From Gordon Ramsey to Monsey NY

This man runs a Korean barbecue spot in Monsey, New York. And the crazy thing is, it's kosher. What is your favorite Shabbat food to make every week? >> If I said [music] gefilte fish, would people kill me? >> We're here at Fireside with Chef >> Ariel I'm from Argentina, [music] Buenos Aires. I'm the chef of Fireside, which is literally the first hot pot and Korean barbecue kosher restaurant [music] in the world. >> How did you bring this idea to life? >> So, I wanted to do something like really outside of like what people are used to. It's such a unknown [music] and known cuisine at the same time, right? This is our house. We want to show you and we want to make you experience what [music] we're great at, and this is it. >> I want to talk about you for a second, cuz how did a boy from Buenos Aires end up here in Monsey, New York of all places? [music] >> I grew up in Buenos Aires. I went to Chabad Yeshiva. I was religious with the hat and the beard and everything. I started cooking Yeshiva and I had this like dream of always wanted to be TV chef, I [music] guess, and like Google Gordon Ramsay and all that. And dude, I kind of like blinked and it happened, you know? >> Oh, so you manifested that [music] dream. >> Yeah, I did Hell's Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay season 23 and I also did Chopped not long time ago. >> So, okay. How did you get into kosher though? And like how why did you end up cooking for the community? >> I've always done kosher. There's like such a beauty. Every single person that comes in will say a bracha, will say a blessing as soon as they sit down and they'll do a blessing right after. Like the fact that my rabbis can come in here and eat my food, it's just such a good feeling. [music] Most people are like, if I have the chance of like cooking not kosher or kosher, they'll be like, you know, it's just so it's so absurd, [music] you know, I can't use this, I can't use that. And like, bro, if you're a chef, you'll make it happen with anything, you know? >> Dude, it was so nice to meet you, bro. Thank you so much. Thanks for having us.