Founded by U.S. Navy veteran Chef Geoffrey Cole, Admiral's Experience operates a defense-contracting catering company from its La Mesa headquarters on Avocado Boulevard in the Casa de Oro district. Cole joined the Navy in 2002 aboard the USS Belleau Wood, cooked for 3,500 sailors and Marines during Operation Enduring Freedom, and served as personal chef to commanding officers and flag-rank admirals across 37 countries — a military food-service depth that sets the operation apart from event-focused caterers like Sombrero Catering Office in La Mesa. The company holds Service Disabled Veteran Small Business (SDVOSB) certification, one of 38 such food-service companies nationwide, and deploys mobile chef teams to contracted military installations across the United States. Cole's signature "Cole's Curry Chicken" originated in Navy galleys and competed in the 2014 U.S. Navy Boiling Point Competition judged by Food Network panelists, a recipe now scaled for the volume-catering contracts the company shares with other La Mesa food-service operations like J-K's Greek Cafe. Cole holds a BS from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an MS in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, credentials applied to the mobile deployment logistics of feeding contracted military personnel at installations nationwide.