On her journey to becoming the full-time chef of the Mavericks, Alexia “Chef Lex” Grant didn’t exactly take the
conventional route.
“I applied when I was nine months pregnant,” she told Mavs.com. “I was like, ‘I want to do this.’ I already take care of players individually, I understand them, their lifestyles, what they need, how to feed them, how to get them into eating healthy food. I need stability.’
“I’m sitting there with a big belly. I was about to have a baby, and I saw the job pop up on my feed for the Dallas Mavericks.