James Warnock grew up in Eagle Rock, California. His love of the culinary arts began as a small child when he would spend time cooking with his grandparents. James was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1999-2001, serving in San Francisco, New Jersey and New Orleans. James attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School and graduated in 2003. He moved to Colorado in 2006 and worked at the Doubletree Hotel in Grand Junction as the Executive Chef. In 2010, he began working at Gateway Canyons Resort and Spa. James started as the Executive Chef of Pelican Lakes in February 2019. In his free time, James spends time with his wife, Jenni, and their 3 children, Jayden, Rylee and Jaxen. They enjoy road trips, sporting events, and BBQing, and cooking for friends and family.

Aaron Minor grew up in Dallas, Texas. As a kid, instead of watching cartoons, he would watch cooking shows. His love of the culinary arts began at a young age. Aaron started as his culinary career as a dishwasher at Horseshoe Bay, Texas, where he quickly moved up the kitchen ladder. In 2001, he became a kitchen manager at a small Italian restaurant in Marble Falls, Texas. In 2004, Aaron moved to Southern California with his wife, Amanda, and started working at the Hilton in Ontario, California shortly after arriving. After the Hilton, Aaron took a job at the Doubletree Steakhouse, also in Ontario. Not too long after, Aaron became Sous Chef at The Sheraton in the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds and worked his way up to Chef De Cuisine. While at The Sheraton, Aaron was offered a promotion to Chef of the Los Angeles County Fair to oversee all concessions and restaurants on the Fairgrounds and was there for five years. Aaron's most recent position was the Chef de Cuisine for the Anaheim (California) Convention Center until 2020. Aaron recently moved to Colorado with his wife Amanda and their 2 kids, Megan and Aubrey. Aaron is, and always will be, a diehard Dallas Cowboys fan.

Steve Stoltz is a native of Western Central Pennsylvania where he grew up in a small coal mining town outside of Pittsburgh. After a few different jobs, he found his calling in the service industry. Over the past 20 years, he has spent time working with TGI Fridays, Hard Rock Café and most recently, Yardbird Southern Table & Bar. Steve has spent the last 16 years in Las Vegas, Nevada and Dallas, Texas before relocating to Windsor in 2020 with his wife and daughter Aurora Jane. They enjoy spending time with family, dining out, parks and BBQing.