ABOUT CHUCK
January 23rd, 2009 by chuck
Hi,
I’m Chuck and I live in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. The best country in the world …. at least in my opinion. For as long as I can remember I’ve had an interest in food. At 17 I attended a culinary arts school to learn the basics. I worked at several restaurant before venturing out on my own and opened my first restaurant. Shortly after opening my restaurant I met my wife Donna. Working the long hours and the challenges of running a restaurant made it difficult to juggle a relationship and work. So, I sold the restaurant about 4 years later.
I continued in the business, managing and cooking in several franchise restaurants. Only to find out that the hours are just as bad and long as owning a restaurant myself. As a family we decided to open a soup and sandwich shop in White Rock, BC. This is where I started to find my passion for bread. I love the texture, feel, aroma of fresh bread baking in the oven. I learned a lot from having my soup and sandwich shop.
Several years ago I started cookingbread.com as an outlet for my love for bread. I wanted to share some of the unique recipes and help others to see that bread making isn’t that difficult to do. After about two years my sister came aboard and started taking photos for me. We teamed up and decided to create a blog that’s where The Knead For Bread was born. We wanted to help feature some of the special recipes we had on Cookingbread.com.
I hope you find both of my websites informative, inspiring and mouth watering.
Yours truly,
Chuck
I am so glad to found your blog. I love making bread at home. And reading yours certainly will improve my baking technique.
Cheers,
Elra
Great to know more about the person behind these delicious breads. Keep up the good work on your blog, Chuck! It’s great!
i didn’t know you have this! it’s great to know you better from reading this profile Chuck. i learn a lot from you
Thank You Chuck. Avery usefull blog indeed.
My dear friend, it is so nice to put a face to the name and I see the kindness on your face as expressed in your emails and blog postings.
You and Angela have done and continue to do amazing things on this blog. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I am blessed to call you friend though I think of you more like a brother.
This is amazing.
I just moved back to Vancouver and since being back with friends, I am feeling inspired to bake and share.
Imagine my surprise when I read about Meinhardts which is just two blocks from my new home.
The next time I am visiting my friends in White Rock I will search for your place.
Very excited to read your blog.
Hi,
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and offering such kind words. It’s much appreciated!
Sincerely,
Michelle
Yikes! With trembling knees I am so humbled that you saw my amateur recipes on my food blog. I am so impressed with your culinary background and skills. I am not worthy…
BTW, you do live in a very beautiful area. Love it– then again, Monterey, Carmel & Pebble Beach, CA is my backyard…and it’s gorgeous here, too.
I need to stop drooling at your website and get back to work.
Debby
A Feast for the Eyes
Hi Chuck! Wow I am so glad I started doing these bread challenges because I have been discovering great blogs like yours. Your story is impressive and now I must spend time going through your posts. Thanks for visiting mine and I hope I “bump into” you a lot!
I recently stumbled upon your websites “The Knead for Bread” and Cookingbread. I love baking bread, and found your website inspiring, very informative, and also very beautiful (very lovely pix) and well designed, making it easy to use. All the anecdotes which accompany the recipes made it even more meaningful. You also have some very unusual recipes which I can’t wait to try out, as the photos look so mouthwatering. You have one ardent fan here. Thank you for sharing.
Mei Lin from Singapore
I am humbled by my foray into the world of blogging…..and then…cooking blogs. Gosh, I love your site. I shall follow your site for sure and as I live only slightly north of you…perhaps visit your restaurant as well.
I am really impressed reading this page. I visit often Cookingbread.com which helped me to kick start baking bread in my oven. Thanks a ton to take the time and update the pages. Very useful recipes for novice bakers like me!
Wonderful site Chuck, thanks for stopping by — I can use lots of help in the bread dept, and it looks like I found the place to get it, so woohoo!
Thanks for visiting my blog…I really like your recipes here! I feel a little humbled having you step foot into my homely space… but I’m really glad you did
Your blog is soooo great, thank you so much for your shared recipes. I even can smell the flavor of bread from your wonderful photos
Hello Chuck.
thank you for stopping by, and you are most welcome to come join us for another lasagna meal.. I do have some left over ragou and sheets in the freezer.
I love your bread, how does it taste, is it sweet??? what can you serve it with ??? I am looking for some unique bread recipes to sell them at the North Bay Farmer’s Market begining of May, and I am going to try your bread..
if you have more ideas to share I will highly appreciated…
Hey Chuck! I just want to thank you for your fantastic recipes – so far, I have made your strawberry bread, the spinach and feta bread, challah, monkey bread, banana chocolate crunch bread, and I’m going to make those carrot buns next! Thank you so much for these wonderful recipes and ideas. My dream is to open my own bakery someday…and if I’m going to do that, I need LOTS of practice.
I share your passion for bread. I love the various breads offered in Spain. Too bad it is so hard to find that quality of bread in the states. I miss Sevilla, Spain and the breads there so much. Your article on ‘cone bread’ has me thinking about getting a bread maker again but, if not that, then I want to learn more about making breads in a regular oven. I have not read many of your articles, do you have any breads that are better for diabetics? Thanks for your interest and guidance on breads.
I looooooooooove your site… it has inspired me to take up bread baking and that in itself say alot! Thank you!
I love to make bread at home! For Christmas, my husband bought me a wheat mill b/c it’s something I’ve wanted in the kitchen for awhile now. Since I learned about milling fresh wheat and all the nutrients involved in that, I could never feel comfortable going back to eating shelf-life bread found in stores. I’ve been searching online for some good sites and recipes to make my fun in the kitchen worthwhile. I am so amazed at yours and all you’ve aspired into your passion of making bread. I’m just glad someone else is as happy about this as I am! Sincerely thank you for taking the time to share your passion! These recipes and blogs I know will serve to be most helpful as I bake!
Chuck,
I am stunned by your pictures, and glad to read about your love of baking, and just your personal information. As a baker myself, I LOVE SO MUCH the smell of bread baking. What got me started years ago, was eating PARKER ROLLS, made by my mother-in-law, in Brunswick, Canada. They were so good, I had to learn how to make them, so after many attempts, I found the secret to bread baking. My dough is calling me, but I will be back. Thank you for this.
Anne
Chuck,
Any suggestions for a good Sausage Roll, other than using Pizza dough?
Anne
hello! i happen to see your site when i was trying to check some recipes. i admire your photography and the recipes as well. you really have that skill that some don’t have. treasure and share it.
Thank you tons Chuck for sharing one of the best blogs I have ever come across. Being that I too am a bread lover and love making bread, in fact in its second rise now I have some dark whole wheat raisin. I am also making some pitas too today…
I so appreciate your expertise and will be attempting your brown sugar and oatmeal tomorrow…
bless you
lady samm
Hi Chuck
My request is rather urgent so I hope you can help, I also emailed Angela. I am the owner/operator of Road Dog BBQ and I am entered in a BBQ contest this weekend in Whistler which has over 60 teams. I am looking for a unique or specialized burger bun that could set me apart from the competition and I stumbled on your blog. Can you call me as soon as possible at 604 351 6365. I would like to order some burger buns from you and showcase them at the event. I was also wondering if you could make a square bun for me. Please contact me as soon as you can.
Many thanks
Ryan
Hi Chuck, I’ve been into bread since I can remember, really love your site, I live and work in the island of Kauai in Hawaii, it’s really nice here too. Anyway I’ve been racking my brain on trying to make a Hamburger bun made with the local taro, a starchy root. I steam the root clean it then smash it like a potato, it’s pretty dry when I add it to the dough. I add anywhere from 1 oz to 2.5 oz of taro to about 20 oz of flour (tried both high gluten and all purpose flour, even added spring whole wheat at time) with 12 oz of liquid which includes one egg. It really creates a great looking and tasting bun but it’s just a little to heavy. I’ve tried a lot of recipes but can figure out how to make something really light and fluffy with a good airy crumb. Any ideas? Do you think I could use a English muffin recipe and bake it instead of griddle it? Help from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
I love your site! So glad I stumbled upon it and that you put these recipes out there for us. Thanks so much! Mary
Thanks! Chuck for such a wonderful and inspiring blog.
Hi Chuck!
I came across your Blog through Farida’s AZ Cookbook’s blog, and boy, am I ever glad that I did!
I also share your love for freshly baked bread, but I have yet to gain enough braveness to try it myself. Now that I have found your blog, I am sure I’ll be baking me some bread one of these days!
Thank you for sharing all the wonderful recipes! And oh, the photography is delish! =)
Chuck!!
Thank you so much for making this website, it is AMAZING! I am sort of a bread making fanatic, and now thanks to this site I have tons of new recipes to distracts me from school, haha.
I make bread every wednesday in my dorm basement (we call it bread making wednesday…) and your recipes and methods are by far my favorite, keep up the fabulous work!
Thank you Chuck for the fab site and blog. I have just moved to Mission and started making our own Bread, there must be something in the air!
Is it possible to you could let me know where abouts your shop is in White Rock? My OH is often there on business and we would love to visit.
Nic