Fat Daddy's humble beginnings and strong family support taught him the value of family and friends. Having parents from the deep south who had a knack for cooking good, down-home, soul food, Fat Daddy was raised and groomed on food that comforted the soul and thought this was a normal part of everyone's life.

As a child, when his parents would go to work, Fat Daddy would often fire up the stove and the oven. After many burned and overcooked food items (and a few whippings in between!) Fat Daddy obtained the gift of soul food cooking. It was as a child that Fat Daddy first had entrepreneurial dreams of one day opening up his own restaurant and serving good tasting food in an uplifting environment.

But that would not take place until the next Millennium......