Category: Work

Food styling for Nuevo Estilo. This was my first job food styling. It was a lot of fun.

I worked as a Chef Instructor for a number of years in Common Thread teaching Cooking Skills and World Cuisine program at Bucktown C.I.C.S. & St. Vincent de Paul. Founded by Chef Art Smith and artist Jesus Salgueiro in 2003, Common Threads grew out of the belief that family and food have the power to nurture and strengthen us, to […]

Developed and taught “Healthy Crafts and Eating with Fruit” for Chicago Teachers Union Association. This course was delivered through Purple Asparagus, the amazing not-for-profit that “through exploration and discovery, Purple Asparagus educates children, families and the community about eating that’s good for the body and the planet”.

I taught several classes in Cayena in Madrid from Mexican to Dim Sum. I also collaborated in their corporate team building cooking events and taught Spanish food to foreigners. At Cayena I also ran the Christmas cookie children’s workshops for the City of Madrid, where we taught thousands of children to make cookies using mobile […]

Retail sales manager at JDY Gourmet, with specialization in Spanish products. In my role at JDY, I worked with specialty American and Spanish suppliers, for example, Fermin, Castillo de Canena. JDY has since been acquired by Fortune Fish & Gourmet. Fortune Fish & Gourmet is the leading seafood and specialty foods distributor in the Midwest; proudly […]