Chef Mario Amaral grew up in Southern California before joining the U.S. Coast Guard in 2001. Mario was always fascinated by food and cooking, so upon departure from the military in 2005, he moved to Las Vegas to attend Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. From culinary school, Mario opened Red Rock Resort and was exposed to multiple kitchens from buffets to banquets in a hotel setting. Chef Mario has also won many culinary competitions, including round 1 of Iron Chef Bellagio, BOH Brawl, and the Las Vegas DICED competition. After helping open and improve restaurants around the US he has landed back home in California at Savage Chef.

Awards

Iron Chef Bellagio Round 1 Winner

Las Vegas Diced Competition

Iron City Mac n Cheese Festival Winner (Birmingham, AL)

Steel Chef Competition (Portsmouth, NH)

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We talk about the struggle of being Consistent and falling into distractions.

Ra & Travay discuss how excuses can lead to missed opportunities and how fear can cripple

Growing up in Detroit, helping with his dad's restaurant, then culinary school in NY; Chef Dylan Soro shares with us how he puts the "SAVAGE" in Savage Chef.

SoCal Chef Open (2021) - Pinnacle Award

SoCal Chef Open (2021) - People's Choice Award

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We sit down with Bill "The Grill" Cooper, an American grappler who earned the rank of black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu at the Paragon jiu jitsu academy. Bill Cooper is one of the most exciting jiu jitsu competitors of his generation, being also the youngest American to have achieved a black belt in BJJ at the time of the grading

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Underground Training Facility (UTF)

7334 Hollister Ave Suite D, Goleta, CA 93117

We talk about gratitude, relationships, and sacrifice

We discuss Lebron's actions defending his son in public, The effects of the US/Canada relations.

We talk with Nikki Soro, owner of Savage Spin and Savage Chef about her journey to becoming a business owner and navigating family, life, a restaurant and a newly launched spin class

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