JESS PRYLES BRINGS THE HEAT WHILE TELLING HER STORY


Here’s the deal: you’ve got a little girl from Australia who thought, I reckon I can make a go of it in America. I emigrated six years ago, and now I’m living in Texas, teaching Texas dudes how to grill and BBQ and live fire cook. That’s kind of a big deal when you think about it. 

Trying new cuts is a hands-on experience.

As one of few women in the space, every day is met with a little bit of a challenge, because every day there are people who underestimate what I’m capable of. But that only serves to drive me further. 

Last year I enrolled back in school, which was spurred on not just by a desire to learn, but as a message to all of the doubters. Like, you don’t think what I already know is enough? Here’s a university certification. It’s a bit of a middle finger salute to people who doubt me. 

… When it’s your business to cook, and you’re the best in the business…

I make it my business to be a really good cook, to know what I’m talking about and to understand meat. So whether or not you have a problem with it, I can back up what I say.  And I never stop learning – going back to school, hanging out with butchers to glean their knowledge, trying new cuts, trying new techniques – because there’s always the next thing to be conquered. 

If you want to make the cut, you can never stop learning.

And that’s essentially my story.

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Delbert Carpenter

That’s the best attitude to have when everyone thinks you are the underdog!!

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Frank Gilbert

Sounds great and i always like new ideas and different ways of cooking outside Love Aussies as i spent 7 weeks there teaching for John Deere and would love to go on some of the big cattle stations to live for a while. Do you teach schools on cooking with wood and heat control etc like the old pioneers did?

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Frank Gilbert

I’m also a Gerber fan and carry a small one daily – a knife aficionado and once a collector. I love Henkel and Zwilling knives for kitchen uses

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