Jim Wills
Jim is a widely experienced builder and baker who is deeply involved in all aspects of wood-fired ovens, from construction to baking. Jim has built his own, large wood-fired brick bread oven from scratch and launched Mary G’s Artisan Breads, a highly successful micro bakery in rural Ontario, outside Toronto. His breads have been shipped to discerning buyers from Toronto to California to Pennsylvania. He understands wood-fired ovens and techniques, and the amazing products they produce. He also works with a group of extremely talented individuals in all aspects of oven installation; from masonry to framing; and from outdoor kitchen design to custom trim. His team of experts assembles, installs and finishes residential and commercial ovens throughout Ontario, Canada. Jim is a definite construction perfectionist, who enjoys transmitting the excitement, allure and taste created by wood-fired baking. He is also the host of the Forno Bravo Bread Baking Video Series.
James Bairey
James, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, is CEO and founder of Forno Bravo, LLC. He is an avid amateur baker, and is enamored with brick ovens. James has built wood-fired ovens across the U.S. and Italy, both from scratch and from Forno Bravo kits. It was his experience with other brick ovens that led him to create the Pompeii Oven design and the popular Forno Bravo Forum. After a long career in the computer industry, where he helped launch a number of successful Internet companies, James is now having a great time building Forno Bravo into the leading supplier of Italian pizza ovens and pizza ingredients for home owners, restaurants, pizzerias and bakeries.
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