even inviting potential employers to the jail for a sample. okay, the sandwich, okay, look nice, the colors, okay? look very nice. potential employers outside, i invite them to come over here and see our program, see what the student can do. i also ask the employers to give them the opportunity, okay, when they come out, apply for the job. pass on that one too. and make a stuffed pepper here. training is one thing. to actually get a job, that s a different thing. okay, they taste very good, okay? pass. but when you eat it today, next time, okay, i would like to get you to cook it for three more minutes, okay? chef bui says he is motivated to give others a second chance because of the one afforded to him. he grew up in vietnam and joined the south vietnamese army at age 17 as war raged across the
well. i m in max security because i got caught with a bunch of extra stuff that i wasn t supposed to have, including stuff that wasn t supposed to be in the facility and with some frosting. frosting? yeah, from chef bui s class, i had a cup of it. i just wanted to share some frosting with my friends so i brought it back. i got caught with it and they searched my stuff and found money, bobby pins, six blankets. stealing, that s unacceptable. they will lose all privilege and the program if they do that. and most of the ladies respect it but some don t. anderson spent five days in segregation and lost her spot in general population. she s now housed in the more
internet? you gave them something vital, something to feed on. me doing that, now i feel man, it s because of me, that me and all boys are in jail, know what i mean, for making a stupid decision and a dumb move. are they mad at you? im, they not mad, know what i mean, because i didn t tell them to do it in the first place. i was mad. i was mad, i m not going to lie. i was mad at my brother. i was mad because i m in here. i mean things happen. i m not going to just ride his back for it over spilled milk. coming up a waste of life. it s a waste of my life and my kids . yvette anderson gets a second chance to pursue a dream. that spunky little broad, she cracks me up. she s so just sweet. and make sure you cut it evenly and make iter resistible. chef bui s past and how it motivates him today.
the jail had to make numerous adjustments to go from being a short-term facility for pretrial detainees to lousing long-term felons, many of whom were seasoned prison inmates. since these state prison inmates will now be released directly into their communities the law came with an important provision. funding for a variety of re-entry programs, some of which provide real-world job skills. one program for female inmates is a culinary arts course run by a professional chef, trun bui. the training das signed for two months so the lady can go out and get a job in albertson s, food mart, everywhere. chef bui emigrated to the united states in the early 1970s
if anybody walked in, chef, nice hair, that is the best compliment you can give that man. you heard rumors, special forces while he was in vietnam. he s like done military something or other. wounded multiple times. ballroom dancing, tango dancing. everything. he s just he s amazing. he s a mystery. but one thing that is not a mystery is chef bui s passion for both food and teaching. make sure, okay, you cut evenly. and make it irresistible. presentation, okay, is 50%. as the current course comes to an end students will be graded on a two-part standard. taste and presentation. yeah, ladies, okay, it don t look good i m not going to buy it. if i don t buy it i never know what it taste like, all right? presentation is everything, the whole thing, okay? yeah very good. pass. along with teaching the course, chef bui works with local restaurants and grocery stores to help employ inmates.