Chef Wells has been cooking professionally since he was fifteen, when he apprenticed under world-class master chefs. He went on to graduate with high honors from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Overall, he has twenty-five years experience in restaurants and hotels.

He has traveled extensively, and has a tremendous range of international and exotic dishes in his repertoire as well as the classics, plus an array of his own innovations.

He is also a certified fitness trainer; combining his extensive knowledge of nutrition with personalized exercise regimens, he custom-tailors programs for weight loss and optimal health according to the unique needs of each client. He has worked with dieticians and doctors to create custom recipes for specific health issues, such as heart disease and the special dietary needs of those undergoing chemotherapy. David taught several subjects while instructing at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, including sauce kitchen, nutrition, and cost control, while also running the school's "team building" cooking retreats for Silicon Valley executives.