“I prefer your Royal Seafood Dudeness,” Currence deadpanned, “But you can just call me Dudeness for short.” How had his life changed since his ascension? “ I had no idea of the amount of attention that went along with winning. I kind of went blindly into this, because I have three existing restaurants to run and a new one just starting, so I didn’t pay as much attention to it as I wanted. It was a real slap in the face when my sous chef, Heath Johnson, and I showed up and saw the other teams. I told Heath we had to kick it into gear!”