Wendel, trained in a Philadelphia culinary apprentice program in Pennsylvania, and worked in cooking in the South of France in Philadelphia area French restaurants including Django and La Bohème [REF].
Wendel and his wife Shana were working at Django, a small, French restaurant in Philadelphia, when they began personally following the Jewish kosher rules in 2008, making it necessary to move to the New York area where there were more opportunities for kosher chefs [REF].