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San Diego, CA, US

San Diego Metropolitan Area

Prepare weekly meal prep for clients in their homes, while catering to specific dietary needs.

- Pitch and write articles covering food, drink, and lifestyle content.- Collaborate with a national team of writers and editors using Asana, Google Workspace, and WordPress.

New York, New York

• Manage clients as a private chef on The Culinistas platform.
• Cook for individuals including everything from weekly meal prep service to private dinner parties

San Diego, California, United States

• Manage and cook for special events around San Diego as lead event chef.
• Carry out diverse menus for everything from intimate dinner parties to large scale plated weddings and events.

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote weekly blogs with WordPress, curated newsletters with Mailchimp, managed brand partnership opportunities
• Managed social media accounts, spearheaded menu design using Canva, styled food for photoshoots, helped develop recipes for Pamela Morgan's cookbook, proposed copy for new cookbook.

Greater New York City Area

• Orchestrated family-style meals for groups of 12-15 during lunch and dinner service
• Focused on seasonal produce and high-quality ingredients sourced from top purveyors

New York, New York, United States

• Handled FOH and BOH preparations for recreational cooking classes at Haven’s Kitchen
• Guide students on making dishes spanning across all kinds of cuisines and culinary techniques

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• . Successfully launched and operated RifRaf demos at Whole Foods locations around New York City.
• Created RifRaf products for distribution throughout the U.S.
• Spearheaded focus groups to inform branding choices on RifRaf products.

Greater New York City Area

• Created "Eat" vertical, grew site from inception to 140k+ unique visitors.
• . Managed and sustained branded content partnerships for Swirled's food vertical.
• . Pitched food and drink content, edited food articles, and wrote 3-4 daily dynamic, shareable, and engaging stories for Millennial-geared lifestyle site; Monitored analytics to inform smart story selection based on.

Greater New York City Area

• Recruited chefs around the country for the Food Network’s “Chopped”
• Wrote pitches for potential Chopped competitors.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Wrote copy for the National Park Service, created timely pitches, managed press inquiries, coordinated media interviews, delivered weekly client reports for Marriott Hotels, National Park Service, and Kiawah Island.

Greater New York City Area

• Crafted posts for the James Beard Foundation blog, wrote copy for events at James Beard House and updated social media channels

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote social media copy, managed media clip reports and press kits, managed the KBNN blog, and helped execute client events Clients included: ‘21’ Club, Greecologies, MarieBelle, Neuhaus, Bay Kitchen Bar, BKB, Dr..

Greater New York City Area

Electronic lifestyle/nightlife guide that generates 84,000+ unique visitors per month. Covered restaurant openings, healthy lifestyle topics, recipes, restaurant reviews, events and prepared official Joonbug gift guides.

Amherst, Massachusetts

Food writer and restaurant reviewer for town events and local Amherst restaurants

Amherst, Massachusetts

Contributing writer for UMass Amherst online magazine.

New York, NY

Responsible for media audits, contributed to creative brainstorming sessions, initiated media calls, organized media clips, pitched the media and helped with event planning. Provided on-site support at restaurant opening events including Dinosaur BBQ and Corvo Bianco. Accounts included: Chef Bobby Flay, Dinosaur BBQ, Chef Elizabeth Falkner, Tørst, Fish &.

Florence Area, Italy

Amherst, Massachusetts

New York, NY

Gained experience in a fast paced office setting at this prestigious public relations agency where I worked on a variety of accounts, including Hospital for Special Surgery.Responsibilities included creating media lists, following up with reporters, media and client research, participating in client meetings and using my creativity to provide input.

Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Golden Key National Honor Society