When delivering papers as a young boy there was one home on my dad’s route that stood out in particular. Years down the road, he and my mom got married, moved into their first home and then their second, all the while raising four kids and keeping an eye on that one house. In 2003, “that house” became theirs.

When driving along the Beltline near Whitney Way, walking into Coppertop for breakfast or stopping at Vitense to hit a couple golf balls between Thanksgiving and Christmas, you can’t help but notice what looks to be a Christmas tree farm right in the center of it all – that’s because there IS one, Tree City!

The majority of Chef Nick Johnson’s career has been spent cooking and serving five-course meals and developing menus for fine-dining establishments like Rare Steakhouse, DelecTable and the former award-winning Restaurant Magnus in Madison, Wisconsin.

Today, Nick’s passion and love for the industry and cooking continues, but now, he’s cooking for his most honest food critics yet – students at One City Schools.