Today on the show Eric is joined by Paul Friedman of Chef's Table. Paul speaks with Eric about pursuing a career in culinary, designing restaurants at first, wanting to become a professional chef, working with Mike's Kitchen, coming to Houston, losing everything, how he and Thomas Nguyen started Peli Peli, why Chef's Table was the right next move for him following Peli Peli, why his son Kyle is partially to blame for starting the concept, what it's like working with Kyle, developing the Chef's Table menu, ostrich becoming a best seller, why he decided to add go to River Oaks for the 2nd location of Chef's Table, the challenges he's face so far, installing sprinklers being a problem, what the goals are moving forward, and the monkey gland sauce story.  

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