DAVID SHALLECK has worked for over two decades in the food business as a chef and television culinary producer alongside some of America’s most celebrated chefs and hosts.
He has cooked in noted restaurants and for special events in New York, San Francisco, the Napa Valley, London, Provence, and throughout many of Italy’s famous regions.
Recent television culinary producer credits include the PBS series José Made in Spain with José Andrés, Chef’s Story at the French Culinary Institute, Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class, Fast Food My Way with Jacques Pépin, and with Cat Cora on the Food Network’s Iron Chef America.
His recipe, menu, food styling, and food product development clients include respected cookbook authors, restaurant operators, and many national brands.
He is the founder of VOLOCHEF™, offering private dining and specialized services to the food service and media industries.
A graduate from Syracuse University in set and lighting design, he currently lives in San Francisco.
Bits and pieces about a unique culinary adventure on
the Med as seen from the galley of a private sailing yacht.
"That man, who unsuspecting approaches them, and listens to the Sirens singing, has no prospect of coming home."
-- About the islands of Galli in Homer's The Odyssey
