...chef. coach. food systems thinker. Your guide to eating well in the real world.

For twenty years, I've worked at the intersection of food, wellness, and entrepreneurship - and the thread running through all of it is this: when people feel good in the kitchen, everything else gets a little easier.

The Earthy Gourmet is where that belief comes to life.

I'm a professional chef turned health coach turned healthy cooking educator, with a background that spans International restaurant kitchens, fifteen years aboard luxury yachts, and a decade of food policy work at the state & local level. I've cooked under pressure, led teams in demanding environments, and spent years studying how stress, nourishment, and the body are deeply connected.

What I've learned - in kitchens, at sea, and in boardrooms - is that resilience isn't built by pushing harder. It's built by designing better systems. And for most of us, that starts with what's in the fridge.

Fill Your Fridge is the program I wish I'd had as a busy professional trying to eat well on borrowed time. It's practical, nourishing, and designed around real life - not Instagram perfection.

Beyond teaching, I co-founded a specialty food brokerage supporting independent food brands, serve in nonprofit leadership, and continue working with entrepreneurs and leaders in the food, CPG, and wellness space.

Whether you're here to eat better, grow a food brand, or find a little more ease in your everyday - you're in the right place.