And while life still happens, I mean, life is fired at us at point blank range, right?

I've done some horrible, horrible things in my life. And then, you know, had a complete 180... you know, flip 33 plus years ago and my life changed all for the better. And while life still happens, I mean, life is fired at us at point blank range, right?

We can't, we can't predict when the dog is going to run away or when the relationship is going to end or when the job changes or the, or the, the parent dies or the child gets sick or we get sick. You know, the big sort of things in life that tend to be, you know, hinge events.

We can't, we can't predict when the dog is going to run away or when the relationship is going to end or when the job changes or the, or the, the parent dies or the child gets sick or we get sick. You know, the big sort of things in life that tend to be, you know, hinge events.

However, in general, the thing that has happened to me has been placed in a position where I can operate best when I'm in a state of being grateful all the time. And I'm reminded of it all the time face-to-face because I'm very public with my story. And that's been sort of the key to my own happiness. If I wasn't public with... my story, I wouldn't be getting the, the empathy back.

However, in general, the thing that has happened to me has been placed in a position where I can operate best when I'm in a state of being grateful all the time. And I'm reminded of it all the time face-to-face because I'm very public with my story. And that's been sort of the key to my own happiness. If I wasn't public with... my story, I wouldn't be getting the, the empathy back.

I wouldn't have to talk about it all the time and having to talk about it all the time. And when I say all the time, I mean, in my public life, it is, it is the greatest gift because it's what keeps me sober. It's what keeps me healthy, happy, serene. When I am not those things, it is usually because of a problem of my own making that put me in a position to be hurt.

I wouldn't have to talk about it all the time and having to talk about it all the time. And when I say all the time, I mean, in my public life, it is, it is the greatest gift because it's what keeps me sober. It's what keeps me healthy, happy, serene. When I am not those things, it is usually because of a problem of my own making that put me in a position to be hurt.

To tell people nakedly, this is what addiction was for me. Correct. And I was in a position where there was an element about it that was, as my spiritual guru in my 12-step program described it to me, that was a form of service work, right? Because...

To tell people nakedly, this is what addiction was for me. Correct. And I was in a position where there was an element about it that was, as my spiritual guru in my 12-step program described it to me, that was a form of service work, right? Because...

if, if I'm placed in this, in this world where I started, well, I was placed in this world where I started to have a platform and I had to make a decision about how public I was going to be with this.

if, if I'm placed in this, in this world where I started, well, I was placed in this world where I started to have a platform and I had to make a decision about how public I was going to be with this.