Bio
I was born June 8, 1946 in Ludlow Massachusetts into a farm family, the family business was home delivery of milk and cream. A business that the Fuller family had been involved in for many years.
One of my favorite memories in the early 50s involve driving with my grandfather “Push” in his old pick up with his dog Jack. We drove to many of the small farms in my hometown to collect milk in cans that he put in the back of the pick up truck. My grandfather had a small pasteurization and bottling plant where the milk would be put into bottles and delivered to our customers the next day by my father and two other delivery men in open pick up trucks.
It was a pleasant childhood with lots of out-of-doors activities. I had three cousins that lived right across the street and three other friends that lived next-door in our little five family neighborhood. We did sledding and skating and snow man building in the winter. Berry picking, swinging, swimming, picnicking and other childhood games in the summer.
The Bator farm directly across the street chose to do all their farming with two horses and their hands. I have many cherished memories of watching them practice this this kind of horse powered farming that was rare then and is all but gone now except in a few Amish communities..
I knew by the age of nine that there was no future for me in milk delivery business. This was a style of business that was in decline in the 50s and within 10 or 15 years, had all but disappeared completely.
I attended to Culinary Institute Of America in New Haven, Connecticut graduating in 1971. Thus began my 40 year career in a restaurant business.
