Special Event!
Drew Turnipseed, of Baked Turnips Dining and Events, has been in the food and beverage business for 20 years. Though originally hailing from the deep south, Drew cut his teeth in New York City where he earned his culinary degree and worked for some of the best chefs in the world. After his time in NYC came to a close, he moved to Bordeaux, France to work and then traveled all throughout Europe, both east and west, exploring the dishes that would later become the foundation of his cooking.
After moving back from France, Drew moved to Michigan, worked throughout the local wine regions, and eventually opened his first catering company in 2008. After, he proceeded to not only cook at his home base but to enter the world of adventure cooking. He cooked at remote lodges in Alaska and at winter snowmobile lodges in the state of Wyoming. He cooked on horseback trips in the summer out west and even dabbled in being a fly fishing guide.
After cooking out west in remote locations, Drew moved to Texas where he worked at the James Beard award-winning restaurant CURED. He then eventually moved back to New York City to earn a marketing degree from New York University and worked at Le Bar, stepping back from the kitchen to focus on learning the art of craft bartending for a few years.
Today Drew and his wife, Gabby, own Baked Turnips Dining and Events. They have cooked all over the region doing events both big and small, most notably being invited to cook for the LPGA tournament held in Grand Rapids every year. Drew is extremely excited to be part of the Fire Arts Festival for a second year and promises to deliver a night to remember!