Newly Weds Foods, Senior Corporate Chef, Broadview, IL
- Culinary Arts Degree from College of DuPage, Glen Elyn, IL
- Graduated from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
- Over fifteen years in the food industry serving a variety of culinary roles from a line cook at a Michelin Starred restaurant to ten years of R&D experience working in the flavor industry developing food and beverage products. I like to stay curious and learn new skills and techniques that help me build memorable flavors and textures.
- One of my favorite jobs was when I worked in the test kitchen at a factory that makes take-and-bake pizzas for all the major retail private label brands. That was my first R&D job and it helped solidify my decision to pursue a career as a Corporate Chef. I love being able to create delicious concepts on the bench that have the potential to serve literally millions of people in a safe and economical way.
- Fondest kitchen memory: cleaning a very muddy 40-pound batch of foraged ramps (wild leeks) during the spring harvest for a ramp-themed tasting menu at Vie Restaurant in Western Springs, IL. We pickled, charred, fermented, and smoked the ramps to use them in other components on the menu as flavoring agents.
- When I’m not in the kitchen I enjoy traveling with my wife, working on our fixer-upper, and playing guitar.
