Jerome Amos — New American Cuisine Chef & USAF Veteran
BFAM Cooking — Brothers From Another Mother — is a New American Cuisine platform built on a simple belief: food is one of the most powerful ways people connect. Whether you're a military family cooking on a deployment budget, a veteran rediscovering the kitchen back home, someone raised on recipes that tell the story of your culture, or just a curious eater who believes a good meal is a good conversation — you belong at this table.
“Everyone can be your fam — especially at the dining table.”
The Story Behind BFAM
Jerome Amos is a native New Yorker who learned to cook as a young child, shaped by older relatives, Boy Scout training, and Sunday church potluck prep. By age 10 he was running the grill at family BBQs. Through high school he moved from dishwasher to kitchen prep in local restaurants — always learning, always eating.
Jerome married, served over five years in the United States Air Force during the Gulf War, then came home and reignited his culinary passion after he and his wife discovered The Food Network. That spark sent them to cooking classes, food festivals, and celebrity chef demos. Their curiosity eventually took them to Italy, where they found what Jerome already suspected: the best way to understand any place is through its ingredients, recipes, and traditions.
The turning point came in a Costco checkout line. Jerome spotted a guy loading almost a dozen bottles of BBQ sauce into his cart. They struck up a conversation, a backyard BBQ invitation followed, and a friendship was born. Jerome and his new friend Ellis could not stop talking food — Southern flavor, French technique, the perfect chef knife, the right salt. Together they realized they had something worth sharing, and launched B.F.A.M. Cooking (Brothers From Another Mother) on YouTube.
The name came directly from Jerome's Air Force experience. In the military, everyone on your team is treated like family — rank, background, and hometown don't matter when you're working toward the same mission. That became the soul of BFAM Cooking: New American Cuisine created by people from every walk of life, for people from every walk of life. Ellis brought his own perspective and palate, and together they built something bigger than either could have alone.
Jerome's commitment to the veteran community goes well beyond the kitchen. During his time at NBC, he founded and led VetNet, the company's veteran Employee Resource Group — connecting, supporting, and advocating for veterans in the workplace. He has been a featured speaker for the International Sous Vide Association (ISVA), leading online classes for the veteran community. He has also spoken at military cooking events alongside fellow veteran chefs — bringing together two things the military instilled in him: discipline and the power of a shared meal.
Jerome's culinary work has been recognized globally. In 2023, he competed among chefs from around the world for the title of the World's Favorite Chef — a $50,000 prize and a two-page feature in Bon Appétit magazine. Voted on entirely by fans, Jerome finished as a semi-finalist, placing 3rd in his group.
What Is New American Cuisine?
New American Cuisine is the Americanized version of all the flavors of the world. It takes the ingredients, techniques, and traditions that immigrants, travelers, and cultures from every corner of the globe brought to this country — and remixes them into something distinctly American. That is what makes it one of the most exciting and alive culinary movements going: it never stops evolving because America never stops adding new voices to the table.
The movement took shape in the 1980s as chefs like Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck pushed back against heavy Continental cooking with farm-to-table freshness and bold global influence. But the real foundation was always the food that communities — Black, Latino, Asian, Indigenous, immigrant, military — had been cooking long before it had a name.
Farm-to-Table Focus
Local, seasonal, and often organic ingredients that support regional farmers and producers — flavor you can taste in every bite.
Culinary Fusion
Blending traditional American cooking with techniques and flavors from Asian, Latin, European, and global cuisines — because great food has no borders.
Modernized Classics
Reimagining beloved dishes with creative twists and lighter technique — think maple-bacon Brussels sprouts, truffle fries, roasted chicken with liver mousse, or Cantonese-inspired walnut shrimp with hot honey.
Regional Expression
Seafood-forward in the Northeast, refined soul food in the South, produce-driven multicultural plates on the West Coast — New American Cuisine speaks every regional dialect.
At BFAM Cooking, New American Cuisine means honoring the food traditions that Black, Latino, Asian, Indigenous, immigrant, and military communities brought to this country — then evolving them with fresh technique, seasonal ingredients, and genuine love for the people at the table. It is American food as it actually is: diverse, layered, and constantly becoming something new.
The BFAM Community — What It Is & Why It Exists
When Jerome and Ellis launched BFAM Cooking on YouTube, they weren't just making recipe videos. They were building something they had both been looking for: a space where serious home cooks could talk about food the way they actually talk about it — without pretension, without gatekeeping, and with deep respect for the cultures that shaped American cooking.
The name Brothers From Another Mother comes from a truth Jerome learned in the Air Force: when you eat together, you're family. Rank, background, and hometown stop mattering the moment food hits the table. That military ethos — treat everyone on your team like they belong there — became the foundation for everything BFAM Cooking does.
The BFAM community is a place where:
- Military families share the recipes that carried them through deployments and homecomings
- Veterans who rediscovered cooking after service find people who understand why food matters
- Home cooks from every cultural background share dishes that tell the story of where they come from
- Food lovers who believe the best meals come with conversation gather to learn, cook, and connect
What makes BFAM different is that the community itself is the content. The recipes, podcast conversations, and community posts are all built on one idea: everyone at the table has something worth sharing. You don't need a culinary degree. You need curiosity, appetite, and a willingness to invite people in.
BFAM Cooking is not just a food website. It is a community built around the table — and the table has always had room for one more.
Who BFAM Cooking Is For
Military Families & Veterans
Feeding a family on a deployment budget, cooking in base housing, or finding your way back to the kitchen after service — BFAM Cooking has recipes and real conversations built for your reality.
POC Food Culture
New American Cuisine is built on the rich food traditions of Black, Latino, Asian, Indigenous, and immigrant communities. BFAM celebrates those roots and the chefs and home cooks keeping them alive and evolving.
Home Cooks of Every Level
Whether you're making your first roux or perfecting a decades-old family recipe, BFAM Cooking meets you where you are. No culinary degree required — just curiosity and appetite.
Food Lovers & Curious Eaters
If you believe food is one of the best ways to understand people and cultures, you're already part of this community. Pull up a chair.
What You'll Find on BFAM Cooking
Recipes
New American Cuisine recipes — bold, approachable, and rooted in real-kitchen cooking.
Podcast
Conversations with chefs, food personalities, and community voices where culinary meets culture.
Community
Stories, tips, and posts from a growing community of home cooks and food lovers.
People
Meet the chefs, cooks, and food personalities shaping New American Cuisine and food culture.
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