Royal, Chris

Chris Royal was born in Camp Lejeune, NC and grew up in the DC suburb of Kensington, MD. He developed a love of food from his mother and started working in the restaurant industry at the age of 16. He opened and ran the successful restaurant Royal's for 10 years in beautiful Monterey, VA. He has also worked as an Assistant Park Ranger in North Carolina, volunteered in Disaster Services for the American Red Cross during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and currently deploys to combat areas for The American Red Cross - Service to the Armed Forces. He has completed six tours of duty in Iraq and Kuwai...