I have always had a passion for cooking. My earliest memories were of being surrounded by the aroma of home cooked food and the laughter of my family. Growing up in South Jersey, I remember the wonderful meals my parents prepared using locally grown fresh produce and seafood from the nearby shore. At my mother’s (and father’s!) side I learned to roll out homemade biscuits, bake bread, chop vegetables and select the freshest groceries available at the local farmers market.

My early culinary career was briefly interrupted by a twenty year career in film and television production. Being a filmmaker took me to many interesting places, from tall ships on the open sea, to nuclear power plant control rooms to even the White House. Several of the documentaries I edited received prestigious awards at the American Film Festival and the International Film and TV Festival of New York.

My passion for cooking remained strong, however, and in my spare time I continued to enjoy making and sharing food with my friends and family. Finally, with a perfectly good career in full swing, I decided to leave filmmaking and pursue the culinary arts full time. After graduating at the top of my class at NCC Culinary Arts program, I found employment in the kitchens of several fine dining establishments, including the Lehigh Country Club and the legendary Cannon’s, featured in Lehigh Valley Magazine and Stuff Magazine.

My wife Teresa is an emergency room nurse, and with our long and hectic work schedules we frequently came home too late and too tired to cook meals for ourselves. I began making and freezing convenient and wholesome meals that we could easily heat and enjoy within minutes. The idea worked beautifully, and soon friends and family began asking me to provide the same home cooked, freezer friendly meals for them also. Before I knew it, Savory Kitchen was born.

I love what I do, and what I do is use the finest, freshest ingredients to make comforting, convenient and delicious meals for people like you.