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This is not a Proper chef / cooking question- it is important to my well being in Galley, day to day - have 3 fish 1 is named Rouxbe- I need a name for a black and white fish! My guests love the fish!

Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Dan Marek - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

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This event was on August 11, 2026

Join Chef Dan Marek in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to course-specific questions, to how to turn your cooking passion into profit or simply hearing the perspective of a professional chef, Chef Dan is ready to answer them all.

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Question

Lindsey Fowler

This is not a Proper chef / cooking question- it is important to my well being in Galley, day to day - have 3 fish 1 is named Rouxbe- I need a name for a black and white fish! My guests love the fish!?

Answer

All right. So let's see. You need a new name for a black and white fish. I'm not 100% sure where to go with that one. I think my kids would probably-- Oh, Patrick just came in and said newspaper. I like that. The newspaper or the zebra? Maybe one of those. But I'm sure we'll come up with a nice-- I'm trying to think of any chef black and white themes. Oreo. I love Oreo. All right, Patrick, he's got the names coming right there. I think Patrick's got it with Oreo is probably the black and white winning name for a fish because that's just hilarious and cute. And who doesn't like Oreos swimming around their fish tank?

Dan Marek

Director of Plant-Based Culinary & Dev

*Dan Marek* is a chef educator who has been teaching vegan and vegetarian cooking for over 15 years. At Rouxbe, he is our Director of Plant-Based Culinary and Development where he helps develop content, classes and builds courses for many of our partners. Dan is a board member of Slow Food Austin, the Institute of Child Nutrition, and Conscious Capitalism. He has earned his BA in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and holds certificates in Nutrition from Cornell University. Prior to his role with Rouxbe, Dan worked with Whole Kids Foundation training teachers and food service at schools across the country on nutrition and culinary best practices. He also worked as a Healthy Eating Educator at Whole Foods Market’s flagship store in Austin, TX, was a personal chef for some of Austin’s elite business people, taught classes in culinary techniques at Austin Community College, The Natural Epicurean, and Le Cordon Bleu. Dan also regularly volunteers cooking or speaking about nutrition for the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Marathon Kids, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin and Central Texas.