FOOD COURT n CHEF PROFILE
A Full Time Entrepreneur
By Chef Todd
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.”
–John Lennon
F
or some the journey to the career of your dreams is
long and winding. There may be an inkling of who or
what you should be, but the development can take
a few years and roadblocks can be plentiful. Marcus
Todd Fitzpatrick’s road to his life’s work took a few different
changes before he found his true calling. Born the oldest of
three children, Fitzpatrick grew up in Orlando and graduated
from Jones High School. Like so many young men, Fitzpatrick
didn’t have any solid career ideas in mind, but he was certain
of one thing—he wanted to make his parents proud. The son
of Calvin and Debra Ftizpatrick thought he’d figured life out
when he left for Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, FL.
Little did he know just how dramatically his life would change.
As a child Fitzpatrick had always been creative in the kitchen.
As the oldest, he found great pleasure in creating meals for
his younger siblings. Always eager to try his next culinary
creation, his family enc