A Conversation with One of America’s Best Chefs — Tyson Cole

Noah Kagan Presents

Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As a caucasian, Tyson Cole doesn’t fit the stereotype of a sushi chef. And his path wasn’t easy — he spent years as a dishwasher and fighting racial bias before he became a sushi chef. But since opening his own restaurant, Tyson has been voted one of the BEST chefs in the U.S. Hear about how Tyson built a sushi empire, what it’s like being on Iron Chef, and more.

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0:00.0	probably the most important point of my entire life. I looked up the stairs and there was a door with
0:07.1	samurai on it and I was like, should I go up those stairs and see what's up there or not?
0:12.1	Luckily I did.
0:15.0	Welcome to Noah Kagan presents.
0:17.0	What's up you gorgeous listeners, It's your boy Topo Chico, aka
0:26.2	Rabbi Can't Lose, aka Noo Kagan. Today's episode is with the chef of my
0:29.9	favorite restaurant in Austin called Uchico. His name is Tyson Cole. I reached out to
0:35.6	Tyson because I was curious how someone runs such an impressive restaurant.
0:38.8	He's also been able to compete on Iron Chef and has won a ton of awards, especially the James Beard Ward for the
0:44.2	Southwest.
0:45.2	And what's even crazier about it is how was the head of the most popular Japanese restaurant
0:49.1	in Austin and is also rated nationally, a white guy? So Tyson was super nice and I felt very grateful he was able to share
0:55.8	his story with us. So here are three major takeaways from the episode today. One, how did Tyson go from being a dishwasher to one of the nation's top chefs?
1:05.0	So learn about the path that he took.
1:07.0	Second, how to turn your talent into something profitable?
1:10.0	And third, how Tyson does things differently with his hiring?
1:13.5	You'll learn those three things and a bunch more.
1:16.0	Enjoy.
1:17.0	I know you were doing art, but then how did you think taking the art to sushi I never
1:23.8	grabbed why you went to Kyoto in the first place? I was actually looking for a job. I was
1:29.0	working as a manager at a grocery store in South Lamar which soon serendipitously is next door to where Loro is right now.
1:36.0	It's crazy, it's not crazy.
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