Philadelphia, PA, USA
Name: Brian Duffy
Age: 40
Nationality: Irish American
Country of Residence: USA
1. Your Restaurant/Business: Multiple restaurants as well as Consultant for CBD Solution.
2. About Your Kitchen: Heaven! Always something fun. Old school & classic.
3. Your Favorite Chef Works Item: Baker style jackets such as the Palermo and Montreal. As a chef, I like a shorter sleeve … especially since I’m not on the line as much anymore.
4. First Job: Dishwasher & Bus Boy at Cassel’s Restaurant in Narberth, Pennsylvania USA in 1984.
5. Your Favorite Cookbook: Larousse Gastronomique: The World’s Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia By Librairie Larousse.
6. Your Awards: Multiple awards from national media as well as local groups.
7. Your Cooking Inspiration: Mom & Dad!
8. Your Speciality Dish: Classic peasant food. All things comfort.
9. Favorite Dish To Eat: All forms of BBQ & any Fish or Seafood.
10. Weirdest Thing You Ever Ate: Brain
11. Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Moose Tracks which has Peanut Butter Cups and fudge ripple.
12. Favorite Drink: Dark & Stormy from “meat & potatoes” Pittsburgh PA!
13. Favorite Wine: Viognier, Bonterra Organic Vineyards, California USA
14. Who Would You Most Like To Cook For: My Grandmother
15. Who Would You Least Like To Cook For: My wonderful Midwest cousins…
16. Favorite Things To Do When Not Cooking: Mountain biking, riding my Harley and ‘chillaxing’ with my daughters (11 & 8 yrs old).
17. Your Latest Project: Opening 5 concept restaurants – 2 in Canada & 3 in the US
18. Favorite City and Why: Savannah, Georgia USA as I Love the history, the class & the cleanliness.
19. Your Greatest Indulgence: BBQ
20. Your All Time Best Culinary Tip: How to cut a pepper in three seconds!