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Watch John Currence, Kelly English Share 'Chef Secrets'

In this entertaining installment of Eatocracy's "Secrets" video series, the cameras roll as Southern chefs John Currence (Oxford, Mississippi's City Grocery) and Kelly English (Memphis's Restaurant Iris) tell tales they probably shouldn't, including dishing about having to bail line cooks out of jail and how their restaurants counteract badly behaving guests. English admits " we definitely keep a list" of bad tippers, often denying them a table when they call for a reservation. Currence, meanwhile, cops to one night where we "got all strung out on peyote... it got really weird." Go, watch:

Video: Chef Secrets: Bad Tip, No Table for You


· Chef Secrets: Bad Tip, No Table for You [Eatocracy]
· All John Currence Coverage on Eater [-E-]
· All Kelly English Coverage on Eater [-E-]

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