"Chef Ski's" Philosophy in Life

 Rogie Pierogi was founded in 2024 by James Woroneski, a 2nd generation American Born Pole;  whose dream, was to bring the authentic, natural flavors of Poland to the US. Indeed, most of the recipes still in use today originate from James Woroneski’s family kitchen in the Old Country. 

James's father Peter Woroneski Jr. noticed one day in 2007 that James seemed very bored with what he was doing in life. So Peter suggested to James "Boy you like to cook right? James responded You know I do dad!

The next day James enrolled in culinary school and obtained his culinary degree in just under 2 years of rigorous study and training! Here he was mentored by several fine chefs to include his Master Chef that was from England. Who instilled the desire, the love and passion for Old World European style and method of preparing, cooking of food!

The name “RogiePierogi” refers to the marrying of two cultures (Polish and Ukranian) and the words refer to the little pockets of delicious joy enjoyed by so many people near and far.

With the unique name symbolizing traditional Old World elegance, Chef “Ski” opened up his little pierogi shop out of his home in a little country town in North Carolina, called Currituck and the township of Moyock in 2010. 

“RogiePierogi” famous pierogi are also models of authenticity: "The dough, the filling, and the cooking are all entirely done by hand." 

“I think that the trend is that people are going back to their roots, away from mass-production and towards locally made foods, Pierogi Master maker Chef Ski explains. “Not only does it stimulate the local economy, you know where your food is coming from. You know who made it. You can shake hands with the guys who made it.”