This is me at 9 years old. This was the moment I fell in love with cooking.
Timmy I made your favorite! come eat before it gets cold.
Cooking became a true passion for me. Whenever I cooked my father Bruce would always yell at me saying cooking is for the women.
Timmy leave the cooking for your mother!
My mother passed when I was only 10. Our close relationship made her passing extreamly hard.
Timmy we will get through this together.
I wasn't ever really interested by sports. Most of the kids at my school were on the sports team. I always noticed my fathers dissatisfaction in my love for cooking.
Timmy you need to have real hobbies!
One night my father just lost it.
I'm not raising my damn son to be a stupid chef. I have put up with you screwing around in the kitchen for years. You are signing up for the football team tomorrow at school no questions asked.
I stayed up till 2 AM that night. I just didn't understand why my dad would be mad at me for my passion. My mother was always so happy to see me create an amazing dish, I just don't see why he couldn't support me the same way.