Jamie Vincent Bordonaro's previous experience in New York includes a culinary externship from the Culinary Institute of America with Picholine Restaurant, one incredibly valuable year with Bouley, and two and a half years working through the illustrious Le Bernardin restaurant. The exposure to such exquisite examples of culinary greatness at such high levels of execution has undoubtedly inspired the culinary concepts which comprise this project. The quality education from Central Connecticut State University also helped to enrich the literary prowess which fortifies the culinary concepts of the Pursuit of Passion.