I remember when I was very young, I wanted nothing more than to be a trial lawyer but I grew up in a household with strong culinary roots. Both of my parents went to culinary school and worked in the industry. Patrick Clark, the late James Beard Award winning chef, was my father, and so I grew up in the kitchen.
Some of my earliest memories are of the sights, sounds, and smells of a restaurant kitchen. As soon as I was old enough to go to work with my father, I knew that I would build my career in a kitchen. And I have.