Name: Matt Noz
Position & Restaurant: Lead line cook, The Second Line
Hometown: Memphis, TN
How did you get into cooking? My mom and grandmother made me learn
Who is your favorite cook/chef? My mom
What kitchen tool/utensil could you not live without? My cast iron skillets
What is the best thing about your job? I love the creativity.
What is your favorite flavor combo? Spicy and citrus
Name three items in your fridge: Milk, sweet tea, chocolate syrup
Where do you get your best recipe ideas? Combining recipes from different places that I’ve worked
What is the best meal you’ve ever eaten? My mom’s shrimp and grits
What’s the weirdest meal you’ve ever eaten? Chit’lins
Personal specialties: Fried chicken
Favorite Midnight snack: Cinnamon Toast Crunch – only cereal after midnight
Favorite Kitchen Music: Alice in Chains?
Who would you most like to cook for and what would you prepare? I’d like to make my fried chicken for my grandparents
Most famous customer you’ve served and what they ordered? I made some crawfish etouffe for Jerry Lauler once
Where do you like to dine in Oxford? Ajax, Blind Pig
Favorite restaurant in the world: Uncle Lou’s
Aspirations: To not be picked last for playground dodgeball
Fried catfish: eat the tail or not? Negative 
