Born and raised in Ruston, LA, Ben started his professional culinary career attending the New England Culinary Institute in 2002. After an internship at Gramercy Tavern in New York City and and a 6 months stint oversees, studying the art of French cooking in South-West France, he joined Cochon restaurant in 2006 as a Tournant. Ben was promoted to Sous-Chef in in 2007 and took on the Chef de Cuisine position he’s holding today in 2010.