We asked Scott McGehee, executive chef of Yellow Rocket Concepts, 11 quick-fire questions. Click here to read the full story of how the company behind Zaza, Lost Forty, Big Orange and more got started.





Scott McGehee: Heart healthy local farmers market vegetable soup! The family can’t get enough!






SM: Shipley’s plain glazed donut, just out of the fryer.






SM: Alice Waters (she has once... but would love to have her back)... and the Obama family 😊






SM: Two on average. Would love to more but I am often working in my own restaurants!






SM: Chez Panisse.






SM: Cheese dip!






SM: Alice Waters.






SM: I’m a science and history nerd. So anything in those fields.






SM: Treat ever person you have the opportunity to meet with appreciation, dignity, and respect —ALWAYS.






SM: In Arkansas- Cheese dip. Anyone who states otherwise is a liar 😊






SM: My great grandmother's staple - Pone bread, hull peas, and green tomato pickle. (Add in thick slice Arkansas tomatoes in season).