Working with food be it cooking, serving, shopping and even growing my own has been a long time passion for me. Not only has it afforded me a way to make a living doing something I love but it has also brought me to meet and be around myriads of Read more…
“Any hour that a Pared cook works for me, I’m saving one hour of overtime.” – Jae Lee, Executive Chef, Rice & Gold Jae Lee is the executive chef of Rice & Gold as well as the property chef at Hotel 50 Bowery where he oversees all banquet operations, in-room Read more…
Eating well, spending life with people who love to love, and working hard for those same people. That is how my family is. It wasn’t an insatiable obsession for food that drove me to the hustle & bustle of the industry but rather, the almost hopelessly romantic patronage to the Read more…
Two passions of mine have always been eating good food and traveling. I grew up in a small town in California and loved any chance my family and I left to try anything new. The best memories I have growing up have always been my family vacations in Mexico. In Read more…
My name is Victor Aguilera. I’m originally from Venezuela and started working in the industry when I was 16 at this restaurant called Tatu in the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. I moved up the ranks quickly and fell in love with the culinary world more and more which took me Read more…
I began my career in the 7th grade in my hometown of Warsaw, Virginia. I learned that the tech school associated with my school district offered a culinary class but soon realized that I needed to be a few years older to enroll in the class in high school. Some Read more…
The Calling I grew up in Newport News, Virginia. I started my journey into the industry pretty much the same way everyone has, breaking my back day to day scrubbing dishes in the hot, wet, bottomless pit of under-appreciation. I remember working during weekend rushes, hearing the barrage of Read more…
I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My journey in the food industry began when I was 18 years old. I worked at my neighborhood pizzeria restaurant washing dishes. At this point, my life did not revolve around the food industry. I was mainly into skateboarding, snowboarding, and sports. My dream Read more…
Some of us discover our path in life through a series of trials and errors. For others, all it takes is a special moment. This is what happened to Pared Pro Jackson Touk, who made a complete career change and decided to take the plunge into the kitchen. Jackson and Read more…
My name is Virgil and I hail from Sacramento, California. I came to San Francisco to develop my career and I’ve worked on Pared for the past two years. I love eating. It was everything to me when I came to San Francisco for college. My girlfriend at the time Read more…