How a Dropout Earned a Michelin Star | NADC! w/ Phillip Frankland Lee

2025-12-23

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Neen Williams flips the script and interviews his co-host, chef Phillip Frankland Lee. Phillip opens up about his origins, his 8th-grade band audition grind, and the moment he first saw real money. He shares how he became obsessed with food, the lessons the industry taught him, and the emotional lows—crying in the kitchen, dropping out of culinary school, and pushing himself to earn 10 years of experience in 5.Phillip also talks about building his award-winning restaurant group, earning a Michelin star, and c...

Neen Williams flips the script and interviews his co-host, chef Phillip Frankland Lee. Phillip opens up about his origins, his 8th-grade band audition grind, and the moment he first saw real money. He shares how he became obsessed with food, the lessons the industry taught him, and the emotional lows—crying in the kitchen, dropping out of culinary school, and pushing himself to earn 10 years of experience in 5.
Phillip also talks about building his award-winning restaurant group, earning a Michelin star, and creating his now-famous sushi concepts that have lines out the door. Plus, he breaks down opening a restaurant in just one week and the whirlwind that followed when Joe Rogan posted about their spot.

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Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:43 - Phillip's Origins

00:10:00 - Auditioning In 8th Grade For A Band

00:18:41 - Seeing Real Money For The First Time

00:31:27 - Obsessed With Food and Experiencing the Industry

00:37:34 - Crying In The Kitchen

00:39:24 - Deciding To Drop Out Of Culinary School

00:45:14 - Getting 10 Years Of Experience in 5 Years