>> you can be forgiven for underestimating sean brock first time i met him. i saw a scruffy looking dude in a trucker cap who had a bottle of good bourbon on hand. >> 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. ♪ >> it took me a little time to discover the ferocious intellect, the inquiring nature, the purposeful talent to the man. without a doubt one of america's most important chefs. a guy redefining not just what southern cooking is, what, and can be, but american cooking as a whole. ♪