Samantha Davis

I grew up in an immigrant household where math and science were forced in order to have a career that would set me up for life. I went to college and grad school and worked in cancer research for ten years before I was brave enough to pursue my lifelong passion of cooking.

I am a career-changer chef. I went to Rutgers University for undergrad and then to George Washington University for my Master’s in clinical research. I worked as a cancer researcher for ten years in some of the country’s most prestigious hospitals before making the leap into food. I struggled to explain the “why” to my friends and family, but there was something deep down in me that was always drawn to the creativity, freedom, and connectivity of food. It was a risk—probably the biggest one of my life, but the most rewarding as well. I live in my passion everyday.