Carl Duchaj has over 25 years of experience in the restaurant industry, including positions at award-winning hotels and 4-star rated restaurants. For the past decade, he has worked as a private chef, most recently serving a high-net wealth family in Chicago and their lakefront property in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. His responsibilities include preparing 5-course dinners, lunch buffets, and breakfast while using organic vegetables from his community garden and meats from the family's farm. Previously, he has served as private chef for the Pritzker family and a prominent family in Lake Forest, Illinois.