Chef Jose Garces was born in Chicago, staged in Spain, won The Next Iron Chef in TVLand and has restaurants in Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Scottsdale— and Chicago, namely Mercat a la Planxa. In other words, the kid’s done well for himself, which is no doubt why Kendall College was happy to have him back a couple of weeks ago. Get some life lessons and inspiration for the 4th from his commencement speech, which is one of those things sure to make you think, is this a great country or what. Watch the video below.