Customers have been enjoying the sounds of Head Chef Jerricole Goree, for almost three months at the Chinese food buffet. Goree, called Jeezy by his friends, can be heard singing orders to students.

“I like it (the singing). Everybody loves it,” Vietta Yates, a supervisor at Panda Express, said.

Goree, 29, is a former college basketball player for Mississippi Valley State University. His favorite song to sing is “How to Love” by Lil Wayne.

“I like to make people smile,” Goree said. “It makes it a better place (to work).”

Goree’s best dish is chao mein, said his fellow employees. He is known for changing words to famous songs to words like “panda” and other words affiliated with the food and the restaurant.

At lunch and dinner, lines can be long at all campus dining facilities and workers get undoubtedly stressed.

“(The singing) breaks the tension,” said Trevor Senn, a sophomore worker. “He has great intention. It doesn’t stop us from doing our job.”

At other times when Panda Express  is less busy because students are in classes, the workers can get bored.

“When I feel like it’s quiet, I like to liven things up,” Goree said.

The chef is getting a big name around campus for the entertainment he brings to the restaurant and his intention is quite simple.

“I just like to make people happy,” he said.