Making It Happen: Lessons from Matt Price’s Kitchen and Career

Mick Unplugged

Realm

Education, Self-improvement, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Making It Happen: Lessons from Matt Price’s Kitchen and Career Matt Price, known to millions as Mr. Make It Happen, is a celebrated chef, content creator, and entrepreneur whose viral cooking videos have redefined home cooking for a new generation. From humble beginnings in Richmond, Virginia, Matt climbed the corporate ladder at Capital One, but his lifelong passion for food led him to trade a thriving sales career for building a culinary and media brand. Through YouTube, Instagram, and his renowned DC restaurant, Fraiche, Matt inspires audiences to get creative in the kitchen while staying true to their roots. His signature style—blending authentic recipes, accessible teaching, and steady innovation—has made him a trusted voice for foodies and home cooks everywhere. Takeaways: Consistency and authenticity are key to building a successful brand in content creation—Matt's journey from corporate sales to viral chef proves that mastery and staying true to your voice triumphs over trendy attempts to go viral. Leveraging today’s low barriers to entry, anyone can start building impactful video content with just a smartphone, but real success comes from intentionality, persistence, and a willingness to learn from failure. In both business and creativity, doubling down on your strengths and surrounding yourself with the right team is far more effective than trying to do it all—hire for your weaknesses, focus on your unique gifts, and always be ready to pivot. Sound Bytes: "If you’re going to do it, start now, because the barrier for entry today is as low as it’s ever been. All you need is an iPhone." "I’d rather have one or two people that say, 'it wasn’t for me,' but the rest absolutely love it and rave about it, than everyone just think it was cool." "I just take the time to really learn it. You can’t really teach something you’re not proficient at." Connect & Discover Matt: Instagram: @_mrmakeithappen_ Website: mrmakeithappen.com YouTube: @MrMakeItHappen X: @MrMake1tHappen Restuarant: Fraiche Cookbook: Meet Me in the Kitchen 🔥 Ready to Unleash Your Inner Game-Changer? 🔥 Mick Hunt’s BEST SELLING book, How to Be a Good Leader When You’ve Never Had One: The Blueprint for Modern Leadership, is here to light a fire under your ambition and arm you with the real-talk strategies that only Mick delivers. 👉 Grab your copy now and level up your life → Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million FOLLOW MICK ON: Spotify: MickUnplugged Instagram: @mickunplugged Facebook: @mickunplugged YouTube: @MickUnpluggedPodcast LinkedIn: @mickhunt Website: MickHuntOfficial.com Apple: MickUnplugged Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged.
0:04.8	And this is going to be the first time that you all actually understand the depth of why I started this podcast in the first place.
0:13.9	And it has to do with my guy the sitting right here, Matt Price.
0:19.9	You're listening to Mick Unplugged, hosted by the one and only Mick Hunt.
0:24.8	This is where purpose meets power and stories spark transformation.
0:29.2	Mick takes you beyond the motivation and into meaning, helping you discover your because
0:33.7	and becoming unstoppable.
0:35.9	I'm Rudy Rush, and trust me, you're in the right place.
0:39.8	Let's get unplugged.
0:43.4	Matt, how you doing today, brother?
0:44.3	I'm good, man.
0:45.0	Thank you for having me on.
0:46.1	I appreciate it.
0:47.1	No, thank you, man.
0:48.2	So, you know, I talked to you and I told you I've got a moment where you don't really understand
0:53.6	the depth of what you mean to me.
0:55.3	And this is it right here.
0:56.3	Yeah.
0:58.0	Everything you need is in the caption.
1:00.2	Now it's your turn to make it happen.
1:03.3	Three years ago, I started following you on YouTube.
1:07.3	Okay.
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