Tom Mylan

Tom Mylan (born April 26, 1976) is an American butcher, educator, writer, and author, specializing in local, sustainably raised meat.

He was raised in Reno, Nevada; at age 12 his family moved to Orange County, California.

[5] By 2005 he was worked at Andrew Tarlow and Mark Firth's Marlow & Sons cafe in New York, as a buyer and manager.

[5] Mylan agreed to learn butchering from Fleisher's at the Applestone Meat Company in Upstate New York.

[2][3] His co-founders and partners at The Meat Hook included Brent Young and Ben Turley.

Tom leaning on the counter at his butcher shop, the Meat Hook, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Tom Mylan
Mylan leaning on the counter at his butcher shop, The Meat Hook, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn