Chef Alejandra Ramos & Jojo: Pt. 2

[soft piano music]

My name is Alejandro Ramos.

I'm a chef and TV host and this is my dog Jojo.

Jojo has quite the personality.

[laughs]

He's actually the perfect dog for me

because he's super smart, he's vibrant.

He's like basically walked into our apartment

and immediately jumped up on the couch jumped up on the bed.

He was like, yep, I live here now.

I would describe Jojo as a grumpy affectionate firecracker.

[laughs]

My job requires me to spend a lot of time

in the kitchen obviously.

I develop recipes for TV segments for articles.

Till today I'm prepping a little date night Tapas feast

which is something that I've been doing a lot lately.

I love doing Tapas cause it allows me to make

a bunch of different dishes

and have a bunch of different little flavors

and tastes and a little bit of everything.

Jojo is always in the kitchen when I'm cooking.

The minute that I walk in,

his little nose just like flares up

which just like sniffing the air.

Its like he knows something delicious is about to happen.

Quarantine has been completely like a reset

like I've got into just kinda get back to the flavors

that I love having fun and playing around

and it led to creating new dishes

and discovering new substitutions

that I wouldn't have used before

had I not been kinda forced into this little box.

When I'm choosing food for myself and for my husband

I always try to choose the best ingredients possible

and Jojo is part of my family too.

So I wanna make sure that he's also getting

the best ingredients he can get.

I feed Jojo Cesar dog food

because I love the varieties.

Jojo can be a little bit picky sometimes

and the minute he starts loving something

he suddenly wants something completely new.

One thing that's really cool about the simply crafted

is that the name of the flavor

is like entire ingredient list.

So if it's chicken with peas and potatoes,

the ingredients are chicken, peas and potatoes

and when you open the container,

you see chicken and you see peas and you see potatoes

and it doesn't look any different

than anything that I would eat.

Jojo makes my life better.

So I think he deserves the best.