Chef James Rucker deep appreciation for American cuisine was developed at a young age growing up in Houston, Texas where he was exposed to a variety of foods that would fuel his life long passion for cooking. He began his culinary career at the age of 7 working on a food truck the well known Rucker BBQ Trailer Family Owned and Operated .

At age 30 Chef James trained under acclaimed Chef Bradley Ogden at the prestigious Funky Chicken & Bradley fine dining , working and studying the nuances of both French and Classic American cuisine. Farm to table Concepts

Chef James Rucker started working under a Chef name Roland Stamps (MCS) where he took Chef James under his teaching an molded him into a catering Sous Chef.

After returning to Houston and settling down, Chef James earned an opportunity to work with another renowned Chef Seth, at Springbok South Africa Chef who has trained some of the best and brightest in California, New York, in Florida plus Washington-DC

In 2004 Chef James Rucker started J&M BARBEQUE where his creativity and innate understanding of fresh seafood fresh meats fresh food where helping to guide JMBC into the future. That started his catering career with the most biggest celebrities in USA. Celebrity Clients like Paul Wall/Johnny Dang (aka) Tv Johnny /CStone the Breadwinner / Floyd Mayweather/ 2 Chains / Ray Lewis/ Slim Thug / Migos/ Lil Keke/ Rick Ross.

In 2017 Chef James Rucker received his own day in the city of Houston Texas proclamation day September 9th Gave to him from our Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner

In 2018 Chef James Rucker went to New York to open his first Food Truck in The Hamptons the truck will be serving Fresh meats vegan meals plus more.Opened up in Atlanta Georgia in 2019 in lil five Points

2018 Chef James Rucker also got his first Actor Job In a Movie Called Screwed up Christmas staring himself Chef James #gohomechefjames will be the trend after this movie comes out December 16th 2018

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