I am 37 years old and have been in the food and beverage industry for 20 years....for the last 10 years I ventured into business for myself, where I flew around this beautiful country catering and providing a private Gourmet Cook for many people. I also dabled in the consulting business some and helped many struggling businesses. My favorite is Italian....creating new sauces When we are all in the kitchen cooking, baking and chatting it up! I believe when I started making soups......I always felt that they could have more to them, until I was offered money for 3 of my recipes! I turned the money away, very pleased with the offer, but yet still walked back into my kitchen proud of my accomplishments. I had an Oyster party that was reserved months in advance, i ordered my Oysters fresh, to be brought in the day of the party. My heart sank when all 2000 oysters were spoiled and contaminated......my clients rescheduled for the following month and still gave me and my crew a great recommendation!