Just got back from a field trip to a local JC with some of my culinary kids. There was also a cooking competition and my kids came in second. They lost first because "they didn't clean up as they cooked; and there wasn't a clear cut leader"
Lame.
Anyhow, one of the judges, an executive chef from Sunset Magazine/Google Cafe, pointed at me during the panel Q & A and said I was one of the people who inspired him to become a chef.
Huh?
Turns out he was a regular customer when I was a sushi chef and he used to sit at the bar all by himself when he was like six. He said he recognized me right away and then snapped a pic of me and sent it to his mom to make sure it was me.
Small world and pretty funny.