Chef Matt has been cooking professionally since January of 2005. However, his career began as a child; who would try everything and rarely found food he disliked. As early as he can remember he was shopping and cooking dinner for the family. When he graduated High School he started working at the Charthouse in Marina Del Rey. He left Charthouse after 2 years to concentrate on his studies at the University of Southern California. He graduated USC with a BS in business with an emphasis in finance and entrepreneurship. This led him to many jobs in the technology sector. He eventually found anything related to technology to be cold and uncreative. Having always wanted to find work with more intrinsic value and creativity; he decided to follow his passion for food. He attended the California School of Culinary Arts and graduated at the top of his class.

While in school he worked numerous catering events hosted by various caterers including Wolfgang Puck and Patina. Having learned the ins and outs of the business he has been very successful in his own catering endeavors.

Also, while in school, he began teaching at Hipcooks. Here he learned how to engage and entertain people by sharing his knowledge and passion for cooking. He then stared teaching privately around Manhattan Beach and the greater Los Angeles area, as well as at a local culinary edutainment outfit, Chefmakers. He currently also teaches a monthly class on Sundays at Lido di Manhattan in Manhattan Beach.

Matt has worked for David Sanfield from Deluxe Motion Picture Catering and captained events for studios, celebrities, and for the new hot club in downtown Los Angeles, The Edison. He has also had the pleasure of heading up events for party planning guru, Charlie Scola (aka Party Charlie), at his famous, extravagant, Los Angeles parties.

Chef Matt currently works as a private chef during the week but does private parties, catering events, and cooking classes on the weekends.

Chef Matt is ServSafe Certified