It all started back in Bayshore, NY in the 1980's. Shawn Davis was just a young man at the time who, like many kids in his neighborhood, had too much free time on his hands. His mother thought he needed a healthy distraction. She thought if she could get him a summer job, he could learn some skills and keep himself out of trouble. This decision would shape the events that would unfold and form the path for this future. Through a co-worker, she got him a job at an Italian restaurant. The only catch was, this restaurant was in Ocean Beach, Fire Island, NY. That meant that Shawn would have to take s 30-minute ferry ride to get there. He left on the ferry early one morning and met Giovani Palmero. He would be taught everything about the restaurant business and live with Gio in a small apartment above the restaurant over the next 7 years. In that time, Shawn would earn his nickname "Big Shake" from the nerves he experienced when he got his first shot as the Head Chef. Today, Shawn still credits Gio with teaching him everything he knows about the business and says he will never forget what Gio did for him.