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Chef at The Chopping Block since: 2021
Favorite class to teach: Sushi
Training/education: Culinary Institute of America
Cooking since: 1995
Favorite childhood food experience: Catching and cooking fish!
What made you want to become a chef? Love for eating
What is your signature dish? Eggs
What are the 5 ingredients you can't live without? Salt, pepper, butter, sugar, eggs
What do you love about cooking? Using new ingredients
When you're creating a new recipe, what influences and inspires you? My appetite
What advice would you give a new cook? Taste everything.
What are you doing when you're not cooking? Eating
Describe your perfect evening. All-night Korean BBQ
If you had friends in from out of town, where would you take them to eat? Big Jones
Where are you from? Dallas, Texas
What was your favorite vacation? Jay Peak, Vermont
What are your hobbies? Computers and technology
What is your favorite band? Nirvana
What is your favorite sports team? Raiders
If you could have dinner with one person, who would it be? Jeff Goldblum
What are your guilty pleasures? Reeses
Who is your favorite celebrity chef? Emeril Lagasse
What 5 tools should every new cook have in the kitchen? Chef knife, stick blender, silicone spatula, can opener, peeler
What resources would you suggest for Chopping Block clients? The Chopping Block's blogs
List three of your favorite tips or techniques you use in the kitchen. Keep a small container for food scraps, clean as you work, set up your mise en place!
