Chef in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

I'm a Chapel Hill native who has spent decades cooking healthy and delicious dishes. I like to joke that food is my second language. I'm a self-taught chef /home cook and over the years, I've worked as a private cook, led community dinners, and spent time in NY cooking all organic meals at a holistic elder care facility. My specialty is cooking for people interested in clean eating and those who may have dietary restrictions. I eat for health and have studied how the foods we eat can positively or negatively alter mood, energy, inflammation and our overall well-being. That said I spend years baking gluten free desserts from cakes to tarts and I specialize in chocolate truffles. I'm on a mission to prove that eating healthy and with dietary restrictions and specific diets can be mouthwatering and easy. I specialize in gluten, dairy and egg free dishes that are loosely geared in a low-grain direction. I make nutrient dense raw vegan desserts and spent three years cooking a low histamine diet for myself and others. Here's a smattering of what a dinner menu can include: Pesto roasted chicken thighs "Cheesy" roasted cauliflower florets Spinach salad with fresh apple slices, toasted candied walnuts, sauteed mushrooms in a garlic vinaigrette Beef stuffed bell peppers Maple and mustard roasted brussel sprouts Taco night! A low histamine menu will adhere to your specific needs and could look like this: Tender salmon with lemon and herbs Shallot and turmeric rice pilaf Cucumber and scallion salad with an olive oil herb dressing Blueberry and rose cake with coconut-based whip cream I prefer to make desserts using dates, coconut sugar, and maple syrup as a sweetener. However there is nothing like a good pate sucre tart. Dessert sample menu: No-Bake Chocolate Hazelnut Raspberry Cupcakes (vegan, semi-raw) Cornmeal Plum Buckle Pumpkins Spice Double Layer Cake Chestnut Cream and Ganache Icing (seasonal only) Raw Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Squares Classic French-Style Peach Tart For ongoing clients I will email you a sheet with food preferences, including flavors, textures, hot, cold, etc. which you'll fill out and send back to me. My goal is to meet your food needs and plan menus around preferences. Event clients, please message and I'll create delicious spread for you.