Sports Jobs: Marcus Smart's personal chef, Jawed Halepota

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Episode two of Sports Jobs presented by Rodenhiser Home Services will make you hungry.

In this one, chef and entrepreneur Jawed Halepota explains how he got his start as a personal chef for some of the world's most popular athletes.

"I went to college in New York City and gained a very large network there," Halepota said. "Christine Harmon, Duron Harmon's wife, brought me in to cook for Duron's birthday party, I believe it was the day after they won the AFC Championship. The picture we took there with LeGarrette Blount, Martellus Bennett, and Devin McCourty really kind of got the ball rolling for me with the pro athletes.

That's when Halepota caught Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart's eye.

"Marcus' agent happened to see me in the photo," Halepota said. "We just got to talking. He let me know this is Marcus' contract year, he wants to really attack this thing seriously."

"Going into free agency, we were just like, 'We need this,'" said Smart. "And I was very adamant about doing it, so we hired Jawed and from then, it's history."

Halepota goes on to talk about how Smart got him connected with teammate Jaylen Brown, and gives a cooking lesson.

For more of an inside look at Halepota's life as a personal chef for pro athletes, check out the video above. 

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