How Chefs In The NBA Bubble Make 4,000 Meals A Week | Big Business

[Music] i for the first five weeks did not take any days off i was here open sunday to sunday rocking out for our guys that's chef lex one of just 10 chefs invited to cook for players inside the nba bubble a covid free isolation zone on disney world's campus right now i'm getting brunch ready for the heat disney was initially responsible for feeding the 22 teams that made it into the bubble but after negative twitter reviews and complaints from players the nba brought in chefs like lex to live inside the bubble under strict quarantine everything that we have to do has to be at the hotel we cannot leave we cannot wander she and the other chefs whip up about 4 000 meals a week but chef lex is no stranger to star-studded clientele she's cooked for the portland trailblazers oprah winfrey kelly rowland meek mill and competed on food network's chopped we followed chef lex to see what it's really like cooking thousands of meals for players inside the nba bubble let's feed our guys the best food possible for chef lex each day inside the bubble starts at 4 30 a.m i'm just throwing on the same shirt and throwing my hair up and thank god getting on a bus there are technically two zones within the nba bubble the inner bubble houses the players and staff and the outer bubble is where the chefs live and work and they're not allowed to cross between the two zones we have these really really strict rules and if you don't follow them you have to go chef lex lives at the waldorf astoria but cooks inside the executive chef kitchen buses transport her between the two cleared areas rise and shine mr will yes my guy joy rise and shine rise and shine sis chef lex and her assistant joy run comfort kitchen a pop-up southern and caribbean restaurant that lex launched specifically for the nba bubble all the other chefs who came into the bubble were attached to a team but chef lex came in as an individual chef i get to the kitchen and it's time to rock and roll as soon as i get there hit the ground running teams can browse her menu and place team or a la carte orders through her website but orders aren't guaranteed as teens leave it is also affecting her sales and we are all affected by the elimination but that's the name of the game chef lex receives her team orders the night before so she has a chance to order all the food she needs since she's not allowed to leave the bubble personal shoppers outside do all of her shopping thanks sis all right way to cook y'all later masked up and with her station very clean my hands fifty thousand times today chef lex and joy get to work they start with making the traditional breakfasts right now i'm getting brunch ready for the heat they had an amazing game last night and one so we are doing turkey bacon chicken sausage follow me while i grab my cat beautiful for my catfish and grits literally the comfort food of the bubble 11 o'clock and we have one hour to get all the food out crazy oh we're gonna make it happen chef lex thanks for hosting this great team meal here for heat nation it was perfect way to celebrate our win last night appreciate you it's just chef lex and her assistant joy doing all the cooking for comfort you kitchen joy dario is instrumental in keeping comfort kitchen open and running i mean i was able to walk away from certain parts of the cooking because i can micromanage sometimes together they're making all kinds of comfort food chicken and waffles shrimp chicken wings let's go get this jalapeno salmon all of the things that i made here are all my own recipes and also like jack i want to say 20 times stronger now than when i got here once everything's cooked it's packaged up for the journey to the inner bubble locked in focus baby almost done baby we have to make sure that we wrap the container which is a really important step from the bag all bags are then labeled and stapled closed that's one of the most important parts next to saran wrapping how everybody identifies because chef lex isn't allowed to enter the inner bubble she has to hand off the food to runners this one is for nba fact then the relay race begins the first runner can only go as far as the security point for the inner bubble there it's picked up by a second runner on the other side that person finally delivers it to the players chef lex done again my food is here this is my boyfriend french toast bacon and eggs then it's back to the hotel to rest up and get ready to do it all over again working in a situation where i am not able to directly hand off food to my client was really hard and a huge like relinquish of power for me because i like my food to get there and be as beautiful as it was when i sent it out but i have a lot of repeat customers so that means that my runners have been doing a fantastic job this has been probably the hardest work that i have done in quite a few years the most work ever but i swear i'm beasting i'm really proud of myself i feel like such a boss thank you for asking me to do this shout out to the nba in the bubble and all the guys here

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Keywords: Business Insider, Business News, nba, nba bubble, disney world, meals, chef, basketball, miami heat, denver nuggets, LA lakers

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Length: 6min 13sec (373 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 04 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

incredible what they did there

all with ZERO positive tests

[u/249ba36000029bbe9749]

Hard to believe that Disney fucked up the food so bad originally.

[u/BF1shY]

wtf is with the weird blur on this video? Did they not wipe the lens?

[u/Meanjoe]

$21 pancakes, $21 French toast, and $20 Mac and Cheese? Living the dream.

[u/mbutterfly32]

Imagine all the plastic waste from the individual containers, on a daily basis. Then think about this happening on a global scale as well.

[u/MaxKellerman32]

her attitude and approach to her work is *chef's kiss*

[u/feralturtles]

Average of $20 per meal (which is probably low) and 4000 meals a week, she is making $80k.

I wonder if she has to pay the NBA to be there, kitchen rental, etc.

[u/servering31252352345]

Can't watch the video right now but I assume the answer is "NBA money"?

[u/roxxe]

why is disney hosting the nba?