Chef Keith Corbin's epic journey from the housing projects to food-world stardom

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Chef Keith Corbin's epic journey from the housing projects to food-world stardom
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'Prison cooking didn't prepare me for this, growing up cooking didn't prepare me for this - cooking drugs didn't prepare me for this,' he says.

The summer sun beating down on the Jordan Downs housing project in Watts, Los Angeles, is unrelenting.

But now,"It's empty. You know? Yeah. You don't see the kids runnin' no more. They've taken everything from us. They've taken everything from the community." a restaurant initiative to bring high-quality, affordable fare to food deserts like Watts, staffed by people from the community. They refused to give up on him.

At the helm of his thriving restaurant, Corbin is determined to give back to the community that nurtured him.

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