The Country Club chef replaced us with their former knife sharpener, and as I was carrying our knives out of the account, I cut my finger, and was dripping blood everywhere. It turned out the manufacturer had made the blades of the knives too thick, and they would not hold their sharp edge. I’ll never forget the time a Country Club was not happy with the sharpness of their knives.

All this time I was calling on greater Boston and New England restaurants, selling out of the back of my car, I would visit up to six customers per day, boy, that was hard, hard work! I then picked up a line of high-end French chef coats and soon after, the kitchen apparel line was added to the website. I then sourced uniforms from a few chef uniform companies and was soon selling a full line of kitchen uniforms, chef coats, chef pants, aprons, and head gear.ĭuring this time I had the beginnings of a website that was marketing knives and kitchenware.

Fortunately, on a customer visit, an Executive Chef asked me if I could source red pepper baggy chef pants. The business was growing, but not fast enough to support our family. After being laid off when the dot-com bubble burst, I started a cutlery sales and sharpening business for local restaurants in the Boston area. I spent 25 years in the corporate world managing voice and data networks. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would be making my living in the hospitality uniform industry. I live in Weston Massachusetts with my wonderful wife, three children, and two dogs. Hi, I’m Averill Bromfield, founder and owner of Averill’s Sharper Uniforms, which I started in 2003 (I’m on the left in the photo with a customer at the New York Restaurant Show). Averill's Sharper Uniforms is a proud member of the Better Business Bureau:

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