CURRENTLY :

EXECUTIVE CHEF @ PAPER PLANE, SUPERGOOD KITCHEN, & MINIBOSS

FORMERLY :

GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CHEF @ PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES

HEAD CHEF OF CATERING & EVENTS @ GOOGLE HQ

I've been cooking professionally since 2005. I started as a fruit stocker at Google and eventually made my way into their kitchens. After 3 years of very hard work, amongst extremely talented people, I was promoted to chef.

Currently, I am the Executive Chef of Paper Plane, MINIBOSS, & SuperGood Kitchen. All located in downtown San Jose.

My philosophy as a cook boils down to two basic principles:

1. Cook good food; do it responsibly.
2. Remain humble, studious, and open-minded.

INFLUENCES : Heston Blumenthal, Ferran Adria, Grant Achatz, David Chang, Thomas Keller, Chris Cosentino, Adoni Aduriz, Nathan Myhrvold, Dave Arnold, Francisco Migoya, Rene Redzepi, Daniel Hume, Curtis Duffy, Joan Roca, Jean-Claude Balek, Mom

OTHER INTERESTS : drawing, writing, comics, playing music, quantum mechanics & general physics.