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Sam said Josh’ s strength and skill as a chef is to take something mundane and make it elevated and impeccable. After they served seared fresh green beans at a recent wedding, a guest complimented them, saying,“ Perfect green beans on a buffet – that’ s impossible!”
“ Catering is a whole other art form,” Herrin said.“ Not only do you have to think about the logistics of how you’ re setting up, but you also have to think about the way that food is going to behave; because you’ re cooking off site and transporting it in an electric warmer, and then you’ re still probably going to have some hold time before that food gets to the line.”
“ It requires experience not only in preparing food, but in how to organize and deliver on a schedule,” she said.“ Josh is skilled at figuring out how to execute that so that when it gets to the end result, it is absolutely perfect.”
The company has been in business about a year, and already has a full calendar and fourteen employees.
Along with full-service catering, they provide delivery catering, wedding catering, and personal chef services in an area ranging from Bloomington to Columbus to Indianapolis. But they are happy to live in centrally located Brown County, where they
are feeling welcomed and very much at home.
“ Brown County played such a huge part because people here were so supportive and encouraging,” she said.
Anderson and Herrin have had similar life journeys which nearly intersected at several points. Both grew up in rural south-central Indiana, where their families raised large gardens, cooked, and canned produce.
They both attended Franklin College, and both tried their wings in Los Angeles before returning to their Midwestern roots.
Each pursued a music career and enjoyed a memorable“ marquee moment.” Josh was in a band with his brother that played at iconic LA music spots like the Roxy and the Viper Room.
“ After a few years of pursuing music in LA, I started to get serious about food and cooking,” he said.“ It was time to kind of grow up and pursue an actual career.”
He spent time between LA and Las Vegas and had the chance to work some high-profile events like The Oscars and other celebrity events.
Sam was a founding member of the regionally popular four-woman bluegrass band, The Whipstitch Sallies.
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