David Tallent
David Tallent was born and raised around Bloomington, Indiana. A former Indiana University student, David worked his way through school in local kitchens until leaving for New York in 2000 to study at the Culinary Institute of America.
While studying at CIA, he worked with several chefs in New York, including Chef Jason Hicks at the French Brasserie Le Goulue on Madison Avenue in New York City and Benjamin Mauk at Cripple Creek in Rhinebeck, NY. After completing his culinary studies, David moved to Atlanta, Georgia and worked as a sous chef under Joe Ahn at Soho in Vinings.