A Montreal store owner is elated after watching two of Hollywood’s biggest stars sample his hot sauce on a prominent YouTube show.
Mark Cregan, owner of Mark’s Hot Sauce in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, saw his fermented kimchi recipe featured on Hot Ones, a YouTube show where guests try different hot sauce recipes.
It wasn’t just any Hot Ones episode. The July 25 edition featured Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, promoting Deadpool & Wolverine, directed by Montreal’s Shawn Levy.
The A-listers wiped away tears and struggled to speak as they bit into the chicken wings doused in Cregan’s sauce on the popular show. The episode has garnered more than 16 million views so far.
Cregan says he found out around Christmas time that his sauce would be featured on the show.
“It was a mix between excitement, and nervousness, and ‘Can I pull this off?'” Cregan said. “It’s just kind of …