FSR June 2023

Chefs & Ingredients

CULINARY INSPIRATION AND STORIES FROM INDUSTRY TRAILBLAZERS MENTIONED IN THIS SECTION RARE SOCIETY • • • FORT OAK • • •

NICK’S WESTSIDE

CHEF BRAD WISE’S RESTAURANT PORTFOLIO RUNS THE GAMUT FROM FINE DINING TO A BUTCHER SHOP TO AN ICE CREAM WINDOW, INCLUDING TRUST RESTAURANT, RARE

SOCIETY STEAKHOUSE, CARDELLINO ITALIAN CHOPHOUSE, THE WISE OX, FORT OAK, AND

MR.TRUSTEE CREAMERY.

Creating a Culinary Collective

PHOTOCREDIT

CHEF BRAD WISE’S FORAY into the world of foodservice took place when he was just 12 years old while tagging along with a friend to a pizza and cheesecake spot. Jake’s Pizza was located in his hometown of Cape May, a seaside city at the tip of southern New Jersey. The ser endipitous tag-along led to a job mopping floors, and right off the bat, Wise liked the comradery the restaurant industry offered. At the time,

BY CALLIE EVERGREEN Chef Brad Wise is parlaying his passion for Santa Maria style grilling into TRUST Restaurant Group.

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