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Dawson was working in the kitchen at Lakeland when he met Chef Jimmy Hill who runs the Food Tech Program at the prison. After an interview with Hill, Dawson was accepted into the program and for the next six years, learned everything an aspiring chef needs to know about cooking.
The program is intensive, with bookwork and kitchen training that demands perfection.
“If we did something wrong, he held us accountable,” Dawson says about Hill.
After being released from Lakeland, Dawson began cooking and selling food out of his apartment. Soon, he would realize a dream he had pursued during his years in prison.