Meet our rockstar Prep Lead Jeremy!
Jeremy was born in Georgia but lived most of his life in Washington State. For higher education, he ventured down south to Portland to attend Western Culinary Institute where he studied culinary. After graduating, Jeremy came back to Whatcom County initially for a job offer as a sous chef and eventually came to work in the kitchen here at Aslan Brewing!
Jeremy started at Aslan just over six years ago. He was hired as a kitchen prep and within six months he was promoted to Prep Lead. His favorite things to prepare are the big batch jobs like the poutine gravy. But his absolute favorite part of working here is the crew.
“The people are great here. It’s just always fun, even if it’s a stressful day, all the environments here just feel like you’re hanging out with friends!” said Jeremy.
Jeremy says that he has collaborated on a lot of the recipes at Aslan with other employees, but the Bread Pudding that rotates on and off of our menu is a recipe that he and his wife use often. Also, the pepper jam that is used on the pork belly appetizer comes from Jeremy’s creations.
Outside of his life as Aslan, Jeremy loves hanging out with his family and outdoors. He and his wife Mariah have been married for 10 years after meeting in middle school and started to date in high school. They live just north of Bellingham with their son Jasper who’s seven. Most of his extended family and his wife’s family also live up in Ferndale.
Jeremy and his family enjoy spending time at the beach, camping in the mountains, and mushroom picking in the late summer. He has pictured and identified over 70 different species of mushrooms here in Whatcom County! His son plays football and Jeremy often practices with him. Since he’s in the kitchen 40 hours a week at Aslan, Jeremy does a lot of his home cooking on his backyard patio at the barbecue. His personal favorites to make are ribs and pulled pork.
Everyone at Aslan has something great to say about Jeremy. Our Kitchen Manager Adam especially appreciates having him on our team.
“Jeremy knows what to do and how to do it, and then he does it with the skill and attention to detail of a true professional. He is one of my favorite people to work with because the work is already getting done quickly and accurately so we can spend all of our time just joking around and making it an uplifting work environment. If he weren't married, I would call dibs.” said adam.
What would we do without you, Jeremy?! We appreciate you!
