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ENTRéE The Konstantin Duhovny Culinary Experience

ALRIGHT! HOW WE DOING?

Getting a taste for our guy’s secret sauce?

This is the place to do it, because Hell’s Kitchen Supper Club was a real turning point.

Every chef’s got one, that kitchen where you feel it for the first time, how you’re touching people with what you do. Where the food becomes more than just food. Mine was at Wolfpup, first time I saw my take on Sancocho on the menu. And this right here—it’s Konstantin’s.

The Sister Act was just the beginning. Planted a seed for him, for what came next. See, his big motivator up till now’s been his daddy issue, that big reunion. Whole point of Hell’s Kitchen was getting him back. But what that Flying Nun said got his wheels turning. This was bigger than him. An opportunity to really help folks. Folks who, by the sound of it, really needed help. He do this thing right, he could change the world a little bit. Leave it better than he found it.

Go zero to hero.

But I’ll keep it real: it wasn’t all sunshine. There were hiccups, too. Always are with a restaurant. For one thing, our guy was getting low on cash. For another, spirits didn’t always answer when he called.

Still, he made it. He opened.

More than a lot of spots can say, especially in New York.

So time to break out the champs, right? Toast to the future!

But it’s a funny thing, the future.

Ain’t never promised.