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Danny Kim tours kid-run restaurants and tastes fried chicken, tacos and pizzaEDITED VIDEO15m of 25m read80HIGH
In the first 15 minutes, Danny Kim tours restaurants run by kids across America, starting with the Chick Sandwiches fried chicken food truck of 21-year-old founder Alex in Los Angeles. Alex shows Kim the fryer and prep stations, says he keeps the skin on his chicken thighs for a double crunch, and Kim tastes the sandwich and calls it crispy and juicy.
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Aiden Sterling, 19-year-old owner of Tacos del Barrio NYC, shows Kim his tortillera and head chef Rodrigo, serves carne asada, fried shrimp and corn ribs, and says he does around 200 tickets between noon and 2 m. Julian stretches dough and bakes a 20-inch pizza and Buffalo chicken pinwheels, and Shaz and Chase show their prep kitchen and say they have 450,000 followers.
Covers the first 15 of 25 minutes.
WHO
AlexGuest21-year-old founder of the Chick Sandwiches food truck
Aiden SterlingGuest19-year-old owner and founder of Tacos del Barrio NYC
JulianGuestowner of Jules Pizza
ShazGuest
ChaseGuest
Danny KimHost
WHY WATCH
Aiden Sterling runs three storefronts, including one in Times Square, and still lives with his parents.
In the first 15 minutes, Danny Kim starts in Los Angeles, buys a $15 Japanese bento box from Hannah outside a Walgreens and later pulls apart the crab legs of a $45 Cajun seafood boil, rating it 8 out of 10. Parking enforcement interrupts one meal, and Kim asks the officers if they want food.
Covers the first 15 of 23 minutes.
WHO
Chef AshleyGuestChef Ashley
ChrisGuest
HannahInterviewee
Dulce AguilarInterviewee
Yellow Rican BattyInterviewee
Danny KimHost
WHY WATCH
Chef Ashley breaks the scale with an 11 out of 10 for Yellow Rican Batty's seafood lasagna, lifting its average score to 9.75.
Danny Kim knocks on doors in Southeast DC and cooks dinner in strangers' homesEDITED VIDEO15m of 16m read77HIGH
Danny Kim drives into Southeast DC with Chef Jr. and security guard Ty to knock on strangers' doors and cook dinner in their homes, saying Chef
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's team walks away with $1000 if they cook for three families. A caller warns them off randomly knocking on doors in Southeast and suggests Northwest instead, and a mom of two asks how she can trust them before letting them in. Nikaya, who says she let them in because she is adventurous, hosts them for her mother's 50th birthday as Chef Jr. cooks jerk lamb chops, jambalaya and shrimp and plates a birthday dish.
WHO
Chef Jr.Guest
TyGuestsecurity guard with over 20 years of experience
NikayaGuest
AdrianGuest
Danny KimHost
WHY WATCH
A caller warns the crew away from a red zone in Southeast DC just before a mom of two asks how she can trust them enough to let them into her home.
Danny Kim and chef Lloyd cook and deliver free meals to Baltimore night shift workersPODCAST15m of 18m read77HIGH
In the first 15 minutes, Danny Kim, a YouTuber, and Lloyd, a chef, drive around Baltimore at night looking for night shift workers to feed. They cook Rasta pasta, which Lloyd calls a Jamaican Alfredo pasta, at his restaurant Jerk Night and deliver it to hospital security guards.
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Gunshots ring out while they drive and both say they feel unsafe. A police officer recognizes them, asks for their number and orders lobster mac and cheese, and a hospital worker texts back asking for 25 meals, including one vegetarian, which Lloyd says they can swing.
Covers the first 15 of 18 minutes.
WHO
LloydGuestchef at a restaurant down the street
Danny KimHostYouTuber
WHY WATCH
Gunshots ring out mid-drive and a police officer stops them only to recognize the pair and order lobster mac and cheese.
Danny Kim stages with zero kitchen experience at Michelin-starred Milk ZooEDITED VIDEO15m of 18m read76HIGH
Danny Kim arrives late for his unpaid stage at Milk Zoo, an underground Michelin-starred New York restaurant, and admits he has no kitchen experience. Chef Mihao shows him how to make rice paper flowers and rejects some pieces as too wide, then calls his quickly shaved beets unusable before helping him slice them correctly.
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Chef Aaron Chang, executive chef, rates Danny's white asparagus peeling a 7 and lets him work service, where Danny says his hands were shaking while plating for paying guests. During service Danny burns his hands on a hot plate and serves plates before men on two tables.
Covers the first 15 of 18 minutes.
WHO
Danny KimHost
Chef Aaron ChangSpeakerexecutive chef
Chef MihaoSpeaker
WHY WATCH
With zero restaurant experience, Danny burns his hands on a hot plate mid-service and still plates for paying guests in a Michelin-starred kitchen under a new executive chef.
Danny Kim cooks 4 a.m. Korean BBQ pork belly for Uber driver Gary and offers $60 to end his shiftREADY CLIP2m64FAIR
Danny Kim calls an Uber and tells the driver, Gary, that he will cook him a meal, and Gary says the whole thing feels weird and outside the norm. Danny seasons and cooks Korean BBQ pork belly and serves it with rice and fresh ramen, and Gary tastes it but says he cannot find the seasoning on it.
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Gary, who drives late at night for the lighter traffic, says Uber paid better four years ago and takes patience. Danny offers Gary $60 to go home early, and Gary says his wife is at a hospital in Rockford.
WHO
GaryGuestUber driver
Danny KimHost
WHY WATCH
Gary, a driver of five and a half years who jokes that the Jamaican dish is missing its gravy, takes the $60 to head home to his wife.
READINESS
90, easy to cut
HOOK
Spoken, first 3 seconds
SPEECH
239 words a minute
ON-SCREEN TEXT
4 lines
CREATIVE
Organic
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None
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Trying Australian school lunch in magpie helmetsREADY CLIP56s60FAIR
A 56 second YouTube clip with 6 speakers, in English.
READINESS
90, easy to cut
HOOK
Spoken, first 3 seconds
SPEECH
206 words a minute
ON-SCREEN TEXT
8 lines
CREATIVE
Organic
FIND TIME
None
FORMAT FIT
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Chef asked if dating life is complicatedREADY CLIP18s59FAIR
DiGiovanni says holidays are the only days he takes off from cooking, and that his girlfriend understands because he is tired when he gets home.
WHY WATCH
DiGiovanni admits his girlfriend rarely gets a home-cooked meal because he is worn out after work, flipping the expectation that dating a chef means constant cooking.
READINESS
90, easy to cut
HOOK
Spoken, first 3 seconds
SPEECH
292 words a minute
ON-SCREEN TEXT
6 lines
CREATIVE
Organic
FIND TIME
None
FORMAT FIT
FITS
MOMENTS
MOMENT SCORE OF 100
Danny Kim tours kid-run restaurants and tastes fried chicken, tacos and pizza
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