240: How Alexia “Chef Lex” Grant Went From Corporate Cooking To Carmelo Anthony’s Chef

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🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

For Alexia Grant aka “Chef Lex” aka “The Bubble Chef,” cooking was always a family affair, or how she puts it, “a collaborative effort.” And that motivation has taken her very far. She has cooked for the likes of Carmelo and LaLa Anthony, Malcolm Jenkins, Meek Mill, Angela Simmons and Lauryn Hill, and worked with brands like Lululemon and Verizon.

Growing up with a garden outside of her home, and a loving family who made sure she had a good breakfast in the morning, food was a big thing for her. Although Lex wasn’t sure of what she wanted to do post-high school, it was her grandfather who was her motivation to pursue a career in cooking. Before he passed, he had a real sit-down moment with her about next life steps, which encouraged her to eventually apply to culinary school.

At 19, Lex got her first high paying catering job that catapulted her into the side hustle of catering, which ultimately led her to full-time entrepreneurship. Not to mention, after that catering job, she started telling everyone that she was a “chef” and no one could tell her otherwise.

From contracting her services to now running her own lifestyle management firm, and having her own pop-up restaurant, Comfort Kitchen, Chef Lex is a force to be reckoned with. And as my Jamaican sista, I must say, her grind is impeccable.

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0:00.0	Being a hustler, being an entrepreneur, you're ever evolving.
0:05.8	You know, you build in one room and then you grow into the next and you realize you're
0:09.6	the littlest fish.
0:10.6	You gotta just start the whole process over.
0:12.1	So having the mentality of that you're ever learning and ever changing in the world,
0:17.7	I don't know.
0:18.7	It just puts you in this state of like humbleness.
0:23.6	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your
0:28.4	side hustle from passion project to profitable business.
0:32.2	And I'm your host, Nikkela Matthews of Kome.
0:35.2	So let's get started.
0:36.7	Hey, hey guys, welcome back to the show.
0:41.2	It's Nikkela here and today in the guest chair, we have the Oso Dynamic Alexia Grant,
0:47.2	aka Cheflex aka The Bubble Chef.
0:50.4	You'll learn what that means in a second.
0:52.5	By some strange magic, Cheflex has been blessed by the opportunity to channel her passion
0:58.4	for health and happiness to support high achievers and world champions.
1:03.6	Thanks to her superior culinary skills, glasses full mentality, entrepreneurial prowess and
1:09.2	inviting personality, she has earned the trust and respect of her many celebrity clients
1:15.1	both in the kitchen and beyond.
1:17.4	Her lifestyle management firm, Cheflex Grant Enko provides an array of essential services
1:23.4	to elite athletes, entertainers, entrepreneurs and entities.
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