Background
Brune was born and raised by Southern Baptist parents in Renton, Washington.
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Education
He studied dance at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, before moving to California in 2000, at age 19, in pursuit of an acting career. He studied acting for two years at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and then moved to Los Angeles to focus on getting commercial work.
Career
He is best known for his roles on the reality television series Work Out on Bravo, Private Chefs of Beverly Hills on the Food Network, and Home Made Simple on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Told by his management company that in order to become a successful actor he needed to pretend to be straight, he rejected the advice and decided to change course and become a chef. In 2005, he enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Los Los Angeles
While there, he became certified as a personal trainer and started teaching boot camp classes.
Chef and personal trainer
In 2006, while he was finishing up culinary school, and after developing a following teaching at Barry"s Boot Camp, Brune was cast as one of the trainers on the Bravo reality television show Work Out, about the goings on at a high-end Beverly Hills gym run by Jackie Warner. Featured as both a trainer and a chef, he was on the show for its entire original three-season run.
After it ended, he moved back to Seattle to launch a new business venture, but with the economic downturn, he lost a key investor. Brune appeared as a chef on Private Chefs of Beverly Hills on the Food Network for both seasons.
The show, which premiered in December 2009, follows six chefs in Beverly Hills as they cater events for high-end clients.
Starting in 2011, he has spent three seasons as a resident chef on Home Made Simple on OWN. With a focus on healthy alternatives and organic cooking, Brune"s recipes have been featured in Us Weekly, and his fitness tips have been highlighted in Life & Style and Oklahoma! magazines. He has worked as a spokesperson for Nair for Men, taught classes at Epicurean and other culinary schools, and teaches spin classes in Los Los Angeles Project Service Los Angeles
Founded by Brune and Jennifer Hadley, the nonprofit was launched in 2010, with Brune serving as executive director
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Membership
Project Service Los Angeles is a Los Angeles-based spiritual community focused on supporting members of the LGBTQ community, helping them find piece of mind and transform their lives for the better.
