At a young age Josh Swinney developed a passion for the arts. From drawing to music, he loved being creative. In his early teenage years, he developed an interest in cooking and started learning the ropes from his friend’s dad who was an accomplished Chef. After high school Josh went to culinary school at The Art Institute of Charlotte. Chef Josh has worked in corporate dining , mom and pops and more. Today he enjoys helping other businesses through his company Sincere Fare. Welcome to Chef Josh to Chefish Starter I know we gave your intro but in your own words tell us how you got into food? Guest will have a chance to intro themselves talk about their medium within the food world. Just to give our listeners a Taste- You are a photographer as well, what lead to that ? We you just tired of bad food pics? Main Coarse When did you fall in love with building community through food ? What was the moment where you were like “this is it” You spoke about working in corporate dining are there certain skills that can be used to make smaller food businesses better ? How do you decide what type of corporate partners to collaborate with ? Have you have had any moments where you didn’t feel properly compensated ? How did you navigate that? Recipe for success Tell me 3 you want everyone to know about the business? Or that you would tell your younger self. Palate Cleanser: After a long day of shooting. What are you making to eat? When you are on set, what are you listening to? Dessert Let’s talk about the ways you’ve set the bar for people of color in food . Sincere Fare is a company based in service what are some initiatives that you all have available for chefies Outro Tell us whats next for you ? Are you doing any tv ? Tell us whats next and where our chefies can find you Follow Chef Josh on Instagram @creatingwithjosh