Chef Tony has enjoyed a life filled with a wide range of diversified life experiences. Growing up
as child in California, Colorado, and Oklahoma he saw life from a completely different
perspective during his high school years living abroad in Brazil. With a family heritage that
includes Portuguese and Greek descendants it only spurred his passion for culture, travel, and
food from all over the world. His culinary arts interest started at the age of 5 when his Okie
Gram started showing him how to help in the kitchen for the holidays. From that age on he was
always jumping at the chance to get in the kitchen and was incredibly blessed to learn not only
from his Okie side but also his Greek Grandfather and always learning and helping his Mother,
who is a world travelling and amazing home cook. The 40 years of cooking experience was
enhanced by working as a tableside flambé chef at a top Oklahoma country club. Utilizing these
cooking skills and flavors from all over the world Chef Tony’s new favorite skill is to infuse these
international dishes with Cannabis Sativa.
Chef Tony has been cooking with Cannabis for almost 10 years now as a result of an automobile
collision of a careless driver while riding a racing bicycle. This accident started an incredible
journey, based upon culinary creativity paired with psychological research, in order to
personally discover the healing properties of plants and the missing elements for nutritional
healing. Through all this trial and error he is now passionate about sharing these experiences to
help people find Green and Clean food in their lives for health and healing.
Green and Clean Gourmet Chefs began as an educational and private chef service to help
people learn how to incorporate more infused plants into their nutritional plans. This mission is
very personal to Chef Tony because he used Cannabis infused cooking to create a customized
healing protocol for his chronic pain and even depression/anxiety. The brand Green and Clean
Chefs has supported Chef Tony’s vision to serve people with forward thinking solutions
about Cannabinoid Nutrition through education, coaching, and cleaner products. The mission of
G&C is to “Go Green and Get Clean.” The truth is when people “Go Green” and get more plants
their bodies will “Get Clean” but only if the plants are clean themselves; so we like to define
clean as chemical free. Chef Tony has a powerful plant healing testimonial to get his body into
remission from chronic pain, arthritis, and even major depression/anxiety. The reality is so
much of our food today is far from clean and if we want to optimize our bodies then it is time to
eat cleaner (or chemical free). Our bodies are designed in such a way that we should all be
considering our own Cannabinoid nutrition levels, which is part of what Tony helps people
discover at Green and Clean Chefs