These Culinary Thymes

Unless you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, or your family is loaded…you had humble beginnings. So as they say “Let’s get down to brass tacks!” You might be asking yourself “who is this guy?” My name is Brian K. Fowler and I have lived my whole life on Long Island, NY. I have been a chef for the last 14 years of my life, but have been in the kitchen since I was a kid. I know I know, you hear the same thing all the time. How a chef was raised by his grandmother and learned how to cook on her farm when he was like 12…right? Well, in some cases that is probably true, but not here my friends. It is very true that my grandparents taught me how to master pancakes in their upstate home, but that wasn’t my whole entire history. My mom had a hand in it too, as well as in high school. I went on to walk through life not really knowing what I wanted, but always involved in food some way or another. I found myself in Deli’ more often that less, and at the ripe old age of 28 I took a chance. I enrolled in Culinary School, worked during the day and ended up graduating in the top five percent of my class.
I soon ended up getting an externship at the famed “An American Place” in NYC under executive chef Richard D’Orazi and owner Larry Forgione. I was hired after graduation and stayed for about a year and a half. I soon went on to work for several corporate restaurants, the Garden City Hotel and started to do my own thing here and there. You might be asking where am I going with all of this? Well, I aim to take you along with me on a quest for knowlege, to share my views and maybe even learn a few things myself. I’m not sure what lies around the next corner…so come along for the ride with me. I promise you won’t be disapointed. Until then.