David began working in his father’s restaurant at the age of 12. David spent the next seven years learning the fundemantas of cooking, serving and managing in a restaurant enviroment. Eager to try something different, David accepted a job as a manager trainee for a retail footware company in Southern California. Quickly moving into store management and evnetually district managment, David stayed with this firm for the next 14 years. Moving to Grants Pass, Oregon in 1989, David began working for a national rental equipment company. During the next 20+ years David worked in management and industrial sales.
David was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 2007. Missing the taste and texture of bread products, David and his wife Debbie, began experimenting and developing their own gluten-free recipes. Gluten Free Concepts was born in June of 2010 and has been manufacturing sandwich breads, buns, and dinner rolls for food service and retail markets.