Cullin was born in Vancouver in 1978 to a Guyanese mother and an Irish Canadian father.

Cooking is in his blood, he has dreamed of being a chef since he was old enough to dream.

He cooked his first meal when he was five and still has the scar to prove it. Cullin received a scholarship in high school for cooking and went on to complete the program at the VCC cooking school.

He has been working professionally in restaurants for 12 years. Cullin has spent many of those years years working with Jean-Francis Quaglia perfecting his craft at Provence Mediterranean Grill and Provence Marinaside where he is now the executive sous chef.  He also worked as the sous chef at the Reef and in various other establishments. Cullin fulfilled a lifelong dream and traveled to Guyana in 2000 and traveled for three months learning from the natives.  He spent three weeks in the Amazon and counts those memories as some of his best.

Cullin hopes to one day open his own establishment and share his love of Caribbean food with others.  His favorite meal is curry roti with mango chutney accompanied with rice and peas.