Hyattsville-based chef Tobias Dorzon was recently featured on the “CBS Mornings” show.

Dorzon, a former NFL player who now runs the popular Huncho House restaurant at University Town Center at 6451 America Blvd., was the subject of a five-minute segment on the popular channel about becoming a top chef and his unusual career path.

“Typically, you don’t see people like me, you don’t see people that have tattoos that talk the way I talk, that dress the way I dress,” he told co-host Tony Dokoupil. “I never grew up with somebody next to me saying, yeah, I can’t wait to be the next best chef.”

Since opening in 2022, Huncho House has become a popular upscale restaurant, with a menu that combines Dorzon’s love of Asian food, West African influences from his childhood and his studies at an Italian culinary school.

Dorzon will also return to the Food Network’s “Tournament of Champions” on Sunday, Feb. 18, appearing on the fifth season of the cooking competition hosted by Guy Fieri. He was previously featured on the third and fourth seasons and another Fieri show, “Guy’s Grocery Games.”

“One thing about God he going to always even the score,” he tweeted recently about his return to the show. “This year it’s personal.”

In the CBS interview, he also confirmed that he will expand across the street from his Hyattsville location opening a new restaurant with a more nightlife-like vibe, including a DJ booth.

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