>> anthony: you could be forgiven for underestimating sean brock first time you meet him. i know i did. i saw a scruffy looking dude in a trucker cap, who always seemed to have a bottle of really good bourbon on hand. >> sean: that's a weller, 1991, 18 years old. this is the end of great whiskey. it didn't come in this bottle. this is my travel bottle because it's plastic, you see, so it don't break when you get rowdy. ♪ >> anthony: it took me a little time to discover the ferocious intellect, the inquiring nature purposeful talent of the man. without a doubt, one of america's most important chefs. a guy who's redefining what not just southern cooking is, was, and can be, but american cooking as a whole. >> sean: one, two, three! ♪