Matt Register

Known across the state for his Garland, NC-based restaurant and catering company, Matt Register has gained a very loyal following over the past ten years. In addition to growing the business alongside wife Jessica, he authored is first cookbook Southern Smoke: Barbecue, Traditions, and Treasured Recipes Reimagined for Today, in 2019. Though much of his time is spent in the company of his smoker, Jezebel, he also enjoys creating new recipes and spending time at his family’s beach house on Pleasure Island where you might just spot him at the Fat Pelican.