16 Edwin’s Restaurant Reforms Ex-Inmates in Oscar-Nominated Knife Skills

Published: Feb. 2, 2018, 7:42 p.m.

Brandon Chrostowski was given a second chance at life when he faced a judge after having a run in with the law. Rather than taking it for what it was, Brandon was determined to provide the same chance to others, so he created Edwin’s, a restaurant staffed entirely by formerly incarcerated adults. Filmmaker Thomas Lennon follows him and his students on their mission to build the greatest French restaurant in the United States, creating Oscar Nominated “Knife Skills.”