Chef Cody Storts needs no introduction within the public and private culinary circles in Orange County, California - the mere utterance of his name is enough. A seasoned professional who has seen it all and come up through the ranks, Chef Cody defines the phrase “Fortune favors the bold”. With a skill set made of equal parts culinary mastery, relentless work ethic and theatrical flair, he doesn’t blur lines, he decimates them. And nobody has fed more testicles to the Orange County dining elite than him, guaranteed. A natural showman, he feels comfortable in front of people thanks to his upbringing which emphasized what would later become second nature to him - the art of crowd-pleasing - which his does with equal fervor with either the pan or plate.
Inside the Restaurant Underbelly
His early background learning the restaurant underbelly as a bartender at Stubrik’s Steakhouse in Fullerton brought his gregarious personality into the culinary realm. Later, following on the heels of The Food Network’s “Great Food Truck Race” he took The Lime Truck as their Executive Chef and General Manager. Later moving onto other celebrated projects in Orange County, California like Grits, Bourbon Street, Taco Asylum, Hopscotch, Wreckless and many others he set the culinary standard by which many other restaurants and bars were measured. No stranger to the edgy realm of being an Orange County Chef, he roared through the local scene like a locomotive and passengers were most definitely welcome. The more the merrier in fact. This was all on top of being a family man and running his own private event company, LamroN Catering.
From Restaurant to Microphone
His innate talent for communicating has led him from in the kitchen to in front of the microphone with the launch of Fat Drunk And Happy, his podcast and brainchild. It comes as a refreshing new twist to otherwise mundane food podcast world out there, with three different views on the who/what/why/where of the restaurant industry. As only he can, Chef Cody Storts has once again outdone himself and we all get a chance to bear witness. Time to learn, laugh and love with him and the team from Fat Drunk And Happy, it’s going to be a wild ride indeed.
