{"id":32,"date":"2016-02-25T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/?p=32"},"modified":"2016-02-25T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:26:09","slug":"the-man-behind-the-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/2016\/02\/25\/the-man-behind-the-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Behind the Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33\" style=\"width: 920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33\" src=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mask.jpg\" alt=\"Born in Montreal, Samuel McClintok the current head Chef at Fat Tuesdays poses for a picture outside his place of employment at 7:55pm on Febraury 9th 2016\" width=\"920\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mask.jpg 920w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mask-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mask-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mask-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Born in Montreal, Samuel McClintok the current head Chef at Fat Tuesdays poses for a picture outside his place of employment at 7:55pm on Febraury 9th 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Mardi Gras in full motion, a local restaurant, Fat Tuesday\u2019s is embracing the festivity. The head chef, Samuel McClintok was standing outside of the restaurant in a full sparkly gold cape, gold crown and a purple checkered mask shaking maracas on Tuesday evening. There were drums playing and people laughing \u2013 an all around positive environment. \u201cYou won\u2019t normally catch me dressed this way\u201d McClintok jokes when asked about his attire. Fat Tuesdays is a New Orleans styled establishment which is why they are celebrating Mardi Gras to its full extent. The man behind the mask, Chef Samuel, was a mysterious and simple person. It was obvious that he was in his element, his happy place, being at work. \u201cI am excited to be here, especially for Mardi Gras, and I am looking forward to what the year will bring\u201d McClinktok explained. \u201cI love my job, and my family. They are the reason why I am here at this moment\u201d he continued. As more people started to surround the outside of the restaurant, even just to stand under the heater while they smoked their cigarettes, McClintok smiled and welcomed them all. Positivity radiated off of the chef, \u201cthe only thing I am aiming for is to become better at my job\u201d stated McClintok. The man behind the mask is purely happy, not hiding from the world but embracing it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Author: Mackenzie Eivinsin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Mardi Gras in full motion, a local restaurant, Fat Tuesday\u2019s is embracing the festivity. The head chef, Samuel McClintok was standing outside of the restaurant in a full sparkly gold cape, gold crown and a purple checkered mask shaking maracas on Tuesday evening. There were drums playing and people laughing \u2013 an all around&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/2016\/02\/25\/the-man-behind-the-mask\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,7,2,4,5,6],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-profile","tag-canada","tag-culture","tag-ottawa","tag-people","tag-photography","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}