A man claiming to be Colonel Sanders’ “great-great-great-nephew” says KFC blocked him for complaining about them sexualizing Colonel Sanders . . . so he leaked their secret chicken recipe.
The guy has the TikTok handle @RealColonelSanders, and his whole feed is about him being distantly related to Colonel Sanders, and wanting to protect his family’s legacy.
He’s been at this for years . . . but he’s been increasingly viral recently.
He’s upset because he believes the brand has spent the past decade “sexualizing” Colonel Sanders in its marketing campaigns. (If you don’t know what he’s talking about, it’s probably playful stuff like this.)
KFC is sick of dealing with it, so they’ve blocked him on social media.
So this guy responded by leaking the secret chicken recipe, with the “11 herbs and spices.” It includes measurements, and he says it’s based on both publicly available info, and stuff that HASN’T been released that’s been passed down through the family.
According to him, the 11 spices in KFC chicken are sage, garlic powder, cardamom, cayenne, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, coriander, ginger, white pepper, and black pepper. So did he really spill the beans?
Maybe this guy is legit, and is just clinging to this bit of “fame” . . . or it’s possible this is an elaborate joke or publicity stunt, either by this random enterprising dude, or maybe even the KFC brand itself. (Although this content is SO dense that it’s unlikely KFC would be involved for so little payoff.)
(Here’s an example of a recent video. The recipe is at the 2:08 mark. And there’s another one, here. The recipe is 53 seconds in.)
