Jason profile picture

Jason

JASON GRANT

About Me

Born in Los Angeles, California, my roots can be traced back to those of a famous English Knight---Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound---Admiral of the British Fleet and right hand man to Winston Churchill during the World Wars. From England my family emigrated to Australia---the other love of my life. I am a citizen of the United States and Australia and loved spending summers in Sydney and L.A.---The Endless Summer. After graduating from high school I began to study medicine before discovering an intense passion for cooking and the culinary arts. One day I decided that I was destined to be a great chef and have never strayed from that goal. I am a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School---Chef de Cuisine/Patissier and currently work in the tea trade in which I grew up and have devoted most of my working life. I have been blessed with so many wonderful opportunities and great people in my life for which I am truly grateful.

My Interests

Cooking, DJing, Music Production, Photography, any Arts I love and have played all sports---Surfing, Swimming in the Ocean, Cycling, Weight Training. I love to be close to water!

I'd like to meet:

My Great Grandfather---Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound Thomas Edison, M.C. Escher,Chefs---Auguste Escoffier, Thomas Keller, Jacques Pepin, Julia ChildAnyone that isn't a buzzkill

Music:

I am inspired and moved by a wide variety of music from Electronic to Classical---Pink Floyd, The Doors, AC/DC, U2, 2Pac, Snoop and Dre---Old Skool Hip Hop, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto---BossaNova Jazz, Daft Punk, Thievery Corporation, The Crystal Method, BT, LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad and some chill Drum and Bass. All electronically influenced music.

Movies:

Scorcese Films---Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed Star WarsWhat the Bleep Do We Know?---Down the Rabbit Hole

Television:

I'd rather be cooking or on the turntables

Books:

The Art of War by Sun Tzu Mind over Matter---Images of Pink Floyd by Storm Thurgeson The Power of Now by Eckhart TolleAll Cookbooks

Heroes:

My Great Grandfather---Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound