Exclusive | Male chef who survived breast cancer sells 1 millionth lobster roll in NY after TV stardom on GMA, Kitchen Nightmares

He’s on a real lobster roll!A Long Island chef who became a local hero for advocating for male breast cancer awareness and rubbing elbows with Gordon Ramsay sold his one millionth lobster roll.Jackson Hall executive chef Mike Landesberg celebrated by shelling out over $2,000 in prizes to the lucky and suspecting winner.Diners at the East Islip eatery couldn’t wait to get their claws on the milestone lobster roll, he told The Post.“Every single day, people would come in here, and they’re like, ‘we’re here for No.1 million,'” Landesberg said.

“They ask my hosts, ‘Are we going to be the millionth?’ They try to bribe the servers.”The lobster-loving Landesberg, who took over as chef in 2021, said he has been selling about 5,000 to 6,000 rolls per day since he started running the show.He began keeping tabs on his total sales and realized this summer would be the big splash, which led Landesberg to turn his high-volume social media pages into a de facto daily ticker.“I really started hyping it up — weeks ahead of when I knew the day was coming.”The skilled cook, once featured on Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares” at an old restaurant, went viral for offering a whopping 1- different styles of lobster rolls – including a signature one named after the island with Cajun honey butter and jalapeños. Landesberg gained some local fame outside of the kitchen as well.In 2022, he defeated male breast cancer and became a fundraising advocate for men and women fighting the disease, an effort that landed him back on TV with an guest spot on “Good Morning America.” “Where I was five years ago, it’s just really incredible to see what we’ve built and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,” he said.Landesberg also won over many for going out of his way to help struggling businesses and being overwhelmingly generous.He even offered a $200 gift card online to a customer who most accurately predicted the day, time and type of roll ordered for ...