Cook of the House: Matt Noz of The Second Line

Name: Matt Noz

Position & Restaurant: Lead line cook, The Second Line

Hometown: Memphis, TN

How did you get into cooking? My mom and grandmother made me learn

Who is your favorite cook/chef? My mom

What kitchen tool/utensil could you not live without? My cast iron skillets

What is the best thing about your job? I love the creativity.

What is your favorite flavor combo? Spicy and citrus

Name three items in your fridge: Milk, sweet tea, chocolate syrup

Where do you get your best recipe ideas? Combining recipes from different places that I’ve worked

What is the best meal you’ve ever eaten? My mom’s shrimp and grits

What’s the weirdest meal you’ve ever eaten? Chit’lins

Personal specialties: Fried chicken

Favorite Midnight snack: Cinnamon Toast Crunch – only cereal after midnight

Favorite Kitchen Music: Alice in Chains?

Who would you most like to cook for and what would you prepare? I’d like to make my fried chicken for my grandparents

Most famous customer you’ve served and what they ordered? I made some crawfish etouffe for Jerry Lauler once

Where do you like to dine in Oxford? Ajax, Blind Pig

Favorite restaurant in the world: Uncle Lou’s

Aspirations: To not be picked last for playground dodgeball

Fried catfish: eat the tail or not? Negative

Tags: Ajax, Alice in Chains, Blind Pig, Dodgeball, Matt Noz, ms, Oxford, second line, The Local Voice, tlv, Uncle Lou's

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