He's a VP, the only time he is on his feet is for this video. Between emails, phone calls, meetings, and giving the rest of middle management marching orders he doesn't even move. Diet and exercise, diet and exercise.
Wow, I was absolutley shocked by the wide array of menu offerings...even in concessions! This is top notch and I really enjoyed this video. Also, you can tell when the bossman is respected and appreciated in these kinds of videos and Chris definitely is.
I worked in concessions at a football stadium, that fits 74K people. Our food was so much simpler! To the food here, that's crazy, that a sport stadium offers such tasty food.
This is 100% my absolute favorite YT channel. I have always had that itch when I go to a nice restaurant to ask the server, "can I go back and look at the kitchen?" This takes that and multiplies it by 10. Not only do I get to see the process, but the build up, and the tear down. Y'all never not upload a banger
I’m the pastry and garde manger chef at Baylor’s McLane Stadium. Aaaaaand we just had our biggest season in a very long time! Big 12 Champions and Sugar Bowl Champions! We have Baylor Club restaurant working as well as providing endless food for all the suites, big lounges, Founder’s Lounge Suites etc etc etc. It’s…insanity! I’m the ONLY one doing detailed charcuteries, accoutrements, desserts, and with all my fruit carvings I don’t sleep much. But I love it!! I definitely have sympathy for this guy even though he’s got a little higher traffic than we do! Our GM is a lot like this. He brings us breakfast, sodas, energy drinks, and he knows every one of our names. It’s a big family!
I look at the volume and the brigade size and am suitably impessed. It's hard work feeding people in a fast bulk environment. Attitude and team spirit are essential.
@@alexandermarken7639 exactly! Everyone I work with and work FOR, absolutely love what they do. This industry is not a very kind one, especially to women. I’ve had my fair share of jobs that proved I’ve had to fight harder to maintain status. Here, I walked in the first day and kept my mouth shut. By the end of the day I was one of the guys! I’ve got the rarest of rare food industry jobs that allows me to grow and supports my talent
@@cheftornado1114 I hear you. I've been a chef for 27 years and worked in a multitude of roles and styles. about half of that time has been Hospital and Aged care food with the goal of improving it to an edible and enjoyable standard. Last job I had was cooking for 86 people alone. And in 8 hours I prepared Breakfast, morning tea, Lunch, Lunch desert, Afternoon tea, Soup, Dinner and Dinner desert. We had chefs come in the relieve me so I could have holidays and apart from old retired chefs none could do the job. They replaced me with 2 chef's lol
@@alexandermarken7639 I actually worked in 2 different long term care facilities and I definitely feel your pain! The first one I was the only chef for 126 residents (dinner only). I only had 4 hours of prep but that included regular meal, mechanical soft, purée (4 different foods), alternative meal, salads, renal meals, and grilled cheese for those who changed their minds. I, too, wrote a menu that wasn’t so basic but I quickly found out that I had to pick a happy middle. It’s way too much work, and without supporting staff who didn’t understand that these people don’t want basic tomato soup every day, in the end I left. I hear they miss my southern style home cooking though! Are you in Europe, Chef?
@@cheftornado1114 I'm in Australia and my favourite aprt of the aged care cooking has to be the residents. Fresh scones, muffins and cakes made them very happy. Before I got their they had everything bought in, and very bland flavours.Being Australia the food choices are enormous like the USA due to the fact our countries are so diverse.
Great episode. Chris was great but constantly pumping his crew was great to see. I would love a tour of their commissaries and a couple of the concession stand kitchens.
Went to a game back in March at Barclays, was able to scalp some tickets for the 40/40 club and wow was I amazed at the complimentary food there, it was incredible. Kudos to the crew that works there.
@@DenLim123 Looks likes he is about to explode at any point... I was worried all along the video to witness something like that to happen. Thanks god it doesn't. But brace yourselves, it can happen at any point from now on !
The organisation and innovations here are just so bloody impressive. The variety of food and what looks like real quality food is just mind blowing. I’m curious to see how food waste is handled and managed (especially in those suites considering I would assume those guests might not actually eat everything).
@@MithunOnTheNet I was in a suite at the Tame Impala concert a few weeks ago (it was a work event) and after the concert they offered us boxes to take the food home if we wanted which a few people took up. I think they offer the employees any uneaten food after that but beyond that I imagine it does end up going to waste.
Both the executive chef and the VP of operations seem like down to earth people! As someone with culinary experience, this place seems ideal for young chefs to learn and grow, and hopefully run their own restaurants in the future.
I went to my first game at the Barclays Center back in 2012 when it first opened (my Cavs vs. Nets). It was brand new and looked great and modern at the time. I got an all-you-can-eat ticket for $100 back then. I got there as soon as it opened (about an hour before tip-off) and just started to eat, eat, and eat. I remember it was like a gentrified version of Brooklyn with eateries called the "Bed-Stuy Grill" and "Flatbush Dining." By the fourth quarter, I got so much dessert that I couldn't finish. At the time, I lived about a 15-to-20-minute walk from the arena (I live about 5 minutes away now) and it was so tough to walk home after eating all that food. My Cavs lost that game, but it was worth it though!
This guy is awesome. I pray someone helps him drop a few of those pounds as respectfully as possible because he deserves to live life as supported as he is to his staff.
very good video showing the event management side of concessions, food service, and hospitality..I work at the Indiana Pacers' arena and see some of this going on!!
Was there for opening year , always busy place has always been a revolving door for chefs and mangers but Chris is definitely a heavy hitter for Levy he was there over the years and now is running the show. Concessions baby all day or we used to call them Mini Restaurants
This was fun! I have worked concession at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. It was very challenging. I worked hard. It takes a certain patience and mindset to do this type of work. I must admit that Chris in this video, seems like such a super nice guy. How in the hell does he do that much walking? It would be so exhausting. I can tell that he is good at what he does. My hat goes off to these workers. I understand! Peace.
it’s easy to forget the sheer scale of cities now, but it’s routinely the scale of restaurants that leaves me shocked. the fact we as humans can just… make food systems this big exclusively for a sports arena is nuts yknow
I know this is in NYC and everything but to imagine that there are comparable operations at all professional sports stadiums is mind blowing. Like imagine eating a tomahawk steak as you watch the Kings or Jazz etc. get creamed in a blowout loss
@@Video-Games-Are-Fun Most New Yorkers consider « NYC » to be the 5 boroughs, especially the part of Brooklyn where the stadium is, people who call only Manhattan « NYC » are outsiders thinking that borough is the only thing that matters. We barely consider Brooklyn to be a different city. Though Staten Island is… weird.
There are rumors of NBA expansion. Seattle is sure to get the Sonics back if it happens. Specially with the renovated arena. NBA is not the same without the Sonics
Barclays Center is a neat place to catch a game, and the food choices are great. Only been there a couple times, but enjoyed catching the games there a lot.
I've seen the outside Barclays Center several times this year! It's at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic; just head south on the Manhattan Bridge, and after a few blocks, passing by the DeKalb Market and the Atlantic Terminal, you'll see it clearly on your left. 😊
Native new Yorker from Bensonhurst Brooklyn born and raised 🇮🇹💯% I've been to the Barclay's several times and MSG many times and i think the one thing that Barclay's has over MSG is the food
That man is amazing and I'm glad he's getting his 15 minutes of fame, he and his staff deserve it
Best team in the stadium.
@@takai8358 fattest team in the stadium*
He's on his feet so much even though it looks like it's causing him pain.
@@outpost206 true
He's a VP, the only time he is on his feet is for this video. Between emails, phone calls, meetings, and giving the rest of middle management marching orders he doesn't even move. Diet and exercise, diet and exercise.
clearly this is the most functional, tight knit team in Barclays.
:D
Hahaha!!!
KD AND KYRIE WOULD NOT LIKE THAT COMMENT LOL 😂
Nets team could learn a thing about rotations from these guys...
or learn to work together rather than iso gang lol
Absolutely underrated comment
wE DoNt nEEd A coACh
lol I was hoping there would be a comment about these clowns. thanks.
🤣
Wow, I was absolutley shocked by the wide array of menu offerings...even in concessions! This is top notch and I really enjoyed this video. Also, you can tell when the bossman is respected and appreciated in these kinds of videos and Chris definitely is.
My thoughts exactly. Chris is the man!
damn that tomahawk steak is calling me
Chris G is one of the best out there - worked for him a few years at another arena, he is a manager you'll go through a brick wall for
no onlybthe rich people get that stuff the other pessents get the.poision food hit fog 25 pop 11 bucks if you cant afford lots of sucking gose on
@@DC-cw4mj that's awesome. Glad to hear it
I worked in concessions at a football stadium, that fits 74K people. Our food was so much simpler! To the food here, that's crazy, that a sport stadium offers such tasty food.
go saints!
Only 16k thou so it's tiny by most football stadium standards
I like how he stayed out of their way during the whole thing, let your crew do their thing and you'll be fine.... trust goes a long long way
He can't walk very fast he don't have a choice
@@djJinjiny bro shut up
@@djJinjiny that's rude and no need for it
@@sergios.2276 Truth hurts....🤷🏽♂️
Ofc he stayed out of the way, not his job nor does he really care and only cares abt sales
This is New York and the man and his team knows what that means! Hats off to all of them.
Definitely loving this episode, it’s a great look into what happens behind the scenes.
This could 1000% be a reality show just following the team as they do huge games & concerts. I'd watch every episode.
I actually would watch that
It sounds good in theory, but imagine a full camera crew trying to setup at an already chaotic cooking line.
Wolf gang has a show on max like that.
2:40 a genuine interaction. He seems like an approachable kind and competent manager
This is 100% my absolute favorite YT channel. I have always had that itch when I go to a nice restaurant to ask the server, "can I go back and look at the kitchen?" This takes that and multiplies it by 10. Not only do I get to see the process, but the build up, and the tear down.
Y'all never not upload a banger
Please don't ask that. You will be disappointed
You guys nailed it with these different web series (Smoke Point, Mise en place, Cloking in, etc.). Great job!!
It even made my mouth water. Very nice to be recognized by the team. This is the only way to keep the team motivated. Congratulations
This gentleman has a true passion for his job, and he is proud of his staff. So respectful and collaborative. Awesome to see!
What a crazy busy job you have Chris... super impressive the madness you balance there.... and you're nice to everyone!!!
Chris seems like a cool dude, really like the energy his person and smile brings!
I genuinely impressed I'm strolling through the top comments and see nothing about his weight... maybe there's hope for society.
He does. Unfortunately he doesn't have long to live. Some friend really needs to address his weight.
@@MeMe-mb4hh yeah...sadly that's the case. he's gotta be around 400+, works a high stress, long hour job. that's just too much on a body at his weight
@@nahor88 he's american, you all look the same for us. Not surprising he' s fat.
@C S Exactly.....With such weight and a stressful job....the risk of having a heart attack is very High.
Hopefully wish he doesn't get one though
It's always great to see some behind scenes in the food business. Especially when it comes to sporting events.
I’m the pastry and garde manger chef at Baylor’s McLane Stadium. Aaaaaand we just had our biggest season in a very long time! Big 12 Champions and Sugar Bowl Champions! We have Baylor Club restaurant working as well as providing endless food for all the suites, big lounges, Founder’s Lounge Suites etc etc etc. It’s…insanity! I’m the ONLY one doing detailed charcuteries, accoutrements, desserts, and with all my fruit carvings I don’t sleep much. But I love it!! I definitely have sympathy for this guy even though he’s got a little higher traffic than we do! Our GM is a lot like this. He brings us breakfast, sodas, energy drinks, and he knows every one of our names. It’s a big family!
I look at the volume and the brigade size and am suitably impessed. It's hard work feeding people in a fast bulk environment. Attitude and team spirit are essential.
@@alexandermarken7639 exactly! Everyone I work with and work FOR, absolutely love what they do. This industry is not a very kind one, especially to women. I’ve had my fair share of jobs that proved I’ve had to fight harder to maintain status. Here, I walked in the first day and kept my mouth shut. By the end of the day I was one of the guys! I’ve got the rarest of rare food industry jobs that allows me to grow and supports my talent
@@cheftornado1114 I hear you. I've been a chef for 27 years and worked in a multitude of roles and styles. about half of that time has been Hospital and Aged care food with the goal of improving it to an edible and enjoyable standard. Last job I had was cooking for 86 people alone. And in 8 hours I prepared Breakfast, morning tea, Lunch, Lunch desert, Afternoon tea, Soup, Dinner and Dinner desert. We had chefs come in the relieve me so I could have holidays and apart from old retired chefs none could do the job. They replaced me with 2 chef's lol
@@alexandermarken7639 I actually worked in 2 different long term care facilities and I definitely feel your pain! The first one I was the only chef for 126 residents (dinner only). I only had 4 hours of prep but that included regular meal, mechanical soft, purée (4 different foods), alternative meal, salads, renal meals, and grilled cheese for those who changed their minds. I, too, wrote a menu that wasn’t so basic but I quickly found out that I had to pick a happy middle. It’s way too much work, and without supporting staff who didn’t understand that these people don’t want basic tomato soup every day, in the end I left. I hear they miss my southern style home cooking though! Are you in Europe, Chef?
@@cheftornado1114 I'm in Australia and my favourite aprt of the aged care cooking has to be the residents. Fresh scones, muffins and cakes made them very happy. Before I got their they had everything bought in, and very bland flavours.Being Australia the food choices are enormous like the USA due to the fact our countries are so diverse.
Incredible operation and this man in charge has stress but shows his smile and thanks all staff for work well done. Enjoyed the video too.
Great episode. Chris was great but constantly pumping his crew was great to see. I would love a tour of their commissaries and a couple of the concession stand kitchens.
No sir.. there will be absolutely no touring of kitchens to general public, that's a public health risk.
@@djJinjiny who said anything about a public tour? Just another video focused more on the kitchens.
Went to a game back in March at Barclays, was able to scalp some tickets for the 40/40 club and wow was I amazed at the complimentary food there, it was incredible. Kudos to the crew that works there.
This guy is so friendly humble and a hardworking...he is a good leader
Mad respect to the all folks in this video who put in hard work to provide the best experience for guests coming to their stadium/center!
Good team running all of that madness and you can tell this man is a great leader makes me want to move to Brooklyn and work for them.
Props to him, seems like a great manager.
He needs to start exercising and don't give me the America crap about all sizes matter or whatever, 😂
@@DenLim123 yeah he seems like a cool dude but damn he's wide as hell
@@DenLim123 Looks likes he is about to explode at any point...
I was worried all along the video to witness something like that to happen.
Thanks god it doesn't. But brace yourselves, it can happen at any point from now on !
@@DenLim123 Yeah he does need to lose a bit of weight but gotta trust a fat guy when it comes to food.
Cringing every time fatty said "laaaadies." Ewww. Hope his heart fails on him and he collapses just like the Nets did. 😂
The organisation and innovations here are just so bloody impressive. The variety of food and what looks like real quality food is just mind blowing.
I’m curious to see how food waste is handled and managed (especially in those suites considering I would assume those guests might not actually eat everything).
That's what I want to know as well -- what happens to all that unsold food.
Straight into garbage
@@MithunOnTheNet I was in a suite at the Tame Impala concert a few weeks ago (it was a work event) and after the concert they offered us boxes to take the food home if we wanted which a few people took up. I think they offer the employees any uneaten food after that but beyond that I imagine it does end up going to waste.
again something we overlook and take for granted. kudo to these wonderful people, it really enhances the whole experience
He’s an awesome manager 👊 can’t wait to attend a nets game next season
i love the way he take a good care of everyone, including his own workers.
Both the executive chef and the VP of operations seem like down to earth people! As someone with culinary experience, this place seems ideal for young chefs to learn and grow, and hopefully run their own restaurants in the future.
love watching someone with an awesome job doing an awesome job
this guy seems like the chillest boss ever
I went to my first game at the Barclays Center back in 2012 when it first opened (my Cavs vs. Nets). It was brand new and looked great and modern at the time. I got an all-you-can-eat ticket for $100 back then. I got there as soon as it opened (about an hour before tip-off) and just started to eat, eat, and eat. I remember it was like a gentrified version of Brooklyn with eateries called the "Bed-Stuy Grill" and "Flatbush Dining." By the fourth quarter, I got so much dessert that I couldn't finish. At the time, I lived about a 15-to-20-minute walk from the arena (I live about 5 minutes away now) and it was so tough to walk home after eating all that food. My Cavs lost that game, but it was worth it though!
Lol
How you gonna live in Brooklyn and root for Cleveland?
@@chenzenzo I'm originally from Cleveland, Ohio, but I now live in Brooklyn, NY
This guy is awesome. I pray someone helps him drop a few of those pounds as respectfully as possible because he deserves to live life as supported as he is to his staff.
Agree!!!
Such a relaxed guy for this type of work
very good video showing the event management side of concessions, food service, and hospitality..I work at the Indiana Pacers' arena and see some of this going on!!
Was there for opening year , always busy place has always been a revolving door for chefs and mangers but Chris is definitely a heavy hitter for Levy he was there over the years and now is running the show. Concessions baby all day or we used to call them Mini Restaurants
Wow! Hats off to the cooks and prep workers.
This was fun! I have worked concession at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. It was very challenging. I worked hard. It takes a certain patience and mindset to do this type of work. I must admit that Chris in this video, seems like such a super nice guy. How in the hell does he do that much walking? It would be so exhausting. I can tell that he is good at what he does. My hat goes off to these workers. I understand! Peace.
it’s easy to forget the sheer scale of cities now, but it’s routinely the scale of restaurants that leaves me shocked. the fact we as humans can just… make food systems this big exclusively for a sports arena is nuts yknow
I know this is in NYC and everything but to imagine that there are comparable operations at all professional sports stadiums is mind blowing. Like imagine eating a tomahawk steak as you watch the Kings or Jazz etc. get creamed in a blowout loss
this is Brooklyn, a borough, it is not the real New York City.
@@Video-Games-Are-Fun Most New Yorkers consider « NYC » to be the 5 boroughs, especially the part of Brooklyn where the stadium is, people who call only Manhattan « NYC » are outsiders thinking that borough is the only thing that matters. We barely consider Brooklyn to be a different city. Though Staten Island is… weird.
@@Video-Games-Are-Fun ?? brooklyn is 100% considered real new york city. wtf you talking about
Watching this and all the hard work they do makes me miss the my Sonics even more. Grats to all you hustlers at Barclays!
There are rumors of NBA expansion. Seattle is sure to get the Sonics back if it happens. Specially with the renovated arena. NBA is not the same without the Sonics
Not gonna lie. That is freaking impressive.
That's an intense operation. Pretty awesome to see them holding it together.
What a great leader..you can see the employees really like him 👍🏿👏🏿
What a harmony. This is such a nice episode.
This is an incredible impressive operation 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Love to watch your videos
More like this video thanks. Love it
Best overall food channel on TH-cam. All the series are great.
I went last year to the game, the fries I had were surprisingly good and the portions were solid. Line moves quick af too
That is very impressive, I feel for the people that have to do that in arenas that host an NBA & NHL team. Nonstop work.
Wow this guy is a machine and seems so positive! He’d be a great boss to have!
Hey there’s me with the Blazer gear at 10:34
Amazing!
Barclays Center is a neat place to catch a game, and the food choices are great. Only been there a couple times, but enjoyed catching the games there a lot.
Respect for all the staff
You are so organized ! How do you do that? İt's a very challenging job.
Great manager. And well spoken.
i would love to see one of these at a hockey game ! great video keep it up !
Now thats what I call hospitality
here eating pancakes I did not expect to see such mouth watering meals. they all look so good!! What a guy!
I haven't done any NBA games but I've done lots of college basketball and football games and it's honestly a lot of fun. Exhausting but fun
i want to work for this guy i feel the energy and love!!
He definitely loves his job
His fatness gave it away lmao
@@jrojas1807 why do you have to be so negative?
No shot this guy is that big with a job that requires him to walk so much
1/2 of my coworkers in restaurants always been big being around food alot does it
@@hc1616 he's morbidly obese bordering on immobility
with access to all that food its no wonder hes so fat
Those burgers looked really good for burgers cooked in bulk.
You know burgers get cooked in bulk when that guy is around.
That rigatoni looks so goooood
0:36 guy checking out her cake lmao
That’s wild. Great video
You can tell they like him. Like legit like him. That's why it runs so smooth.
Such a great guy.
Gotta check that place out
Love the guys energy
That Bert Kreishers brother 😂
I've seen the outside Barclays Center several times this year!
It's at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic; just head south on the Manhattan Bridge, and after a few blocks, passing by the DeKalb Market and the Atlantic Terminal, you'll see it clearly on your left. 😊
what a roller coaster. you gotta love that rush
I go to concerts at the Barclays multiple times a year and yeah the food is pretty good here.
Love the network there in Brooklyn
Never heard of this man, but I will believe in him 100% if it’s food related
Your title is Vice president of all you can eat
Levy Restaurant run arena ,proud to had work with them at Choliseo de Puerto Rico. I learned a lot from them.
I"m a jersey girl and l"m glad they brought this here.
amazing and the food looks good
AWESOME GAME PLAYING
I've worked in the restaurant business and this is crazy next level busy. You guys rock !!
Native new Yorker from Bensonhurst Brooklyn born and raised 🇮🇹💯% I've been to the Barclay's several times and MSG many times and i think the one thing that Barclay's has over MSG is the food
He a cool leader
0:49 that is such a memeable shot lmao
"The folks with their feet on the wood". . . . . . Wow, snappy.
Props to the dishwashers
The BTS's are great!
Looks like Chris has been enjoying too much of that good food on game days😂 😂😂 lol
he’s the kingpin of the stadium
Large scale cooking is a chore takes many hands to move that piano no room for egos if team members don’t work you just have to let them go.
Crushing it. Makes me want to go there
Respect totally earn my respect never stop hustling....
damn im not suprised that this guy is the head of food
Loool
This looks absolutely amazing! I’m a Grizz fan and have had been to the Club level a few time and it’s really good food. But this is upper tier stuff.
yoo this is dope itd be sick if you guys can do more nba teams