Fultondale fire chief to appear on Food Network cooking competition
Updated: 8:13 PM CDT Aug 22, 2021
ETH FULTONDALE FIRE CHIEF IS TRADING IN HIS FIREFIGHTERS UNIFORM FOR A CHEF’S APRON THIS WEEK CHIEF. JUSTIN MCKENZIE IS COMPETING ON THEIP H FOOD NETWORK SHOW GUYS GROCERY GAMES. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH CHIEF MCKENZIE TO TALK ABOUT HIS CULINARY SKILLS AND WHAT THIS OORPPTUNITY MEANS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF FULTONDALE. WHEN FULTONDALE FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN MCKENZIE FIRST STARTED OUT AS A FIREFIGHTER YEARS AGO. IT DIDN’T TAKE HIM LONG TO LEARN HOW TO COOK EITHER GET REALLY GOOD AT IT AND THEY KEEP YOU ON SHIFT AND THEY KEEP COONGKI OR YOU TURN AROUNDND A BURN SOMETHING AND YOU NEVER COOK AGAIN. OVER THEEA Y MCKENZIE HAS EVEN EARNED THE NICAMKNE CHIEF GIRL, DADDY AND LAST YEAR WHENHE T FOOD NETWORK WAS LOOKING FOR AN ALABAMA FIREFIGHTER FOR THEIR COOKING SHOW GUYS. GROCERY GAMES A LOCAL FIRE CHIEF KNEW JUST WHO TO CALL HE SENT ME THE EMAIL AND SAID HEY YOU WANT TO CONTACT HIM. I KNOW YOU DO ALL THESE COMPETITIONS YOUIG MHT BE INTERESTED, BUT WHEN IT CAME TIME TO FILM THIS SHOW LAST SPRING CHIEF MCKENZIE DIDN’T EVEN WANT TO GO THE CITY OF FULTONDALE WAS STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF CLEANING UP FROM A DEADLY E3 F-TORNADO. I WAS TO THE POINT TN IHE WAS LIKE, I’M NOT I DON’T EVEN WTAN TO GO BECAUSE OF WHAT’S HAPPENED HERE BECAUSE OF THE TORNADO AND YOU KNOW, I I WOULD FEEL BECAUSE WE CANCELED ALL VACATION. WHERE EVERYONE HERE, YOU KNOW, NOBODY CAN TAKE OFF TO DO ANYTHING, BUT THE OTHER LEADERS OF FULTONDALE WOULDN’T HEAR IT. THEY ENCOURAGE MCKENZIE TO STILL COMPETE ON THE SHOW. THEY’RE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE GO. PLEASE DO IT REPRESENT THE CITY REPRESENT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO I WENT AND I’M GLAD I DID LIKE ITAS W A GREAT EXPERIENCE A GREAT EXPERIENCE, BUT DID HE WIN MCNZKEIE IS STAYING TIGHT LIFT ABOUT THE OUTCOME. WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND WATCH THEM ALL GSUY GROCERY GAMES THIS EKWE AS FOR HIS FUTURE MCKENZIE SAYSE H BE GOING INTO FULL-TIME COOKING ANYTIME SOON WITH EVERYTHING. WE’VE BEEN THROUGH IN FULTONDALE RIGHT NOW. I’M JUST FOCUSING FOR US TO STAY ON OUR FEET HERE. HOW YOU CAN CATCH MCKZIENE COMPETE ON GUYS GROCERY GAMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT IT AIRSN O THE FOOD NETRKWO START
Fultondale fire chief to appear on Food Network cooking competition
Updated: 8:13 PM CDT Aug 22, 2021
The Fultondale fire chief is trading in his firefighters uniform for a chef’s apron. This week, Chief Justin McKenzie will appear on The Food Network’s hit cooking competition “Guy’s Grocery Games.” In the video above, Chief McKenzie talked to WVTM 13 about how he started cooking and what his appearance on national television means to the city of Fultondale.
The Fultondale fire chief is trading in his firefighters uniform for a chef’s apron. This week, Chief Justin McKenzie will appear on The Food Network’s hit cooking competition “Guy’s Grocery Games.”
In the video above, Chief McKenzie talked to WVTM 13 about how he started cooking and what his appearance on national television means to the city of Fultondale.
