What happens when a soul food legend meets a business-savvy chef? A lot of diners go home happy.
In this episode of The Way Up, Guy Raz sits down with Chef Charles Gabriel and Chef Quie Slobert of Charles Pan-Fried Chicken to explore how they transformed a Harlem institution into a growing restaurant group with national buzz — all while keeping the heart of home cooking at the center of it all.
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0:00 Meet Chef Charles Gabriel and Chef Quie Slobert
0:59 Journey from Charlotte to Harlem
2:49 The culinary legend that sparked Quie’s career
3:43 The early days of Charles Pan-Fried Chicken
5:02 Starting a legendary restaurant with a food truck
7:45 How Charles and Quie met
9:53 Growing a restaurant as business partners
12:45 Inside the Charles Pan-Fried Chicken experience
13:11 Using Square for smart restaurant growth
15:41 The Harlem community at the heart of it all
18:18 Increasing restaurant profitability with Square
20:16 Refle...
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