This week my guest is Shawn Niles (aka The Fat Pastor). Shawn started his church in 2015, but his love of cooking led him to competing on MasterChef in 2016. What chef Gordon Ramsay told him would change his life forever.
Wanting to combine his two passions, Shawn started a program for at-risk youth in Yakima, WA called Urban Kitchen (https://www.theredbeardfoundation.org/urbankitchen) , to teach them culinary and business skills. At the end of the program, the students would open and run a 3-night pop-up restaurant.
He would later start BiteClub Yakima, and have the opportunity to go to Italy to work with chef Massimo Bottura (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thefatpastor/2023/06/jesus-in-the-eyes-of-massimo-part-1/) . Also, following in the footsteps of his dad, his 9-year old son Asher is a current contestant on MasterChef Junior (https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/get-to-know-your-neighbor-asher-and-shawn-niles-stir-things-up-in-the-kitchen/article_3158ee3c-db43-11ee-9239-370957528e30.html) .
SHAWN NILES/THE FAT PASTOR
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