Chef Bobby (He/Him) grew up in Niagara Falls and found working in a restaurant as a way to experience life outside of the Falls. He studied at the Culinary Institute of America. He is best known for finishing 5th place out o 17 contestants on the T.V. series Hell’s Kitchen and went on to work with Gordon Ramsey after his time on the show. Once Chef Bobby returned from working with Mr. Gordan Ramsey, he realized that he no longer wanted to make soufflés rise. He was now inspired to make souls rise. And with that, he founded the nonprofit F BITES. Chef Bobby has expanded the F BITES footprint from after-school & re-entry programming to curriculums in schools throughout the school day. He opened the first-ever in-school We Proudly Serve Starbucks in Niagara Falls High School with the Barista Program. To stay busy, he then opened multiple eateries in the Niagara Falls area, where most of the employees of these locations are students and adults from all of the F BITES programs.

Bobby can be contacted at 

banderson@fbites.org 

Jamie (She/Her) has a degree in Social Work from Erie Community College. Although she enjoyed this meaningful profession, her path led to a thriving business and restaurant management career. Jamie worked her way up through the Brierwood Country Club. Jamie then became the General Manager at Statler City, where she oversaw $4+ million in annual sales for seven years. Jamie brings her vast knowledge and experience from restaurant and business management to F BITES as the C.O.O. 

Jamie can be contacted at janderson@fbites.org