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Call Me Chef, Dammit! A Veteran’s Journey from the Rural South to the White House

Andre Rush

What does it take to go from growing up in a Mississippi housing project to becoming a master sergeant and a celebrity chef serving in the White House under four United States presidents?

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Mick Unplugged

In the episode, Chef Andre Rush discussed his memoir, describing it as a candid account of his experiences from 9/11 to the Pentagon, including themes of suicide, grief, leadership, and personal failures intertwined with his culinary background. Host Mick Hunt highlighted the book as life‑changing and insightful, noting that it revealed aspects of Rush that even he hadn’t fully realized. The conversation positioned the title as a highly recommended read for listeners interested in veteran stories and personal growth.

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Episode: Chef Andre Rush: Cooking, Combat, and Cause- A Pas...

The memoir recounted Rush's life from 911 to the Pentagon, addressing suicide, grief, leadership and his journey to the White House, and was described as lifechanging and insightful.

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I didn't know I was going to write it. I'm supposed to my cookbook. My cookbook is coming out next. This is my memoir. I want to tell you everything how I fail and talk about a lot of failures in there.

Let's go to Call Me Chef, Dammit. We've teased it a little bit. That's the title of the book.

I put a book out talking about everything from 911 to the Pentagon, which the book got appellate for number one for dealing with suicide, grief, leadership.

The book just has a collaboration of things that I literally believe in. It puts anecdotes with my cooking skill sets inside of it to lead up into the cookbook.

I'm going to make sure I get all of the connections to the book because it is life changing. It's insightful. Some things I didn't know about you. I thought I knew almost everything about you. But some things are in there.

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