TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

·    Owner, The Sustainable Kitchen™  Cooking School & Farm Tours,                                                                ‘00-present

·    Cooking With Aloha - Culinary Tour Leader/Instructor, Hawaii,                                                                               Feb ‘01

·    Ramekins Sonoma Valley Culinary School

·    Draeger’s Culinary Center

·    Cooking School of the Rockies

·    COPIA- American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts

·    Napa Valley Cooking School

·    Berkeley, Marin and San Francisco Ferry Building Farmers’ Markets

·    Santa Barbara City College Adult School

·    Berkeley Youth Alternative

·    Occidental Arts & Ecology Center

·    Girls, Inc., Carpinteria -Culinary Program Coordinator/Instructor,                                                                                   1997

BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS, TELEVISION

 

·    The Oakland Tribune/BANG Newspapers                                                                                                   Aug.’01-Present                               

    Columnist, Farm Fresh and Fork in the Road, food features contributor

·    Freelance PR, marketing, and consulting, national firms and for own clients                                     April ‘05-Present                               

·    Gourmet                                                                                                                                                                                           

·    Outside /Outside Traveler                                                                                                                                                                            

•  Saveur

• Edible Aspen Edible Communities publication

•  Diablo East Bay lifestyle magazine                                                                                                         

•   5280 Denver metro magazine                                                                                                  

•   American Cowboy, “Taste of the West” department contributor                                                                                           

·    San Francisco magazine

·    Lonely Planet World Food California Guide and                                                                                              pub. June ‘03

·    Lonely Planet Road Trip Wine Country Guide                                                                                                   pub. Dec. 03

·    Contributing writer/researcher                                                                                                                                                                      

·    “Bay Area Backroads” television show, featured guest                                                                                           Nov.’04

·    “Evening Magazine” television show, featured guest                                                                                               Sept.’00

·    “California Heartland” television series, featured guest                                                                                           Feb.’99

SPECIAL EVENTS

 

·    Pinot Noir 2001 Festival                                                                                                                                                   Jan.’01
Wellington, New Zealand- Chef’s assistant

·    Cuisines of the Sun                                                                                                                           July ’00, ’99, ’98, Aug. ‘97
Kohala, HI- Chef demo coordinator (two years), kitchen assistant (two years)

·    Telluride Wine Festival                                                                                                                                           June ’01, ‘00
Telluride, CO - Chef coordinator, chef’s assistant

·    Aspen Food & Wine Classic                                                                                                                                          June ‘98
Aspen, CO - Coordinator, “Good Morning America,” “Ready, Set, Cook! Live” segments

RESTAURANTS

 

·    Chez Panisse                                                                                                                             April-Dec.’02, Nov.’99-Mar.’00
Chef Kelsie Kerr, owner Alice Waters, Berkeley, CA
Downstairs restaurant intern, pastry intern

·    The Providores & Tapa Room                                                                                                                              Aug.-Sept.’01
Chef/owner Peter Gordon, London, England
Pastry and prep cook assistance during restaurant opening

·    Oliveto Café & Restaurant                                                                                                                                Jan.’97-June’97
Chef/co-owner Paul Bertolli, Oakland, CA
Intern

·    CookShack                                                                                                                                                         Nov.’95-April’96
Vail, CO
Line cook

·    Lahaina Coolers Restaurant                                                                                                                                  Oct.-Nov.’95
Lahaina, HI
Line cook

RELATED CULINARY EXPERIENCE

·    Prather Ranch Meat Company                                                                                                                         Oct. ‘08-Present
Retail and farmers market sales, Certified Humane meat company                                                                                         

·    MESA- Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture                                                                     May ’01-Mar.’02
Program coordinator for non-profit organic farm internship program

·    Frog Hollow Farm                                                                                                                                               July’99-Sept.‘05
Organic farm, Brentwood, CA
Farmers’ market vendor, Assist with farm events and public relations

·    AgRoots Festival, Oakland, CA                                                                                                                              July-Sept.’02
Chef demo coordinator

·    San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers Market/CUESA                                                                                     June-Aug.’00
Office support, data entry

·    Aficionado European Bakery                                                                                                                                  June-Oct.’97
Public relations/customer service representative

·    Williams-Sonoma                                                                                                                                                    June-Dec.’96
Sales associate, cooking demonstrations

·    Yan Can Cook                                                                                                                                                         Aug.-Sept.’96
Recipe tester for television series

·    Santa Fe Ventures, Inc.- “America’s Rising Star Chefs television series                                                                May’96
Kitchen assistant

·    Hunter Public Relations, St. Helena, CA                                                                                                            June-Sept.’93
Jr. account executive assistant for food & wine industry