Brother Luck
{{Short description|American chef}}
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Brother Marcellus Haywood Luck IV, known professionally as Brother Luck,{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Samantha |date=October 4, 2017 |title=Interview with Brother Luck: Four by Brother Luck |url=https://www.rockymountainfoodtours.com/interview-brother-luck-four-brother-luck/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Rocky Mountain Food Tours |language=en-US}} is an American chef who has appeared on several reality cooking shows.
Early life and education
Luck was born in San Francisco and spent time abroad with his parents.{{Cite web |first= Korsha |last=Wilson|date=March 12, 2018 |title='Top Chef' Star Brother Luck Isn't Here to Define His Food By Race |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5b7wk/brother-luck-race |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Vice |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Elizarraras |first=Jessica |date=November 3, 2011 |title=A Conversation With Chef Brother Luck, Hotel Contessa |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/life/food/article/A-Conversation-With-Chef-Brother-Luck-Hotel-2251048.php |newspaper=San Antonio Express-News |accessdate=May 7, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507002814/https://www.mysanantonio.com/life/food/article/A-Conversation-With-Chef-Brother-Luck-Hotel-2251048.php |archivedate=May 7, 2023 }} He is the fourth generation in his family to be called Brother Marcellus Luck.{{cite news |last=Antonation |first=Mark |date=January 23, 2017 |title=Brother Luck and Other Colorado Chefs Who Have Appeared on Chopped |url=https://www.westword.com/restaurants/brother-luck-and-other-colorado-chefs-who-have-appeared-on-chopped-8713247 |newspaper=Westword |accessdate=May 7, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507000427/https://www.westword.com/restaurants/brother-luck-and-other-colorado-chefs-who-have-appeared-on-chopped-8713247 |archivedate=May 7, 2023 }} Vice described Luck as "a fair-skinned, half-Creole and half-Cajun, biracial man". His father died when he was 10 years old, and he and his younger brother were raised by their mother.{{cite news |last=Leon |first=Shoshana |date=September 22, 2022 |title=Chef Brother Luck Returns to Phoenix to Share His Story |url=https://frontdoorsmedia.com/culinary/chef-brother-luck-returns-to-phoenix-to-share-his-story/ |publisher=Frontdoors Media |accessdate=May 6, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506235159/https://frontdoorsmedia.com/culinary/chef-brother-luck-returns-to-phoenix-to-share-his-story/ |archivedate=May 6, 2023 }} From the age 14, he started working in professional kitchens and won various culinary scholarships and competitions in high school.{{Cite web |date=October 12, 2017 |title=Brother Luck |url=https://www.bravotv.com/people/brother-luck |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Bravo TV Official Site |language=en-US}} When Luck was 16, his mother went to prison and he raised his brother.
Luck attended The Art Institute of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona after studying at Metro Tech High School. Luck became a Certified Executive Chef through the American Culinary Federation.{{Cite web |last=Wrenn |first=Colin |date=November 5, 2019 |title=Brother Luck's Colorado Springs Restaurants Live Up to His TV Fame |url=https://303magazine.com/2019/11/brother-lucks-colorado-springs-restaurants-tv-chef/ |website=303 Magazine}}
Career
After culinary school, Luck worked in various restaurants, including Takitei and Kinjhoro Ryokans in Kanazawa, Japan.{{Cite web |title=Brother Luck |url=https://events.nokidhungry.org/chefs/brother-luck/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=No Kid Hungry Culinary Events |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Q&A With Colorado's Local 'Top Chef' Contestants |url=https://www.colorado.com/articles/qa-colorados-local-top-chef-contestants |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Colorado.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Dixon |last2=Holland |first2=Misty |last3=Dixon |first3=Marcus James |date=November 9, 2017 |title='Top Chef: Colorado' Season 15 Cast Photos |url=https://www.goldderby.com/gallery/top-chef-season-15-cast-photos-colorado/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=GoldDerby |language=en-US}} Luck is the owner of the restaurant Brother Luck Street Eats in Colorado Springs, Colorado.{{Cite web |last=Verner |first=Jared |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Local chef Brother Luck to talk about TV cooking for March 17 Prologue series |url=https://communique.uccs.edu/?p=75336 |website=Communique}}{{Cite web |last=Farney |first=Teresa |title=Colorado Springs chef Brother Luck opening dumpling restaurant |url=https://gazette.com/arts-entertainment/colorado-springs-chef-brother-luck-opening-dumpling-restaurant/article_8423c87c-03a7-11e9-9415-07ca96e00d87.html |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en}} He competed on Food Network's Beat Bobby Flay in 2016 and won.{{Cite web |title=Red, White and BBQ |url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/beat-bobby-flay/episodes/red-white-and-bbq |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Food Network |language=en}} He was also a contestant on season 31 of Chopped,{{Cite web |last=Steiner |first=Matt |title=Colorado Springs chef Brother Luck needs your vote to become finalist in Food Network competition |url=https://gazette.com/food/colorado-springs-chef-brother-luck-needs-your-vote-to-become-finalist-in-food-network-competition/article_611d011f-3532-5479-9d94-30745dcc8280.html |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en}} Top Chef: Colorado,{{Cite web |last=Farney |first=Teresa |title=Colorado Springs chef to go knife to knife for coveted title of Bravo's 'Top Chef ' |url=https://gazette.com/life/food/colorado-springs-chef-to-go-knife-to-knife-for-coveted-title-of-bravos-top-chef/article_b764f65e-2253-55fa-a4f9-9b9d40d727b5.html |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en}} and Top Chef: Kentucky.{{Cite web |last=Antonation |first=Mark |title=Brother Luck and Other Colorado Chefs Who Have Appeared on Chopped |url=https://www.westword.com/restaurants/brother-luck-and-other-colorado-chefs-who-have-appeared-on-chopped-8713247 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Westword |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |date=January 11, 2019 |title='Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen': Brother says bye-bye, while 5 others say hello to fresh opportunity to stick around |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/top-chef-last-chance-kitchen-brother-eliminated-news/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=GoldDerby |language=en-US}}
In 2017, Luck opened Four by Brother Luck, and also owns the Lucky Dumplings, both in Colorado Springs.{{Cite web |last=Farney |first=Teresa |title=Colorado Springs celebrity chef Brother Luck reopens Lucky Dumpling kitchen |url=https://gazette.com/arts-entertainment/colorado-springs-celebrity-chef-brother-luck-reopens-lucky-dumpling-kitchen/article_6a9bbab2-894e-11ea-b351-ffbcf36cc408.html |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en}} He was nominated for but did not win a James Beard Award.{{Cite web |last=Farney |first=Teresa |title=Colorado Springs chefs, Brother Luck and Luis Young, semifinalist for James Beard Awards |url=https://gazette.com/arts-entertainment/colorado-springs-chefs-brother-luck-and-luis-young-semifinalist-for-james-beard-awards/article_c039a76a-5c06-11ea-94a9-bbb0f40cbbba.html |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en}}
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