September 14, 2019
1,253
40
6
3.67%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
4:04Now PlayingPortland Chef Gabriel Rucker uses his life experience to make a difference for others who struggle with addiction in the food and beverage industry.
RELATEDHow vaping has become a public health crisis
Now Rucker is a two-time James Beard award winner and owner of three of the most prestigious restaurants in Portland, a celebrated food city. For the first decade of his career, he was a hard-partying, always-drinking cook who reveled in the carefree, anything-goes attitude of an industry that’s long glorified and glamorized a life of debauchery. Shortly after Rucker decided to be a chef, his mom handed him a copy of Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential,” the best-selling memoir from the former line cook who wrote candidly of a profession that included brutally late nights, drinking on the job and drug use. Rucker considered it the blueprint for culinary success.
» Subscribe to USA TODAY
» Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY
» USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.