Behind the Line: Rick Gresh
Topic: Your Career
Non-Culinary Experience
Besides cooking your heart out, perhaps you've had another job you loved. What have been your most cherished non-culinary work experiences, and how have they shaped you?
- Rick Gresh
- Executive Chef
- David Burkes Primehouse
- Chicago, Illinois
I owned my own custom furniture company. I have built many pieces of furniture in my woodshop. I build alot of items for my restaurant including the service carts. Im always creating something out of wood, my new medium is metal. I love working with my hands and creating new items.
Answers from other users
- Carlo Lamagna
- Executive Chef
- Benny's Chop House
- Chicago, IL
The most memorable was being a martial arts instructor. I used to teach Filipino martial arts way back when in the Philippines. I taught at different high schools,colleges, private settings, and ...
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- geoffrey yahn
- Sous Chef
- Bread & Wine
- chicago/IL
Selling art for a local artist in bremerton,Wa. as a high school student was job i loved and shaped my work ethic that I have today . This experience gave me the opportunity to sell original M. C. ...
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- Kevin Nashan
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Sidney Street Cafe
- Saint Louis, Missouri
Probably working in that steel mill. It certainly scared the heck out of me. A nice dose of reality of what it is like to work hard, clean, and efficient.
- John Anderes
- Chef
- Telegraph
- Chicago, Illinois
selling swimsuits to the homeless
- Joshua Kulp
- Chef/Partner
- Sunday Dinner Club
- Chicago, IL
My most cherished non-culinary job, other than teaching, was working for 4 years as a Resident Assistant on an Alzheimer's wing of a nursing home in Madison, WI. Having grown up watching my grandp...
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