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July 23, 2025 22 mins

What happens when a soul food legend meets a business-savvy chef? A lot of diners go home happy.

In this episode of The Way Up, Guy Raz sits down with Chef Charles Gabriel and Chef Quie Slobert of Charles Pan-Fried Chicken to explore how they transformed a Harlem institution into a growing restaurant group with national buzz — all while keeping the heart of home cooking at the center of it all.

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