Wayne Stolt resides in the metro Detroit area. He has over thirty years experience working in the foodservice business, ranging from quick service, casual dining, fine dining, health care, catering, and teaching.    Wayne has a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management from Eastern Michigan, and a Master’s degree in teaching from Wayne State University.   He is certified in ServSafe and also teaches it.   He is certified as a ProStart Educator, with the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation, and a Certified Hospitality Educator, through the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute.

He is currently working with the American Culinary Federation, to earn the Secondary Culinary Educator Certification.   Wayne currently teaches at Riverview Community High School, in the Hospitality/Culinary Career Technically Program, which is part of the Down River Career and Technical Consortium.   He also teaches adjunct at Henry Ford Community College, in their Hospitality Management/Culinary Studies Department.

Wayne enjoys bicycling outdoors and nonchalantly studying service and food while eating out.   He also devours story telling, via movies or novels.     This is his first novel, but hopes to carry on the story of Porter’s House Boat Restaurant, with new main characters.

Wayne was saved at a young age.   But rededicated his life ten years ago.    He is a member of Praise Baptist Church in Plymouth, MI.   His  prayer is that this novel serves as a witness for the gospel and glorifies God.