Greg is a chef and a writer. He has worked in the hospitality industry most of his life and is currently managing and developing the new prepared foods and bakery department at Wild Oats Market. He has worked and trained under some of America’s most famous chefs including Wolfgang Puck, Jimmy Schmidt and Charlie Trotter.

His writing includes stints as a columnist for the North Adams Transcript, The Tacoma News Tribune and as a freelance copywriter for various clients. He also journals thoughts and observations at Greg Roach’s Berkshires Blog.

In his younger days, Greg was a musician who sang in the great halls and cathedrals of Europe and North America with the acclaimed Christ Church Choir of Men and Boys. Shortly after college, Greg sang under contract with Minnesota Opera. He was also a varsity athlete and active in theater. He still skis during the winter, rides his bike when the roads are clear and has recently discovered geocaching.

Greg has degrees from the University of Michigan and the Culinary Institute of America where he graduated with honors, winning the President’s Scholarship and the Roth Outstanding Student Award.

Politically Greg has been involved in campaigns off and on for much of his adult life. He worked as phone banker for the late Senator Paul Wellstone and worked as the WA-9 Congressional District Coordinator for Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, a position he left to move to North Adams in 2003. He is a member of the North Adams Democratic Committee and is also a delegate to the Massachusetts State Democratic Convention.

Most importantly Greg is a father and a husband who spends much of his free time plotting fun day-trips with his family and helping with homework and projects around the house.