Culinary: Graduate of The Academy of Culinary Arts (ACA) ;Gold Medal Honors, The Professional Chefs Association of South Jersey (PCASJ), American Culinary Federation (ACF), Culinary Student Association (CSA). Charities: Manna(2007, 2008, 2009), Beaujolais Nouveau(2008, 2009), Atlantic Cape Community College Restaurant Gala(2009) Hobbies: Guitar, Drums, Bass, Piano, Violin, Trumpet, Surfing, Skating, Snowboarding, Billiards, Bowling

Music, Movies, Food and Wine, Fine Dining

Rock: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Beatles, Kiss, Cheap Trick, Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, Rush, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Who, Frank Zappa, Deep Purple., , Classical: Bach, Mozart, Paganini, Chopin, Liszt, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Schumann, Albeniz, Scarlatti, Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Segovia, Handel, Haydn, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky., , Blues: Steve Ray Vaughn, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Ry Cooder, Alvin Lee, B.B. King., , Metal: Unearth, All That Remains, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, DragonForce, God Forbid, Arch Enemy, Lamb of God, Bury Your Dead, August Burns Red, Between The Buried and Me, Metallica, Megadeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Terror, Pantera., , Regae: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Freddie McGregor, Lee Perry., , Jazz: Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Charlie Hunter, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Chick Corea, Benny Goodman, Tom and Jimmy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Charlie Christian, Alan Holdsworth, Pat Martino, Alex Scolnick, Stanley Jordan, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten., ......im pretty open when it comes to music

Better Off Dead, Dazed and Confused, Beer Fest, Half Baked, National Lampoon's Animal House, Super Troopers, Gundum Wing Endless Waltz, Steamboy, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Akira, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Harry Potter, Empire Records, The Evil Dead Trilogy, Star Wars saga, anything with The Governator

Harry Potter series, Divine Comedy, Lord Of The Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne Rice, Dune, Music Books, As Well as Cook Books, Zecharia Sitchin, Sumerian/Babylonian history and mythology

Family Guy, Futurama, South Park, Robot Chicken, The Ultimate Fighter, C.S.I., Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, That '70s Show, Venture Bros, Dexter, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Chelsea Lately, Tosh.0

"Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same." - Franz Schubert