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Matthew Chestnut is a manager at Louis Huang's Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse and the former right-hand man of Kenny Rogers. He first appeared in "First Day". He is portrayed by Matt Oberg.
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Chestnut returns to Cattleman's
Chestnut eventually divorced his wife Amy, and leaving their son Max with her, moved back to Orlando. Intending to get his managerial position back at Louis Huang's Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse, Chestnut became the shipment delivery personnel for Cattleman's food supply. Placing the onions they had ordered out in the parking lot under the sun, Chestnut carted in boxes of chestnuts in order to reveal himself in a dramatic fashion to Louis Huang, Eddie Huang and Trent Masterson. He then apologized to Louis for leaving him, although Louis quickly accepted him back and reinstated his position as manager.
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Chestnut shuts down the suggestion box idea
Louis later holds an employee meeting where he discourages hiding rubber snakes in the fire extinguisher, despite being the culprit responsible. When Chestnut cites that Louis owning up to his mistake makes him a good leader, Trent makes a snide remark about Chestnut being "up Louis' ass." Eddie suggests that they implement a suggestions box so that employees can anonymously share ideas, which Louis initially considers until Chestnut states that back in Dollywood, Dolly Parton did not have a suggestion box as she had two ears to hear any suggestions. Louis then shuts down the idea, informing his staff that they can talk directly to Chestnut regarding any questions or concerns. Louis then dismisses them so that he could go home and work on his garden, and Chestnut walks away with him to discuss the garden. Chestnut convinces Louis not to focus on a garden at home and instead to focus on Cattleman's, and suggests upgrading the idea of a vegetable garden to a German beer hall garden, and Louis agrees.
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"I am a chestnut that does not crack."
In an attempt to have Chestnut leave, Jessica, Eddie and Trent head to Cattleman's, with the boys sitting at a corner table while Jessica approaches Louis and Chestnut. Reminding Louis that she supports whatever he does wholly, she asks him to take her to see the new griddle in the kitchen while alerting Chestnut to Eddie and Trent's suspicious behavior. Chestnut then approaches Eddie and Trent, who unconvincingly try to hide an application form to a Tony Roma's restaurant, one that has full benefits including dental. Chestnut then Chestnut walks away with the fake application and informs Louis of Eddie and Trent's plan to lure him away. With Eddie and Trent's plan failing and the execution of the German beer garden underway, Chestnut orders the employees to take beer steins home to practice holding the weight.
Chestnut serves beer to his patrons
As Cattleman's beer garden, dubbed Cattlehaus Biergarten, officially launches, Trent tells Eddie that Chestnut is growing on him. Chestnut, working the beer taps with Louis, then approaches the boys carrying multiple beer steins. Eddie, in surprise, asks Chestnut how he can carry so many at the same time, having struggled with the weight of two steins himself, and Chestnut mirthlessly retorts that he built up his arm strength crawling out of Louis' ass, hearkening back to Trent's comment during the employee meeting. He then tells the boys that they're up, and watches with Louis as the two dance to Bavarian folk music in costume on stage.[1]
"Look at these spots. We got to throw these out before they infect the knives."
At Cattleman's, Chestnut is discussing spots on the silverware and wants to throw them out. Eddie tells Chestnut to simply add rinse agent to the dishwasher, and Louis commends Eddie for preserving the silverware. Shortly after, while working the floor at work, Chestnut shows Louis his lower back tattoo, which he refers to as a "champ stamp," of an octopus. Chestnut informs Louis that he had gotten the octopus tattoo since an octopus has three hearts, and therefore represented the three loves of his life – his son Max Chestnut, CB radio, and octopus.
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"You ordered the turf. I'm providing the surf."
Sometime later, the Huang family watch the episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire that Louis starred in. Trent serves them with seven Cow Baos, a fusion dish Eddie created, and tells Eddie that he owes his own table a belly roll, as Eddie has implemented a new incentive where every table that orders four or more appetizers gets a belly roll performance from him. Trent notifies them that Chestnut had been filling in during Eddie's absence and they notice Chestnut pulling up his shirt and parading his "champ stamp" to customers.[2]
Appearances[]
- First Day
- A League of Her Own
- We Need to Talk About Evan
- Measure Twice, Cut Once
- Let Me Go, Bro
- Chestnut Gardens
- Lou Wants to Be a Millionaire
- Mommy and Me
- Family Van
- Commencement