B. D. Vannoy is originally from the Phil- adelphia area. He has worked in a diverse array of fields, including as a design draftsman for five years in the Philadel- phia area before the era of CAD.

A professional and classically-trained chef for fourteen years in various food service ven- ues, from a Fortune 500 company, four-star hotel, premier caterer, and hospitals, spanning from Texas to Massachusettes. He has a formal AOS in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Mr. Vannoy worked in the auto manufacturing industry with Ford for eleven years in Norfolk, Virginia as a work group leader over the largest work zone in Norfolk, making the F150 truck, and as an over-the-road trucker for the last ten years with over 1,000,000 safe miles to his credit. Mr. Vannoy has a daughter from his first marriage. He is also “Daddy” to Bella, his scary-smart and crazy, yet lovable, eighty-pound sable German Shepherd.