Braylon Mikael Sawyer was born to Randall and Lorna Sawyer on December 25th, 2059, the 1st of three children, in California, USA. The Sawyer family lived close to Lorna’s parents, giving the children an opportunity to grow up with close relationships to parents and grandparents alike. As he grew, Braylon grew a particularly close bond with his mother and grandmother and liked to join them in baking and cooking new recipes for weekly family events. By the time he was 10, Bray was creating his own recipes and had committed to cooking dinner once a week - the task he looked forward to completing the most. At 11, he was most upset to have received his letter of invitation to attend Ilvermony school of Magic, as he knew it meant having to leave his family and getting to cook as often. He’d been half hoping he would have been a squib, despite the tell tale signs prior of his ability for magic.

The school term rolled around following his 11th birthday, and Braylon was off to school. His school years were relatively uneventful, if one didn’t count all the letters to his parents regarding his poor grades and the fact they’d found him skipping class to spend time in the kitchen (which he didn’t MEAN to do, but once a loaf was in the oven you couldn’t LEAVE). Bray did not make too many friends, but he considered himself a success that his loud personality only earned him about half of the population not being his number 1 fan. It always could have been worse.

Following graduation from Ilvermony, Braylon already knew he wanted to proceed with cooking as a career. Baking was his favorite, but he was not looking to limit himself to that only. So he applied and was accepted into American University of Paris where he pursued an education in culinary. He would have liked to get accepted into a better culinary school right off the bat, however he did not have the experience on his resume in order to be accepted. But he learned to make do with what he’d been offered, and instead attempted to gain recognition for his skills by entering ever entrance level food contest he could. He even participated in food eating contests, because this was also something he was excellent at and truthfully the cash prizes were what he used to begin to start a fund for his own restaurant in the future.

During this time of his travels for competitions, and applying to jobs following his graduation from the culinary program, Braylon met his now wife Constance. He had no idea how he managed someone as perfect as she to go for someone like HIM, however it was something he often mentioned in his gratitude journals as she was the best thing to happen to him.

Bray eventually found a job working as a chef at a restaurant close to where his parents had lived. He spent 3 years there, working his way from entry level, to sous chef, to head and enjoying every moment. Though if he was truthful, he also wanted to be able to run more front of house business operations and get more face time with customers as WELL as making the food. It was then he began developing plans to start his own business. While his savings were growing generous, it was not enough until both his parents unexpectedly passed - leaving an inheritance that Bray then used to start a business and named it after his mom. It was small for awhile, Braylon hiring someone to help with front of house while he developed the menu, but after a year of some steady customers, he was able to hire a couple of cooks and continue to develop from there. Braylon spent all of his time continuing to grow his business and by the time his youngest was 11, he was approached about starting another in London. His family was up for the move, so the Sawyer family packed up and headed across the pond.

The next year remained busy as he started from scratch building another business, and he only stepped back to slow things down following an injury for his youngest daughter which resulted in the need for homeschooling. Bray’s eldest daughter was the best resource for teaching, as she had just recently graduated and helped them go through curriculum and show it to those of his brood who had opted to stay home in solidarity with their sister. Not too long after this though, Bray started to feel guilty at not having been involved with his kids and more focused on work. So he sold the store he was working on as a franchise, allowing someone else to build under the name while he stayed home with the kids more - after a few years also moving them to France when the kids were ready to go back to school and requested Beauxbatons.

Braylon did not attempt to start another restaurant in France, preferring to work again in a chef capacity at somewhere already established in order to have more time at home. It was not long though until he began to miss the operational side. And when he visited Diagon Alley on a trip and found the Leaky Cauldron was up for new ownership, he impulsively put in an application and an offer for the business and was delighted at the outcome. He moved back to the UK in order to begin on operations, allowing his family to follow along when they were ready as the two youngest were still in school and the elders scattered around.