 I've always wondered this. How does a restaurant get a James Beard Award? What has to happen? Is there like, you're nominated? There's a committee. Okay, they have to come? There's a committee. Or they get invited? So there's different categories within the James Beard Foundation. The award that we received is the American Classics Award. So it's very different than for the, everything is Bech Sheff, Bech Sheff North, Bech Sheff West. You will Sheff North this, you will Sheff West. Got it. What is our program? It's the sign of the year. There's some, and that's, you know, it's so different. It's like the Oscars, Best Picture, Best Act, blah, blah, blah. But then you get these American Classics that they're not nominated. You just walk in as the winner. Like you're the only one that walks in knowing like you've already won. Everyone else walks in knowing that they're nominated and they may win, they may not win. You don't understand. The American Classics is based, there's a committee, they, and it's huge. They're members from all over the country. And everyone submits who they think would be a great American Classics recipient. Got it, okay. And it so happens that whatever happened that year, a lot of people agreed that we were one of the restaurants. And got a phone call, it was a voicemail and I started listening to it and I was like, and I thought they were trying to sell me advertising for the GGA. For the GGA. I honestly, when I was like, I don't think they're trying to sell me something. And they told you, you want it. The message was something that I wanted. The message was saying about the GGA's beer, blah, blah, blah. And I wasn't even called back. I was like, this is what kind of sell me advertising or they want me to like buy something or, you know. I mean, listen, when you go into business, it's very seldom people ask you to give you something. Right. When you go into business, everyone calls you because they have a problem for you to resolve or they want something from you or they're trying to sell you something. Yeah. Like every time my phone rings, it's one of those three. So then does the committee come? So then I get a phone call and I call back and I was like, I'm returning a phone call and it was like, so you won this? Oh, wow. The owner was like, excuse me? Wait, I'm still gonna be here now. And they just kept going and I'm like, and they told me, the only thing is that we asked that you don't say anything because this was in December. Okay. And they told me we cannot announce until March. So, you had to keep it a secret all the time. We cannot tell anyone. It's just completely confidential. You can't allow any of this news to happen until the foundation releases all the nominees and they release the recipients for the, you know, that's when I just wrote that crime or whether it was in the room. I was like, oh my God, this is one of those awards that I thought they were so far out of reach for me. Yeah. Because I'm not gonna be restaurant. When you went as a new chef, it's very different. They're basically giving it to someone who went to school for culinary. Right. You know, they have a new restaurant. They weren't apprenticed to some big name. Right, they're, you know, it's one of these things that as a restaurateur, you know, designer, you have to hire a great designer. I mean, these awards are not for restaurants like us, I didn't think. Wow. So I never even, I thought it was so far fetched but I always had it in, you know, my vision board of like one day, one day. What did your parents think? I mean, they left you with this restaurant. I don't know what that was. Who's Hamis? Yeah, no, he didn't know. I was like, yeah, and he was like, okay, good for you guys. Like, I don't know what to say, you know, he had no idea. He didn't know what it was until we actually got to Chicago, check this out. And then they told us what day the award ceremony was in May. I think like, April or like, So they announced in March. Like, yeah, like first week of May and then I was pregnant when they gave me the news. Oh my goodness. And then once I do my calculations, I was like, hold on a second. I was like, oh my God, I'm gonna have a 60 gold. At the time you get the award. Wow. My kids and I be either four weeks or six weeks. Yeah. Because you didn't know yet. I didn't know what time, I mean, my due date was April 4th. So the award for I think were the first week of May. So I thought my son was gonna be three to four weeks. I just afraid of God. I was like, oh my God. That's tough. You know, what am I gonna do? Because, you know, in Latino world, you really cannot do anything. Latino world. Until your kids six weeks. No, my mom would kill me. Like, I take a trip to Target once and she almost like, Oh my God. She was reaching me for like a day. Your first 40 days are the most sacred days you could have. You cannot put your body through anything. You cannot do anything for the first 40 days. Wow. I turned 40 days a day a week throughout. Wow. Oh my God. That's amazing. The first time I stayed behind with my husband I hadn't been able to do a show and his mom for that weekend. And mom got turned for sure. I haven't had a simple dream since it's been two years. It's a long way. Yeah. And your whole family's with you, right? Your dad, your mom, siblings. My parents and my three siblings, the six of us went in a group. Oh, that's amazing. It was so much fun. We went to dinner. And I think it wasn't until we were in Chicago that my dad realized. This is a big deal. And he was like, why am I gonna have to get a tuxedo? Because this is a big deal. He's like, okay. Is it like an awards ceremony where you're all sitting? Okay. So how's the food? It's actually seating. It's actually a stadium sitting. Okay. Afterwards, they open food for everyone. Like a catering style? Another station. It's not like a food fest. Okay. But it's the, and there's like, man. All the chefs. Not just all the chefs, but all the champagne, all the wine, all the food, all the caviar, everything that you can think of. Oh, beautiful. Like you turn left, right? And like you turn left, and like Jose Andres is there. You turn left, and like Wolfgang Kupak is there. Wow. You're like, hey Nancy, hey, what's up, guys? Nancy Silverton. I mean like everyone, everyone is there. That's amazing. And then, you know, we had one. So we were, you know, popular. And it was like the most, my dad had to get so drunk because he was so nervous. Because he didn't know like how big of a deal it was. He was like shaking. And he went up on stage because he's like, he told us, I don't want to go on stage. Why do I have to go on stage? Like that's not my restaurant anymore. Yeah. But it was so far for us that he received it from my mom. Sure. And he gave us his speech in Spanish. Oh, amazing. It was like the first Spanish, you know, speech that was ever given on stage. Wow. What a great political statement. We were like, no, you're just not as good English. He didn't choose it. He didn't do it on purpose. She didn't choose it. It was a choice. It is amazing though, nonetheless. Yeah. It was really, it was amazing to go through that with my parents. And then my brother lost on a medal that night. Oh, really? You don't have it? Or did you? Well, they sent a new one. They sent a new one? Wow. That's funny. Someone out there has a medal with the word, like it sounds in the back.