User talk:Mark A Wilson

Mark Anthony Wilson
(born 7 July 1958 in Dayton Ohio) nicknamed "Tony, is the first African American certified Master BBQ Chef. There is only 132 Certified Master BBQ Cooks(MBBQ) in the world.[1][2] by fans following his performance on social media

Background
He was born in Dayton Ohio. Wilson began cooking with his mother Betty, grandmother Murdis, sister Debbie, at the age of 10 helping doing small task like shucking corn, peeling potatoes,mixing cake mix. His father, William Sr or Bill Wilson, is an master Sargent in the United State Marine Corp. He also love to BBQ, his grandmother Bessie would always make him a gallon of her signature sauce when he came home to Dayton Ohio to visit. Wilson came from a long line of fishermen and his father could fry fish good.[3]

Career
Wilson studied at California State University Of Fullerton, BA in Business, Marketing. Years later he deciding to pursue a career as a chef attending the American Personal & Private Chef Institute. He worked at some of the top Orange County restaurants before leaving to work at various restaurants. In Atlanta Georgia, he debuted his cooking career working as an Personal Chef. Continuing his education Wilson attended Culinary Business Academy, becoming a certified culinary instructor. With his passion to be one of the best chefs, Wilson accepted an offer to attend one of the top culinary institute in the world, Escoffier Culinary Academy, Upon completing Escoffier with Honors as an Certified Culinaian and Patissier, Wilson then decided to finish his culianry education by attending the Culinary School he has always dreamed of, Le Cordon Bleu, receiving an Grand Diplome in de cuisine et De Patisserie.

Other projects
In 2008, Wilson developed "BBQ sauces, Ynot"s Gourmet Perfect Blend's by Mark Wilson. In 2010, Wilson gave a cooking class and demonstration at the Williams Sonoma in Atlanta, GA. Tampa FL. In 2015 he was awarded Chef of the year by the Minority Chefs Association, In 2015 he received the best of Tampa, FL award for personal chef. in 2016 best of Tampa, FL for Executive Chef, Chop And Serve, LLC has been inducted in the Tampa,FL Business Hall Of Fame.