[3] Blais' first cooking job was in a McDonald's on Long Island, where he learned the basics of working in a kitchen.

[4] He has studied under chefs Thomas Keller at The French Laundry,[2] Daniel Boulud, and Ferran Adrià.

[5] He has founded Trail Blais, a culinary company that seeks to perform consulting, design, and operational services in Atlanta eateries.

Blais later opened Juniper & Ivy with Michael Rosen in San Diego, California, his first West Coast venture.

He and Rosen most recently opened Crack Shack, a fine-casual fried chicken concept with multiple locations in Southern California and Las Vegas.

[6] Also in 2017, Blais began hosting a weekly podcast about the culinary industry called Starving For Attention.

He competed in the second Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage tournament on November 4, 2015, winning his preliminary match and advancing to the finals; he had been a recurring judge on that series since season 12.

Blais had a cameo role in the 2016 feature film, Why Him?, starring James Franco and Bryan Cranston.