Quinn took his share of the $100,000 prize to launch his own place, which he'd dreamed of doing all along. In April 2011, The Lime Truck crew was able to turn this early success into an appearance on Season 2 of the Great Food Truck Race, a contest that the trio eventually ended up winning. The truck was a hit, and largely recognized as one of the top players in the game, at least in Orange County.
He partnered with longtime friend Daniel Shemtob and Jesse Brockman to conceptualize The Lime Truck, which bowed in June 2010, near the height of the food truck frenzy started by Kogi the previous year. However, Quinn soon got fed up with customers constantly modifying his dishes, and decided that it was time for a change. After that, Quinn moved on to Charlie Palmer, then transitioned to Hanna's in Rancho Santa Margarita, where he became sous chef. From there, he met Kerry Simon on a trip to Las Vegas, and the Chef eventually invited his young fan to stage at Simon LA. Quinn skipped culinary school, but instead got his start waiting tables in 2008 at Houston's in Irvine, a gig that he soon parlayed into a catering business. Inspired, he quickly switched majors to history, writing his final thesis on UK chefs Heston Blumenthal, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, and Marco Pierre White. During his studies there, he caught the cooking bug after watching episodes of Emeril Live. He attended Tarbut V' Torah, a private Jewish school in the City, then started out as a chemistry major at the University of California Santa Barbara. I'd heard nothing but raves from my contacts in OC about the place, so what the hell I thought, let's give it a go.Ībout the Chef: A SoCal native, Chef Quinn grew up in the idyllic setting of Irvine, the son of two lawyer parents. What piqued my interest tonight, thus, was Playground in Downtown Santa Ana, the new brick & mortar debut from Jason Quinn, the 25-year-old former chef of the Great Food Truck Race-winning Lime Truck. The reason for the prolonged absence? I guess there just hasn't been much exciting going on, nothing to really draw me in (plus it's a bit of a drive).
The last time I was down south was all the way back in February, when I made trek to attend Pascal's last night of service.
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