Educated in an English monastic school, Andrew Caldwell elected to find a career that allowed him to travel the globe. He initially trained as a chef's apprentice in the Caribbean working his way up to head chef positions in Bermuda, Mexico and Hawaii before transitioning into resort management in Europe and Africa. His passion for learning about history and food culture has taken him to over sixty countries. He is the author of Their Last Suppers. The President's School is his first novel.