Nikki began working in restaurants at age 15 and held nearly every position in the business from busser to bartender. Armed with a degree in Psychology and experience working with children, she began teaching cooking classes in 2008 to children in the Baltimore area at over 20 private and public schools, The Goddard Schools, military bases, the YMCA, the JCC and John's Hopkins Children's Center with the help of the Hopkins men's lacrosse team. Her growing concern with nutrition led her to form CKCS Foods, a company that places chefs in private school kitchens to prepare and serve healthy lunches to students daily. CKCS Foods made lunches for over 100 kids per day at St John's Parish Day School in Ellicott City. In 2014 she bought a food truck and caters to the pork loving bellies of Maryland. In 2015 she renamed CKCS. Those classes and camps can now be found under Madame Cours de Cuisine. Nikki's food truck Madame BBQ is on the road during the warmer season and can be found in Baltimore and around Howard County. In 2015, Nikki, began working at Mindgrub Technologies. She came in to help to make the daily operations run more smoothly. As a mother to 3 of her own kids and 4 step kids, she found herself with the title of Corporate Den Mother at Mindgrub; assisting with scheduling for the CEO, managing the office, and making sure the Mindgrubbers had a comfy environment in which to work their magic.Before too long, Nikki tried her hand at outside sales for Mindgrub using her sales knowledge from her own businesses. She can be found daily teaching cooking classes, working at Mindgrub, in her food truck, or getting the plan together for Mindgrub Cafe; coming soon...