Experienced Private Chef dedicated to creating menus that optimize physical performance and maximize overall potential.

14 years

Intimate Dining Experience

10 years

Meal Prep Experience

7 years

Private & Performance Chef Experience

BACKGROUND

With 14 years of culinary experience, including collaborations with elite athletes, service to UHNW families, and catering both large and intimate events, I've mastered the art of creating unforgettable dining experiences.

My expertise ensures every meal is designed to fuel your body for success, whether you're an athlete striving for greatness or a professional seeking peak performance in your daily life.

My passion lies in delivering high-end, personalized meals, meticulously prepared with the finest ingredients. Each dish is crafted with care and precision, ensuring a culinary journey that will linger in your memory long after the last bite.

To learn more about my experience and qualifications, please review my resume below.

Analyzing Body Composition

Sourcing the highest quality ingredients

Athletic Performance-Enhancing Diets

Diet-Specific Lifestyles (Vegan, Vegetarian, Paleo, Keto, Dairy Free, Gluten-Free, etc.)

Endless Cuisines (African, Moroccan, Mediterranean, Thai, Japanese, Korean, American, etc.)

Biohacking

Macro & Micros

Caloric Intake

Fitness Synthesized Menus

Nutritional Support

SPECIALIZED SKILLS

CERTIFIED

The Art Institute of Michigan

Bachelor’s in Applied Science & Culinary Management, 2012

Dean’s List Honors

NASM Nutrition Coach Certified

EXPERIENCED

Private Chef I Nutritional Performance Specialist
Cleveland, OH
Jan 2024 - Present

I provide private in-home chef services and customized prepared meal solutions for UHNW executives and professional athletes. My focus is on biohacking to optimize physical performance and overall health. I develop tailored menus and recipes designed to fuel high-performance lifestyles, using a blend of science-driven nutritional strategies and culinary expertise. Notably, my current NBA client has seen measurable stat increases since integrating my services into their regimen.

Private Chef, UHNW Family
Cleveland, OH
Jun 2023 - Jan 2024

Responsibilities include managing a four-chef kitchen, oversight of weekly menus for family, staff, and guests, recipe development, sourcing the highest quality local ingredients, cooking lunch, dinner, dessert, and protein shakes daily, and adapting quickly to an ever-changing schedule. Travel up to 30% of the year. Cater several elaborate dinner parties, banquets, holidays, birthdays, and various themed events in the Hamptons.

Private Chef, NFL Wide Receiver
New Orleans, LA
Oct 2021 - Jun 2023

Responsibilities include managing a four-chef kitchen, oversight of weekly menus for family, staff, and guests, recipe development, sourcing the highest quality local ingredients, cooking lunch, dinner, dessert, and protein shakes daily, and adapting quickly to an ever-changing schedule. Travel up to 30% of the year. Cater several elaborate dinner parties, banquets, holidays, birthdays, and various themed events in the Hamptons.

Co-Founder, Fuel Your Tomorrow
Detroit MI, Sicily IT, and Traverse City MI
Jun 2012 - Oct 2021

Private chef for seven families around Metro Detroit (2012 - 2016) offering nutritional
coaching, grocery shopping, on-site and off-site cooking, and weekly meal development
catered to clients’ diet requirements.

Lived abroad in Italy (2016 - 2019) to provide nutritionally designed, weekly meals to active duty service members in need of nutritional improvement.

Owned and operated a Meal Prep Business (2019 - 2021) providing diet-specific, weekly meal plans to over 500 clients and families in Northern Michigan. Partnered with local wineries for weekly wine pairing dinners exclusively for club members.

Executive Sous Chef, Alta Strada
Washington D.C.
Jan 2016 - May 2016

Opened a new fine-dining Italian restaurant under James Beard Award-winning Chef,
Michael Schlow. Opened second restaurant, Conosci, a secret upscale Japanese Crudo
Bar with a menu changing daily.