Director, Culinary Development
What do you do on a daily basis?
Develop and open food service concepts for Food Network
Who is your culinary icon?
Julia Child
Who is your favorite food TV personality, past or present?
Mario Batali
What’s your favorite cookbook?
River Cottage Cookbook
What dish or ingredient will we never catch you eating?
Split pea soup
What’s your favorite condiment?
Mustard
What’s the first dish you learned to make?
Spoon bread
Sweet tooth, salty tooth or both?
Salty
What kitchen tool can’t you live without?
A sharp knife
What music do you like to listen to in the kitchen?
Yanni and Danzig
What’s your favorite food scene from a movie?
Better Off Dead: "Franch Dressing, franch fries, franch bread ? "
What’s your favorite alcoholic beverage?
Bourbon
If you weren’t in food, what career would you have liked to have tried?
Doctor
What’s your favorite “food city” to visit?
San Francisco
