Abel Gonzales
American chef of deep fried foods
Abel Gonzales Jr. (born November 1969), also known as Fried Jesus, is an "extreme fryer" and the five-time winner of Big Tex Choice Awards, an annual contest at the Texas State Fair, and the inventor of several deep fried items including Fried Coke, deep-fried butter and deep-fried turkey ribs. He has also been a judge on the television show Deep Fry Masters.
Early life
The son of a Tex-Mex restaurateur, Gonzales was born in Dallas, Texas, in November 1969. In his youth he grew up working long hours around his father's restaurant, A. J. Gonzales’ Mexican Oven and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School where he was later inducted into their hall of fame in 2014.
Career
Gonzales worked as a database analyst before quitting his job in 2009 to work selling his deep fried foods at the Texas state fair. This allows him to spend the rest of the year traveling and experimenting with new forms of deep fried foods. He has also been hired previously by a beer distribution company to create a variant of deep fried beer. In 2014, he became a judge on the deep fried themed cooking show Deep Fry Masters.
In 2017, Gonzales opened a Dallas restaurant called Republic Ranch which featured "a blending of Mexican food and barbecue".
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