At a young age, Mamma D’ began JK’s training in the kitchen. Since the age of 10 or so, he’s been learning about and experimenting with herbs and the Culinary Arts. His freshman year in college, he started and operated a catering company- his first entrepreneurial venture- which helped pay his way through school. His last year in college he spent studying in Southern France. After finishing, he spent time working in Paris and later some time working in Prague. While abroad, he took the opportunity to begin training his tongue for win. It was there that he first began to really understand terms such as terroire, dry, tannic, and acidic; concepts he would later find connections with. JK also learned that there is much more of a depth and quality of perception than is experienced by the average American. This was a Big Thing. After returning from abroad, JK spend several years working in Film and Television, as well as side projects working in Food and Agriculture. Strange, we know- but to JK- it all ties together. In Life, one’s Path rarely runs in straight lines.