As long as I can remember, I have loved food, cooking and serving delicious dishes and meals. My creativity showed itself at an early age: at age six, she presented her mother with her first-baked birthday cake, frosted in home-colored lavender (grey) frosting, decorated with Chiclets gum and fresh flowers (which, we later learned weren’t edible….but they were pretty!) By the time she reached 16, she had completely taken over the family meal planning, shopping and cooking and regularly embarked on mastering new cuisines.

Since then, I have widely expanded my abilities and experience in the food scene. I have had the pleasure of learning and cooking a huge variety of cuisines in some of the most interesting situations. 

I formed a business that did restaurant menu design and consulting for several of Seattle’s finest dining rooms, including the then-Four Seasons’ Atrium Court. I have served as cookbook reviewer and recipe tester for John Howie’s cookbook, Passion and Palate, and has competed on the Nate Berkus Show with none other than Diners, Drive Ins and Dives’ Host Guy Fieri as judge. Celebrity Chef and three times’ James Beard winner Tom Douglas is one of my mentors and I've had the privilege of cooking at one of Tom’s iconic seafood restaurants.

I have always had a passion for water and outdoor activities. As a yacht chef, I am able to combine two deep loves – cooking and the water – providing fresh, tasty and unique meals both underway and at anchor. When I'm not on the water, you can find me in my “land galley” (kitchen), in the outdoors foraging for mushrooms and other “wild” foods, or on my deck grilling, harvesting and putting up fruits and vegetables, making homemade flavored vinegars and jams, and more.