Growing up in Chicago and pursuing a career in entertainment has lead me down a pretty unique path. I went from full-time professional comedy magician to private pizza chef to benefit auctioneer and a host of other whacky roles in-between. Now I'm all about cooking for and entertaining small groups of coworkers, family and friends.
Comedy MagicEvery kid needs a hobby. For me it was between soap carving, beetle fighting, extreme ironing and magic. While it was a tight race, magic won! And while magic requires much practice and sharpening of skills, making people laugh has always come easy to me.
Like many magicians, I sharpened my skills performing close-up magic in restaurants multiple nights a week. Soon I went on to entertain casino, corporate and private event audiences. Since 2019 I've enjoyed making appearances at the Chicago Magic Lounge performing at tables, on stage and in the 654 club. pizza maestroWhen performing magic went from hobby to profession, I needed a new hobby. Tree shaping caught my interest but I live in an apartment building. Duck herding was also atop the list but as I love to cook and I used to go to Pizzeria Due with fellow performers after gigs, I decided deep dish pizza making was the winner! With the help of the chef at the original Pizzeria Due, a couple of professional chef friends, a renowned pizza chef in NYC (yes New York!) and my more than willing taste testing family and friends, I perfected my deep dish pizza recipe.
In 2014 while at a friend's house waiting for one of my pizzas to bake (deep dish takes about 35min), I began doing card tricks to pass the time. On my way home that night I had my "AhHa!" moment and realized I could private chef dinner shows. Magic By The Slice was born! fun facts
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