I am originally from San Diego, but moved to Santa Cruz in 1995, and have lived all over the world traveling
and working ever since. I began my culinary career in my early teens working in Breakfast Cafes and Pizzerias
and then progressed into a Polynesian Chart House Restaurant. Here I studied all stages of cooking from the
prep table to the line in a fast paced high volume gourmet eatery. After putting in my time working as a line cook
in enough restaurants I decided to expand my options and start working for myself.
After getting a degree in Fine arts at UCSC, I spent the next 4 years traveling ?and soaking up a wide palate of tastes
from Mexico, Hawaii, Australia, Fiji,?Indonesia and Malaysia. I spent 2 years working and traveling in Australia
and ?Indonesia and there I got a taste of what the truest dining pleasures can bring. While working as a chef in
a small cafe in Gnarabup Western Australia, I was? hired by the Surf Travel Company as a chef for the Arimbi;
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