ABOUT JESS PRYLES
MEAT, FIRE
AND CURIOSITY.
Jess Pryles is an Australian-born, Austin-based cook, author, television host and meat science graduate. She is the founder of Hardcore Carnivore and co-founder of the Australasian Barbecue Alliance.
Jess did not grow up knowing how to cook meat. A first taste of Texas barbecue set off a fascination with what makes meat behave the way it does, from cuts and grading to fire management and flavour. She learned by cooking, travelling and asking questions of ranchers, butchers, processors and meat scientists.
That curiosity became a career spanning television, books, public speaking and product development. Jess later completed a Graduate Certificate in Meat Science at Iowa State University, adding formal study to years of practical experience.
Through Hardcore Carnivore, Jess has turned the same approach into an international range of seasonings, tools and content. Whether she is judging a cook, explaining a technical idea or developing a product, the goal remains simple: understand the subject properly and make that knowledge useful.
Jess lives in Austin, Texas, where barbecue first drew her in and where live fire still forms the centre of her work.