Born and raised in Chicago, Jordan’s career in food began in 1998 working at notable area restaurants Coco Pazzo for Chefs Pino Luongo and Tony Priolo and Blackbird for Chef Paul Kahan and owner Donnie Madia. With a desire to learn more about  Italian cuisine, Jordan moved to Italy in 2002 and worked for a time in Umbria and then in Tuscany for Chef Francesco Berardinelli.  Jordan moved to New York City in 2003 where he first worked for David Bouley and then joined Marco Canora during the opening of Hearth. Jordan was promoted to Hearth's Chef de Cuisine in 2006 and remained there until 2011. In 2012 Jordan joined David Chang’s Momofuku group as Director of Culinary Operations.  Jordan left Momofuku in 2015 to become the Executive Chef at Sessanta. Jordan was the Chef and partner with Gianfranco Sorrentino of Il Gattopardo Restaurants at The Leopard at Des Artistes prior to joining Andrew Tarlow and the Marlow Collective to open Borgo as the Executive Chef in 2024.  Jordan lives between New York City and Connecticut with his wife Emily, daughter Zanghi and son Elio.