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I deal with Tabasco as a customer, I went out there and did a site visit to see where my trucks were going. Man was it a cool experience, it's also open to tours! All the Tabasco sauce in the world is produce in Avery Island. They have a park you can drive through with an alligator pond, haha super cool, worth a visit! Oh yeah, keep buying Tabasco!

It's mad how even fathers want the best for their kids even when they're sitting on something quality like the meat place, Pat's doing exactly what he should be tbh as a boss too getting in and doing whatever. Seeing a person being where they are meant to be doing what they do is amazing.

When they said they have watch for runaways and that crawfish threw his claws up I cracked up 😂

NEARLY 2 HOURS OF INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTATION OF FOOD?!? LETS GOOOO

Watching the pride these people put into their food is heartwarming.

Props to Madison for recognizing the value and benefit as well as sacrifice of foreign laborers. He’s a wise young businessman.

Utopia bagels is what it’s all about, you can tell the owner loves what he’s doing so much, I love seeing businesses like this, that’s why they are as busy and successful as they are, you can’t fake that kind of passion.

He meant to say, "Once u buy my bagel no other bagel brand will measure up; therefore My bagel is the best you can buy! Thank you for being a valued customer.

when I listen to these honest entrepreneurs, I can only admire their drive and passion. congratulations to them all. The level of honesty is simply the best.

The utopia and the Crawfish one were my favourite you can clearly see how much these persons love what they do, and how sweet and good they are with their employees 🎉 wishing them all yhe best and success, they're truly inspiring!

Workers get paid 2.50 per pound to peel crawfish tails, and the fastest workers do 40 pounds a day. That's $100 a day before taxes. Leona Williams has been doing it for 50 years.

I wasnt hungry when I started to watch this video, but now I am.

I love how the title is "14 Entrepreneurs Who Built Food Empires" when the actual truth is that for many, it was no single entrepreneur who built them but rather generations of family. I am not disparaging any of these folks achievements but the truth is it is easier to succeed when born into the right circumstances and those born into farming, business or political families will always have an advantage over the average person. Very often through hard work as kids being committed and dedicated to the family business but equally as often it is "not what you know but who you know".

This is by far one of the best documenteries I've watched. It is so inspiring and I've learnt a lot. Can't wait to grow businesses that transcends time.

The whole idea of the documentary having a mixture of a variety of narrators is FUN!

I love seeing people working together to provide so much food for all. Integrity and hard work brings success. Love to see it.

The father son mozarella duo have crazy hands. I've tried to make some before, that water is _HOT_ !

Watching these people prepare their gourmet food is mouthwatering.

YESSSS... Officer Tatum is so right on! I grew up in SWP, Southwest Philly and let me tell you just how proud I am...BUT Being better and fit for Jesus says I made it! ❤ Your show! God bless you always!

Apart from showcasing a lot of creativity, and uniqueness, these entrepreneurs simplify the combination of different food types in a role.

You have in my opinion elevated your program to my De-facto news Beacon!!! I look forward to your program every episode to cut through all the bullshit in the world and bring clarity to the issues at hand! Never stop with your enthusiastic broadcasting skills. Thank You John Oliver!!!!

the fathers eyes at the end of the mozeralla..... powerful..... God bless them

The passion in these entrepreneurs in this episode is amazing 🎉

I do have to say THE BEST bagels I've ever had were in New York, Long Island specifically. I remember bringing back a huge paper shopping bag full of them back home and I haven't had a bagel that compares since then.

Loved this series, very inspiring to see how people can start with little and end up into a massive operation. I love the human element, how sacrificial it is for people to serve a company with integrity, honesty and hard work which leads to happy consumers and a thriving company that can support the livelihood of workers families.

These comments are like a breath of fresh air. Thank you for the kind words.

My Guidoni family have 4 generations of butcher blocks and meatcutting schools. Called "A Couple of Meatheads" Capiche?🥩 From Italy to Oregon. ❤ I love this video. The proud Italians working and loving for generations to keep tummies healthy and taste buds happy. Salute de cientos! 🥂❤🥩

I used to work as an electrician some years ago, I have to say it was very common for small businesses in older buildings to have two or sometimes more meters. One meter was for the domestics ( 120: volt needs like lighting and receptacles. Most of these businesses also had a second meter for their 3 phase loads, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. It wasn’t until the 1970s that new buildings began to have their own indoor transformers to provide all their power needs from a single meter.

God bless these family businesses!!!!!! The Big corporations can't compare to their quality of products and their efficiency to run a business!!!

The steak part got me drooling. Man, that looked good.

Wow, amazing video. The crawfish guy is so passionate, making 500K profit in 1 year but he only paid himself $20K, insane.

When I was growing up there was a bakery the next town over. The German woman who ran it made the best pumpernickel bread as well as cheesecake that was nothing like what they crank out today. I think she might have used mascarpone instead of cream cheese. It wasn’t as sweet as cream cheese and it was amazing. She made cherry, blueberry and pineapple. The filling was on the bottom and I don’t think she used graham cracker crust either. Not positive what she used but when daddy brought one home, along with her pecan sticky buns! Wow! The best treat was to grab the end of the pumpernickel bread, slather it with butter and you had a serious treat! YUM and double YUM!!

'And yet we all must brush our mouth every day, whether we are poor or rich' Yemisi Iranloye

Yep, that is true down by Jay Street. The first restaurant I ever went into in my life. It was a school trip. My teacher took us all and everybody had juniors famous cheesecake. It was the best treat I ever had as a child. It was a memory that I’ll never lose, I think my teacher to this day he made us who we are today conscience people with morality. He told us how to think. Thank you, Mr. Martinez I never forgot that trip I buy cheesecake from there sometimes it is so great.🎉🎉❤

taking entrepreneurship to another level of success

You have been working so hard to get the fruit you are today ❤🥰😍🌹

I think it's wonderfull what they did for the cab drivers

Sitting at the kitchen table peeling and eating crawfish while drinking beer is a pretty lazy way to spend a springtime Saturday.

Always a pleasure listening to Dr. Paul Mason.

As an aspiring food entrepreneur, thank you for this video.

When I was first stationed near Jax, FL there was a great steakhouse called the Tree Steakhouse in the Arlington area that had been there for 50 years. It was the best steakhouse around. They had fantastic dry aged steaks like in this video. It was a small restaurant. They would bring out the roll of Rye-eye steaks on a card, you would tell the server how thick that you wanted your steak and how seasoned-cooked. The Arlington area of the city started to go down hill in the late 80's and they moved. Only it was not as good and they did not last. I have much respect for people working in the food business. It is hard long work. Shalom

45:15 the guy paid himself just a 20K USD salary, man of my heart. That's also how I run my company, even if we make millions. I prefer to have the money in bank or invested, just in case of a crisis, I can still pay our guys. They don't need to worry. Security is worth more than a high salary.

The 24 cheesecake variety pack..oooo sold!

Im not even into cheese cake, but Junior's story is so inspiring to see/learn more about this family owned business out of NY. I have to ask, why don't they make their own cream cheese in-house, especially if they're going to open a bigger factory and their current wholesale supplier continues raising their prices?!

I would die for the white sauce

I worked as a sales representative and "Western" Marketing representative for UST from 1992 to 2000.. i helped roll out the introduction of Skoal Cherry, Spearmint, and Skoal Flavor Packs. I also rolled out Redseal and Rooster brands during that time. It was fun to remember all these brands that I helped introduce to the USA. As a side note, i did not see the Skoal Flavor Packs on the video.Also didnt see Bighorn Snuff which was the first I ever tried. Awesome video my friend. Keep it up. If you ever need somebody who was part of us tobacco throughout the 1990s, I am happy to answer questions or help fill in blanks. I have a great story about being involved in the 1.6 billion lawsuit of conwood company versus US tobacco as I was called as a witness and one of my ex-employees was also called as a witness for the plaintiffs. At the time it was the largest antitrust lawsuit in American history and I was right smack in the middle of it. Might actually make an interesting episode for you someday.. take care and keep it up!

When my late husband and I visited NYC, we had the opportunity to eat at Juniors. I grew up making New York styled cheesecake, but theirs was amazeballs!!!

thank you so much for making part 2😪❤❤you saved me hours of hard work love your content and your time❤

Interesting and inspiring people behind these businesses! Cheers

The cassava production inspired me so much, Thanks for sharing these free knowledges

Wow what a documentary, thanks the documentary team that made all the effort to produce such an informative content.

Great vid. Would be greater if there were links in the description to any websites to shop with these companies.

Just love to see how the logistics work so smoothly! Impressive how all works together!

Hell yeah Parish. Good dude. Also, Halal Guys is 1000% what started my love for spicy food. Accidentally putting WAY too much on my lamb and rice at 2am and the spiral of "oh my god this is delicious but it hurts"

Anyone else feel stabby every time she says "jeer-oh"?

Two toppings and a sauce???? That’s crazy talk. The toppings are the reason for making a burger for me! Bbq, grilled onions, jalepenos, shredded lettuce, cheddar, and garlic aioli. ❤

The Lady in Nigeria !!!! You are awesome!!!!!! Cassava is a great product!

Jerry Seinfeld robbed an old lady for a Babka cake.

2:58 owner doesn’t have a clue how to cook a steak. He essentially microwaved it 😂

"we don't get out butchers WE MAKE OUR BUTCHERS"

That “giro” is killin me

Enlightening video. Hopefully Nigeria gets some help from good and decent sources, soon, to bring in help for that country's cassava industry.

cassava (also known as yuca) is so good as a cuban i highly recommend ppl try it its basically like potato but with a more umami taste

Oh man, I've been wanting to try Bang Cookies for awhile now. After seeing this reminded me that I should order some haha

As a person whose joints react painfully to Irish potatoes, I could not eat so many of my favorite foods. Potato salad, french fries, home fries among them. I was thrilled to discover yuca/cassava! To my astonishment, it tastes better than potatoes! Sometimes, when I have boiled the roots, planning to make a favorite dish, I find myself just eating them as they cool! Delicious, and they don't cause any inflammation at all! Wish I had some right now!

I literally had the worst milkshake of my life at Junior's. How do you screw up a vanilla milkshake? Overhyped drek!

Fun fact, there were no actual “shortages”, just companies being greedy

When I use to work in NYC I would have that for lunch , it's so good, and you get so much I would take the rest home and have it for dinner..always get the white sauce😋

Do you know why you want to give Cab drivers priority because they’re going to brag about your food all over the city.

Here's one we can do without: Entomo Farms (Crickets)

God Bless and Thank you to all of the honest owners and workers! ❤🙏 😋 🥩 🍲 🐽 🐔 🐠 🍏 🥗

"When you try my bagel, you will never try "another" bagel" Waitt.. does he say it wrongly or it's correct? Don't know if i misunderstood him.

Tabasco looks like sambal ulek with extra step (fermentation)

I love the effort that every single one of the entrepreneurs put into their food.

first time in 20 years, since I seen a travel channel special about italy, that I fee I need to go somewhere to eat a specialty, this looks amazing

I hate bandsaws, I chopped the top of my thumb off in my middle school shop class with one and every time I see one I remember that lol

The last story on Psaltry International, which produces cassava in Nigeria, should have been the lead story. A female entrepreneur empowering her community through innovation and collaboration, increasing wages from $1 per day to $10 per day is an incredible story.

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The cheesecake segment is obscene, but I can't stop salivating

my concern with Utopia Bagel is that they depend too much on Daniel. If something happens to him, whether sick or unable to get to work, it will be very difficult to run the business.

It is sad to hear fishes are dip in hot water when they alive.What a feeling

Kaza wow that looks delicious. My late mother who I miss was 2nd gen Italian American, and I grew up eating fresh wet Mozzarella with cured Italian meats, sun dried tomatoes in olive oil and aged balsamic vinegar. Talk about a magical wonderland for your pallet with flavor savory deliciousness that will blow your mind!

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If you have ever had crickets for lizards and frogs, you know crickets are the stinkiest smell next to a dead rodent. Plus, the exoskeleton is like a crab. Humans can not digest it.

Me trying to figure out how to invest into sorbitol 🤔🤔🤔

I loved watching the mozarella son talk (Carlo I think)! So excited to talk about the mozarella "It's just different". Well, looks like it is!

Really great to see the passion in these businesses.

As a manager training, an employee right saves much more time than delegating it to someone who may not care anymore. Which is what happens at evert fast food place in the us which is why they make so many mistakes

a lot of bussiness : and secret recipe Xi'an guys: This and this and this

Absolutely amazing to watch. Greetings from England. Have a great day all :)

I don’t eat a lot of halal food but when I was young my aunt took me to a special New York downtown corner and there was the best halal guys truck we had chicken over rice with sauces looking at this I don’t know I miss the time the world around me as it was and my free childish mind I’m glad I had it when I did this made me cry❤

When a "family business" is replacing workers with robots to create the strawberry swirls within your cheesecake, you're not a family business anymore.

I liked my own comment

I am always getting live feeds at least 2 hours after posted. Can't wait to start my course. Thanks for all you do Ninja. En living me. Poor as dirt...but the Phoenix will arrive

After watching those mozzarella son and father, I miss my own father who recently passed so much.

Have you ever noticed how the actual inflation %s people are directly experiencing is 3-5x higher than official government numbers?

Cricket shaize

The sheetrock knife for chopping the chicken was my favorite part

I lived in NYC for 4 years while I was at school. I ate halal almost every day. No regrets.

Why don’t they start producing their core ingredients ie cream cheese so not to be vulnerable! Invest in cream cheese research! You have so much capital to not be able to do it. This can be sustainable in the Long run.