i loved david bowie growing up. as my father was english, i fell in love with anything “british”. and even though “let’s dance” may not be the musical genius of all his work, i couldn’t help but blast “let’s dance” & “china girl” on my pink ghetto blaster when i was only 10. in retrospect “let’s dance” was a bit of a lyrical parody, but at the time david bowie represented a personal connection. something english. something different. something just fun. so when i met dave bullen of smoothies crafty i had a lil bit of a reminder of these small but precious moments. there’s a reason why dave is known as “the david bowie of craft service” {important note: he is much younger than the real dave – and my dad, phew glad i remembered to say that}.
dave is an incredibly genuine and dedicated person. not only is he good at his job, but i have to say he’s a good lookin’ english fellow {and happily married to his awesome wife, shawn. who, too, is incredibly successful with her production company BISCUIT}. dave is one of the first people on set in the morning and no matter how early, how cold, or how tedious the days have been, dave is there with a smile and a wicked sense of sarcasm. the kind of sarcasm that makes you laugh out loud and realize life is precious, but don’t sweat the small stuff {cliche, i know}.
i set out to count the number of trays one day, but lost track after it hit double digits. as, i was sitting in my production office on the backlot of universal studios, i decided to count how many times dave came in with food (if you don’t know what craft service is, it’s the non stop trays of food, vitamins, snacks {healthy and also heavenly} food that we use to sustain our crews energy on sometimes 18-20 hours of continuous filming) . i have to admit as much as i nag everyone about waste in the film industry, i am still amazed about the hardest working craft service guy in the film industry. dave does an amazing job at gauging the number of servings, size of servings and quality of food to not make waste {which is not easy when feeding 40-100 people ALL day long}. on top of it all he does a perfect mix of healthy {fresh berries or veggies} and tempting treats {like english custard and apple tart} or staple items like a good cup of english tea.
if you need great catering for a party, give dave a ring at smoothies craft service, (818) 535-2654 smoothiescraft@mac.com
hire dave. not only is he an awesome person, his food is ridiculous. {plus shawn and he are having twins.}
xo
jenberry
a few samples of sweetness
i swear there are carrots and healthy things back there…
he can even get crew guys to eat healthy…
he serves these….
on this…
see…
you can walk on here and find ANYTHING you’d ever want {ignore the arsenal poster, no one is perfect}
of course behind every good man, is a really really good assistant/woman…
DAVID “DUFFY” “DAVE” BOWIE
