Ashley Simone straddles both sides of the camera as producer and talent. At age four, she fell in love with dance and being seen on the stage. She was trained in dance at the Academy of Movement and Music (in Oak Park, IL) and then went to study at Marymount Manhattan College and Columbia College Chicago. At 21, she ran off and joined the circus and toured as a dancer with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey. She has performed on stage and on-camera a variety of roles, many of which included dancing. She has also produced three shorts films and a feature-length documentary.When she is not performing or producing, she’s probably cooking up a storm. Since childhood, she’s had a passion for food, always experimenting and trying new dishes on loved ones. She recently finished her degree in culinary arts at the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, writes a cooking blog and is working on her first cookbook. Foodgasm is her first cooking show.