Jennifer loves creating magic with whole foods that nourish body and soul. She brings presence and intention in her food preparation to enhance the quality of each meal and dining experience.
Jennifer learned the basics of seasonal eating, and cooking with real, unprocessed foods from her mother. Before anyone knew what CSA (community supported agriculture) meant, she was eating vegetables from her local organic farm in her family’s weekly produce box.
Prior to her food career, Jennifer pursued studies in yoga, dance, and bodywork and completed a masters in Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She also received licensing as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Her years of embodiment practices energize her work with clients, menu design, and kitchen prowess.
Jennifer is a certified Natural Chef through Bauman College in Berkeley, CA, a certified Raw Dessert Chef through Crystal Dawn Culinary, and an Ayurvedic Chef through Divya Alter’s Ayurvedic Nutrition and CulinaryTraining (ANACT) in New York City. Jennifer utilizes Bauman's Eating for Health (E4H) model, and the principles of a S.O.U.L. food diet sourced in Seasonal, Organic, Unrefined, and Local ingredients. Her classes and recipes are rooted in Ayurvedic principles and integrate the dynamic alchemical balance of the vata, pitta, and kapha doshas. Jennifer is skilled in therapeutic and allergy-free cooking, and loves creating sensational sugar-free desserts
She is a certified Health Coach through Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She works with clients to help them make lifestyle changes along with dietary improvements that produce real and lasting results.
Her restaurant skills include working in front of house and catering for over a decade. She is ServSafe Certified as a Food Protection Manager and brings a high standard of conscious food handling to every service she offers.
Jennifer is available for private chef services, dinner parties and event catering, and cooking classes in the Northern California Bay Area and requested destination locations.