From Social Media Sensation To Successful Restaurant: Here’s How Chef Damian Created His Food Empire - Essence

Courtesy: Chef Damian Brown

If you’ve ever been to Prince George’s County, Maryland, then you’ve likely heard of Uncaged Chefs.

Chef Damian Brown’s concept is simple: there are no rules. Uncaged Chefs, which started with a brunch pop-up in Camp Springs Maryland just a few years ago, has now launched a full-scale restaurant that has locals and tourists alike waiting in lines that circle the shopping plaza to eat at the infamous local eatery.

It’s no surprise. If you’ve ever met Chef Damian, his presence is as humble as it is masterful, creating his culinary creations with ease — so running a restaurant seemed like a natural fit. Especially considering the experience he had at an early age.

Brown’s life story is written in his recipes. As the oldest of five children, Brown learned to cook at a young age because it was his job to make the family meals. During visits with his great-grandfather, he picked up other tricks, as the two would find a recipe in a cookbook and make it together.

After attending culinary school, he worked as a corporate chef, which is interesting considering his “no rules” approach. The chef, known for throwing together a meal with any ingredients he can find, still found ways to tap into his creative side however. It started with a private Facebook page called The Uncaged Chefs, where he would post the most off-the-wall dishes he could cook up. And then, grew into his Instagram page that now boasts over 200K followers. So he left to open his own...



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