My grandparent's backyard wasn't even a backyard -  it was a temple of green bubbled over with peonies, the twisting arms of baseball bats of zucchini, green beans hanging and sweet, summer berries. It grew all around me as I grew, so you could say I inherited my love for food from them. I’ve carried that garden with me everywhere I’ve gone even in the times I’ve pulled my spirit so far away from it, nearly losing my grounding + my life. 
 

 

While studying in North Carolina, I was on my own for the first time trying to find my place, my purpose, new friends and having a hard time - a really hard time. To cope, I started to control the one thing I loved - food - and slowly succumbed to anorexia and bulimia, and slowly that garden and my connection with it started fading. My addiction forced me to cut college short and retreat home.  Once there, I took a job at the Great Harvest Bread Company in town and soon found the therapy of baking finding its way back into my hands. Eventually, I could feel that garden start to grow again, as if my hands were reviving my own spirit in all those early bakery mornings. 

I’ve been in the basements of NYC restaurants prepping + in pastry under executive Chef Dan Kluger of Loring Place +  Pastry Chef Nancy Olson, formerly of Gramercy Tavern respectively.

I can be found in the acknowledgements of four women authored cookbooks, and happily, ghostwrote the recipes for one of them.

I’ve managed over 150 chefs - many James Beard recipients, nominees and topping the World Best's list - at a 4-day industry only culinary conference. twice.

I’ve produced over $2 million in revenue in a year working with brands like NYTimes, Sonos, Tribeca Film Festival Conde Nast + the British Consulate.