Britney Jerome doesn’t have a quintessential moment or inspirational backstory that explains how she was drawn to the kitchen. It was, as she puts it, inexplicable. She began learning about cooking halfway through high school and simply never stopped. “It’s not like I grew up under the kitchen table watching an Italian grandmother make SundayFIND OUT MORE |

Chef Works was proud to serve as the official uniform sponsor of The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival for the fifth straight year. Every year we look forward to touching down in sunny Miami for four days of noshing on the beach. Claire Swarner, marketing & communications coordinator forFIND OUT MORE |

Chef Works will be spotlighting someone in waitstaff each month through November as part of our “Five-Star Service” blog feature. In December, we’ll ask our blog’s readership to vote who has the “best story.” We’ll dress the winning restaurant with Chef Works gear! Archie Ford doesn’t want the story to be about him. He’d ratherFIND OUT MORE |

Meet Gaston Broadwell, a senior business associate who has been with Chef Works for more than seven years. What makes his story so great is that he’s spent time in several departments during his time with the company. That’s also what has made him so effective working with our sales department. Take us through yourFIND OUT MORE |

We’re pretty blessed here at Chef Works. Sometimes chefs love our gear so much that they volunteer recipes. Who are we to say no? One of our favorite pastry chefs, Chef Carolyn Friedman of Miami Beach, Fla., was kind enough to whip up a recipe for Pineapple Banana Cake that’s just for our blog (andFIND OUT MORE |

Most people aren’t on their career path at age 12. Then again, Chef Koen Vessies isn’t most people. Our International Chef of Chef Works for February was an industrious preteen who started washing dishes in a restaurant when he was 12. From there, he found a buddy to do the dishwashing so he could startFIND OUT MORE |

It’s become a national pastime to grill the president. But were you aware of what past presidents wanted off of the grill? In honor of President’s Weekend, we’re taking a look at some of the foods previous commanders in chief liked to gobble up while leading our democratic republic. Abraham Lincoln’s birthday was Monday. AndFIND OUT MORE |

Leanne Pietransinski pictured in her favorite apron, the Berkeley! Our Apron Ace for February was motivated to get things right. Sure, Leanne Pietransinski was dumping batch after batch of macarons into the trash when she first got started. But nearly four years after starting her meringue-based dream, she and her husband, Pawel, have found success!FIND OUT MORE |

    If you didn’t remember, next week is Valentine’s Day. And we’re here to help those of you who might be a little indecisive about what to do. We went around the Chef Works offices in San Diego and solicited some Valentine’s Day advice. Whether you’re going on a first date, or have beenFIND OUT MORE |

Saluti! Chef Jamie Adams always had a fascination with Italian culture. And thanks to family influence, it has carried him to where he is today. The youngest of five siblings, Adams always enjoyed cooking with his mother. But then he’d hear stories of his siblings traveling abroad to Italy. Those tales stoked his passion forFIND OUT MORE |