Experience

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  Butter Barn Butter

  • Sun Valley, Los Angeles, CA

  • CEO/OWNER/CREATOR/OPERATOR

    • Feb 2016 - Present
    • Sun Valley, Los Angeles, CA

    We are an all gluten free wholesale baking company which started in 2016 as a grass-fed flavored butter company, which morphed into a baking company. We also carry vegan 2 cookie and 2 brownie flavors. I also have a line of vegan dressings which I will start up again when I start my vegan company...

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  The Malibu Chef

  • Malibu, California, United States

  • Executive Chef/Owner

    • Jan 1999 - Present
    • Malibu, California, United States

    I plan all types of events, create menus, budget, staff and basically run the business.

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  Bambu Malibu

  • Malibu, California, United States

  • Executive Chef

    • Aug 1993 - Jan 1999
    • Malibu, California, United States

    I created countless menus once a week, hired staff, ordered food, created specials daily and quite often changed the menu once a month and ran the line. I also won 3 times awards for The Top 100 chefs in America as a leader in culinary excellence going into the new millennium.

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  Spago Sunset

  • Head Chef

    • Aug 1983 - Aug 1986

    I started as a saute cook, then advanced to head pasta chef and finally became Wolfgang Puck's Head Chef. I was responsible for everything in the kitchen and implemented food cost.

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  L'Orangerie, Hollywood

  • Hollywood, California

  • Line Cook, 2nd apprenticship

    • Nov 1980 - Nov 1981
    • Hollywood, California

    I was in charge of making a special pasta and other dishes on line.

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  Ma Maison, Melrose

  • Hollywood, Calif.

  • Apprenticship, Line Cook

    • Nov 1979 - Nov 1980
    • Hollywood, Calif.

    I learned the New California French Cuisine from the master Wolfgang Puck.