Chef Victor has been in food service since he was 16 years old. He took four years of cooking classes in high school and started his career as a cook at a Wild Westthemed restaurant. He was named Executive Chef by age 22. He served four years as Executive Chef at a banquet hall with a French bistro menu while he finished his culinary arts degree at Elgin Community College. Then he took the position of Food Service Director at Saratoga Grove and Providence of Downers Grove.
He enjoys providing residents with meals that they can look forward to, including different ethnic food. He uses many different recipes so his residents can experience different things. Victor enjoys preparing the food that nourishes residents, but the most important thing to Victor is that the residents are happy.