I was a chef for 12 years before deciding I would rather sit at a desk and risk paper cuts then stand in front of flames for 12 hours a day and maybe cut off a finger. (Many near misses in that department.)

I went through a great internship at icstars in Chicago. It was very intense and the best experience of my life.

After that I started working at a publishing company, Imagination Publishing, working on building sites in Drupal.
I'm still quite green, but luckily PHP is not too hard to learn.

I also love games of all types: board, computer(ultima, KOL), pvp(guild wars, RT strategy) and sports.