Isaac McKinley

Connect What is your signature dish?

Being in the kitchen would be my signature dish. I make sweet potato pie wontons and different egg rolls like carbon jerk chicken dirty rice and sweet potato pie. BBQ chicken mac and cheese and sweet potato pie egg roll but the possibilities are endless. I have also made a jerk veggies dirty rice and sweet potato pie egg roll. I have also made a chicken and waffle bacon egg and cheese egg roll with a regular waffle and a sweet potato pie waffle

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My culinary inspiration comes from a few places. It starts from having home chefs in my family and in my blood. My Grandma Shirley was my biggest inspiration cause this Queen did everything phenomenal from baking to making beef stew in a blender. As I got a a little bit older traveling down south and seeing the food network and cooking channels. Seeing Emeril, Alton brown, Carla Hall and Kardea Brown just to name a few. I love to do experiments to see what my results would be.Smiles of enjoyment

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use most of it to start wholesaling my wontons and egg rolls. Give a Little to my parents my children mother's and my brother. Save a little for a rainy day. Finally take a vacation to reset and come back back stronger.THIS IS A PHENOMENAL YEAR.