Chef Rob McDaniel

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Chef Rob McDaniel joins this episode of Southern Fried, who, along with his wife Emily, has made a massive impact on the culinary scene not only in Birmingham, but has stretched throughout Alabama and the South. Chef McDaniel is a multi-time James Beard Semifinalist and executive chef of a New York Times top 50 restaurant in the US. From Haleyville to the Plains, Lake Martin to Birmingham where he now resides with his family, get excited as we chat with owner and executive chef of Helen and Bayonet, Rob McDaniel.

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