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World-renowned chefs using S.C. knives

By Mike Switzer

Published October 30, 2024 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Knives created by Lowcountry bladesmith Quinton Middleton, owner of Middleton Made Knives in Charleston, S.C.

If I were to ask you what chefs Emeril Lagasse and Sean Brock have in common, you might mention several things, but one you might not know is that they both use kitchen knives made by our next guest, a Lowcountry bladesmith. Mike Switzer interviews Quinton Middleton, owner of Middleton Made Knives in Charleston, S.C.

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Mike Switzer

After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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