Dining Services Staff -- Who Are We?
Get to know us!
We asked each member of our Management Team the SAME questions... how did they answer? See below!
Paul Hilton
Title: Unit Chef, Tobey-Kendel Dining Room
Years at UNC: just under 1 year
Years in foodservice: 21 years
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Town you live in now: Greeley, Colorado
Education: Culinary School / Chef de Cuisine certification
Get to know ME!
The best part of my job: The people, time off, and hours in the food industry.
The first job I ever had was: Prep cook, bus-boy, dishwasher on a dinner cruise ship at Navy Pier, Chicago.
The strangest job I’ve ever had was: Catering a wedding in the middle of the forest for the owner of 50 Taco Bells... of course, she had a mini Taco Bell stand at the reception.
If I weren’t in food service: I would be rich and travel.
My refrigerator always contains: Alaskan Salmon.
My favorite meal is: any seafood with a good NY Strip Steak.
The best restaurant I’ve ever eaten at was: Charlie Trotters, Chicago.
People tell me the celebrity I most resemble is: Bill Bellamy (comic/actor).
In my spare time, I like to: hike and fish with my wolf-hybrid.
People are often most surprised to find out that I: have been in this business for 21 years... my first job, never done anything else for money.
The living person I’d most like to have dinner with is: Bobby Flay.
The person from history I’d most like to meet is: Auguste Escoffier (a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods).
My favorite movie is: Jumper.
On television I never miss: My Name Is Earl.
My car radio is almost always tuned to: 95.7 FM
I would most like to visit: Russia, Spain, and Germany.
Five things I can’t live without: Food, Women, Cooking, My Dog, Challenges.