Andrew Hawkins

Of course, which is why I'm a nice Jewish boy from New York City. In restaurants, I would always do a second Seder, and I love cooking my grandmother's Seder menu, because it's traditionally a really dead night in the restaurant business. And

Of course, which is why I'm a nice Jewish boy from New York City. In restaurants, I would always do a second Seder, and I love cooking my grandmother's Seder menu, because it's traditionally a really dead night in the restaurant business. And

I realize it's the toughest crowd in the world because no one's chicken soup, even if mine is twice as good as your grandma's, is better than your grandma's because it's what you grew up on, even if it's dishwater. So I realized I was competing. I would go table touching. How is everything? It's okay.

I realize it's the toughest crowd in the world because no one's chicken soup, even if mine is twice as good as your grandma's, is better than your grandma's because it's what you grew up on, even if it's dishwater. So I realized I was competing. I would go table touching. How is everything? It's okay.

And that's what you would hear because everyone's like, well, my grandmother would always put carrots in her soup. And I'm like, well, there are carrots in the broth. We strain them out and then we wanted to do something a little. And I realized, oh my God, it's not working.

And that's what you would hear because everyone's like, well, my grandmother would always put carrots in her soup. And I'm like, well, there are carrots in the broth. We strain them out and then we wanted to do something a little. And I realized, oh my God, it's not working.

It's one of the reasons I think that Tony wound up just cooking for friends and family and sort of never went back into that space because you leave yourself open for too much other stuff. It's kind of safer to be on TV.

It's one of the reasons I think that Tony wound up just cooking for friends and family and sort of never went back into that space because you leave yourself open for too much other stuff. It's kind of safer to be on TV.

Were you competitive, though, I would imagine? Of course, 100%. The first couple of years, 100%. As a matter of fact, I'm always reminded of it because we had our big sort of friendship breakthrough where it kind of went to a...

Were you competitive, though, I would imagine? Of course, 100%. The first couple of years, 100%. As a matter of fact, I'm always reminded of it because we had our big sort of friendship breakthrough where it kind of went to a...

a much better level down here, the first year he ever did South Beach, which I had been doing for a while, where he asked me to come out during his demo, which was basically he did this Wonder Wheel thing where he spun this wheel and he would answer questions from the audience depending on what was going on in this wheel and some other things were going on.

a much better level down here, the first year he ever did South Beach, which I had been doing for a while, where he asked me to come out during his demo, which was basically he did this Wonder Wheel thing where he spun this wheel and he would answer questions from the audience depending on what was going on in this wheel and some other things were going on.

And I came out and he put his arm around me and said publicly how much he admired what I did because we told the same stories and we loved the same things. And we were, you know, sons from, from different mothers, brothers from different mothers. But, um, he was amazed. He made a very funny joke about it. He said, you know, I eat the walrus anus and so do you, except you have to do it sober.

And I came out and he put his arm around me and said publicly how much he admired what I did because we told the same stories and we loved the same things. And we were, you know, sons from, from different mothers, brothers from different mothers. But, um, he was amazed. He made a very funny joke about it. He said, you know, I eat the walrus anus and so do you, except you have to do it sober.

He said, which is, he said, which is why, you know, I, I, you know, mad respect for you. Um, and it was really, really interesting because, um, You know, we were on Monday night together. We built that travel channel. I mean, we really did.

He said, which is, he said, which is why, you know, I, I, you know, mad respect for you. Um, and it was really, really interesting because, um, You know, we were on Monday night together. We built that travel channel. I mean, we really did.

I mean, I can look back on it now and say that again without having to apologize for it, that, you know, our Monday night allowed them to spread out the the content wheel across the other weeknights and bring on. A half dozen other shows that did really, really well.

I mean, I can look back on it now and say that again without having to apologize for it, that, you know, our Monday night allowed them to spread out the the content wheel across the other weeknights and bring on. A half dozen other shows that did really, really well.

Why? Oh, my God. Because it would be acknowledging that I've actually achieved something.

Why? Oh, my God. Because it would be acknowledging that I've actually achieved something.