Hi, guys. Salut! This is Alex.

So a super short yet, super important video today.

Do you remember

that a while back

I was a nominee for the Shorty Awards

and I asked you guys to help me,

you know win this stuff..

Well, l thanks to this move, I got to be a finalist

and then after an unexpected turn of event

This happened!

The 11th Annual Shorty Awards

Best in Food

Alex French Guy Cooking

pan pan pan pan

I got this award last week in New York City

Here's the footage..

"Okay, and the Shorty goes to Alex French Cooking Guy!"

"French Guy Cooking"

"Alex French Guy Cooking"

(French) Je regrette !

(French) Bonjour !

(French) Bonjour, ça va ?

(French) Bonjour !

(French) Bonsoir, monsieur .

Here you go!

Congratulations!

Whoa-woah-woah-woah!

I'm surprised, but I'm super thankful, guys, for this.

I want to thank my community,

I want to thank all the people who have believed

in this French guy..

I hope you guys understand this thick of the French accent -

"merci beaucoup"

Thanks. Thanks a lot

So basically, I just wanted to add a few things

on top of what I said on stage, which was almost nothing.

Now in my defense, I was very nervous

Obviously!

But I also was super surprised and here's the reason why -

Even among the nominee, there were like big names

like there was

David Chang, Matty Matheson

And then, among the finalists,

There was Brad Leone from Bon Appetit.

There was a Maangchi

amazing Korean food channel.

That was Mike Chen from 'Strictly Dumpling'.

I mean they were all just massive YouTube channel, and...

And the - and then there was me!

I'm feeling very humbled just being surrounded

by those amazing individuals.

And of course, I feel thankful

I feel thankful for your love and for your support all along these years in six years now.

Six years! I'm an old dude!

And finally, and I would lie if I were to say otherwise,

I'm not taking this for granted

I'm super excited for the things to come

like more challenges, more experiment,

more discoveries, more adventures,

and probably, down the line, more mistakes.

I swear to God if I break this,

I'm gonna kick myself in the ba..

That's it guys

I think at the moment YouTube is super exciting

when it comes to content, and especially food content

I hope you're enjoying the moment as well.

I'll catch up with you on Saturday.

Bye-Bye! Salut!

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