When Kent Burris walks into a restaurant that serves cuisine he’s never tried before, he makes sure to do three things: He asks the server what to order, films the experience, and refuses to judge what he doesn’t understand. It’s a simple formula that’s earned him tens of millions of views on his TikTok account Dine With Kent , as well as the nickname King Kent.

Burris is not the kind of person you would stereotypically expect to be well-versed in the cuisines of the world—or be an influencer. A 62-year-old man with an endearing smile, a dry sense of humor, and a slow Southern cadence, he might look more at home at a baseball field’s concession stand than at a restaurant, wearing traditional Ethiopian garb as he celebrates his newest food discovery. But he shows up everywhere that pique

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