As a chef and PhD nutritionist, I am an expert in both the nutrition science and the culinary arts, but as important - I get ‘why’ people eat. Perhaps this is because I personally know what it is like to struggle with my health and how essential good nutrition is to healing (I am a 3 time cancer survivor).

I stand for culinary equity as cooking was always in everyones hands and it will always be part of a person’s culture and heritage. Every mother, ingenious person, and herbalist from the beginning of time knew that Food is Medicine. It belongs to all of us and as such in the End Hunger campaign and Food is Medicine movement, culinary medicine/cooking must be an integral part in order for there ever to be inclusion, diversity and equitability.

I have spent the last 4 years bringing together the best of the best in cooking, eating, flavor, coaching, nutrition and culinary medicine. Together these experts from around the world created culinary competencies for the first time. Specifically, what do you need to learn to do in the kitchen in order to follow the dietary guidelines? The result was a Culinary Medicine Textbook series and the development of the Food Coach Academy!

In my over 35 years of being in the food-world, what I know for certain is that teaching people how to cook is the missing piece for dietary change. Food Coaches are trained in just that and they do so by honoring a person’s palate, wallet and cultural heritage. Do you want to help heal the world one delicious bite at a time? I really hope so. Thanks for stopping by.

With a spoon and a smile,

-Dr Deb