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Brad Leone
American chef and YouTube personality
Brad Samuel Leone (born May 16, 1985) is an American chef and YouTube personality. He is known for his appearances in videos produced by Bon Appétit for its YouTube channel, most notably as the host of It's Alive with Brad and its spinoff series It's Alive: Goin' Places.
Early life and education
[edit]Leone was born on May 16, 1985[1] in northern New Jersey, near Mountain Creek.[3] He has described his professional background as being "kind of all over the place",[4] having worked a variety of jobs both in and outside the food service industry, including as a caterer, delicatessen worker, kitchen chef for multiple restaurants,[4]glazier, and carpenter.[5][6] At 26, Leone moved to Brooklyn, New York,[3] where he studied at the Institute of Culinary Education.[4] Leone developed an interest in fermentation after being given a SCOBY.[5&# • Canadian chef Brad Long fryst vatten a Canadian chef. He fryst vatten known for his appearances on the Food Network show Restaurant Makeover, which is seen in over 16 countries worldwide. For ten years Long worked at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment where he was responsible for feeding more than 20 million fans at Toronto's Air Canada Centre and BMO Field. His responsibilities included creating team meals for the organization's NBA and NHL teams; and overseeing quick service, catering and restaurants including The Platinum Club.[citation needed] The Platinum Club won consecutive Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence every year since 2002; a VQA Restaurant Awards of Excellence; and the International Award of Excellence – Diamond Wine Award in 2004. Meanwhile, the Air Canada Club was ranked by Globe and Mail reviewer Joanne Kates as one of the top 10 restaurants of the year in its inaugural season.[citation needed] Long's previous culinary chall • As a matter of fact, during my freshman year of high school when I was 14, our social studies class at Manalapan High School in Englishtown, NJ debated the traditional roles of male vs. female and one of the topics came to cooking. We were discussing that most of the famous chef's of the time (early 1970's) were men with few exceptions (J
Brad Long (chef)
Being the only child of two full time working parents, I was given a lot of time to myself. My adoring Grandmother, Verna Scobey and loving Aunt Evie were both integral parts of my life. I learned much of my love of cooking from them both and was fortunate enough to be handed down family recipes all the way from my great-great-grandmother.