Brad Wise | Source | Owner at The Wise Ox
Brad Wise
Brad is the Owner of The Wise Ox, the newest concept by Trust Restaurant Group. He is skilled in menu development, recipes, local ingredients, hospitality, and culinary skills.
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Something I think is a lost art is when people start from the bottom, and work prep for three years before even touching something on the line. They taught me how to make stocks, sauces, soups, all these things that people come out of culinary school now and they’re like, ‘Oh, I want to be a chef,’ and they didn’t go through the rigorous training that some others may have.
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From Mopping Floors to Creating a Michelin Plate Award-Winning Culinary Collective
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 serendipitous tag-along led to a job mopping floors, and right off the bat, Wise liked the comradery the restaurant industry offered. At the time, his peers had a bigger impact on him than the culinary side of things, he admits.
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