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Meet Chef Alisa
From the time I could stand on a stool I was in the kitchen with my grandma stirring anything I could! I just loved being in the kitchen, food just made sense to me and I loved making people happy by making delicious food to eat and throwing fantastic parties.
When I was in high school, I did most of the grocery shopping for our family and planed the meals…I was a food nerd way before it was cool. Like way nerdy, I mean I had dinner parties at 16 when my parents were at work.
When it was time for me to choose where I wanted to go to school, what I would study and what I wanted to be when I grew up truthfully, it was a toss up …orthopedic surgeon or chef. I choose chef because I knew I would be good at it and I would have a real job in just a few years. “Way too ambitious for my own good” was something I have heard a lot in my life. I graduated with honors from The California Culinary Academy in San Francisco when I was 20. Crazy right?? I went on to work for Wolfgang Puck and Hyatt Hotels. When I was 25 I started my first catering company and I had a blast. Then I got the call…Mammoth Mountain needed a new Executive Chef!!!! What? No! Seriously? Me? Yep! At 29 I was the youngest and the first female chef in Mammoth Lakes. So Crazy!
I went on to be a broker Chef and have worked with some of the biggest food manufacturing companies in the world. You might have heard about them…Tyson and Land O'Lakes are my favorite clients! So much fun!
Now, I run the family business ... a really cool little resort in June Lake. Check it out! BigRockResort.net and run my event planning and personal chef businesses. EastSideEventCompany.com and TheChefChic.com
I have had the pleasure and honor of a few guest blogs. Check it out!
Ask me anything! I love answering chefie questions! Heck, I have been the 1-800 chef for all of my friends and family my whole life. I hope I can be a source of entertainment and knowledge for you too. And now with 29 years' experience of running restaurants, managing hotels, and planning all sorts of parties...I have seen it all!
Get in the kitchen, make a mess, make memories and have a blast!
Love it. Cook it. Eat it.
Chef Alisa
My mission is to inspire and encourage people who love to cook but aspire to have restaurant quality skills to get out of their box, try new flavors and gain confidence in the kitchen by sharing with them my travels, recipes, tricks of the trade and professional knowledge and experience.
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