Steadfast kitchen is my gathering place for trusted, unwavering, culinary-inspired nutrition education. It has been years in the making throughout my career working as both a chef and registered dietitian. Here is a little more about me:

I have been cooking ever since I had an easy bake oven. As a child I studied The Joy of Cooking cookbook to learn the art of cooking, refused to follow recipes when baking as I wanted to figure it out for myself, and consistently dreamed of running my own cafe.

My love for cooking took on a new direction when my beloved grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. One of the resources she was given during her treatment was a smoothie guide full of recipes aimed at mitigating various side effects of chemotherapy. Until this point I had never considered that the art of cooking heavily overlapped with health science. Thus my early career interest was formed and continued to strengthen throughout high school and college.

I became a Registered Dietitian in 2020 after completing my education and internship at The Ohio State University. During this time I was able to work alongside a group of chefs, dietitians, and a hybrid chef-dietitian and provide health-focused cooking demonstrations for the first time. I experienced first hand how powerful it is for nutrition to be taught directly from the kitchen, and knew this was the role I would eventually take on, after just a few more years of continued experience.

In my early career as a dietitian I worked in food media, outpatient nutrition counseling, and in corporate wellness. In each setting I was able to develop recipes, write cooking-inspired blogs, and counsel from a culinary-focused lens. Furthermore, I was able to hear first hand what clients were struggling with, what they wanted to learn, and what type of resources and education actually helped. I knew the next step was completing culinary school to round out my own culinary toolkit to fully supply my clients with the best possible culinary-nutrition experience.

In 2022 I completed my diploma of culinary arts at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Boulder, CO. After a few more years of client counseling and teaching in-person and virtual cooking classes to youth and adults of all ages, I knew it was time to open Steadfast Kitchen.

And that’s the story!

Thank you so much for reading, I am glad you are here.