About Me

I’m a professional chef who has worked in commercial kitchens since 2005, and I also live with Type 1 Diabetes. Food has been my craft, my creative outlet, and my career for nearly two decades — and in 2017, it also became part of my personal health journey.

That year, the restaurant I lead at a private club was thriving. Our kitchen had become a highly efficient, energized operation; our beer‑dinner series with local breweries had earned a loyal following; and we were fully booked night after night. I was writing some of the most inspired menus of my career. From the outside, everything looked seamless.

Behind the scenes, I was struggling. After a year of illness and a misdiagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes, I was prescribed medications that left me nauseated, exhausted, irritable, and unable to keep weight on. My blood sugar remained unstable, and I was pushing through each day on sheer determination. When I finally received the correct diagnosis — Type 1 Diabetes, on June 7, 2017 — everything changed.

Type 1 opened the door to an entirely new way of living and cooking. After all these years, I’m still learning, adapting, and redefining my relationship with food. My goal is to stay creative as a chef while exploring how food fuels us, how it affects our bodies, and how to reimagine the dishes I’ve loved throughout my career in ways that support health without sacrificing joy.

This space is where I share that journey. You’ll find my evolving relationship with food, my experiments in healthier twists on classic dishes, and the honest reality that not everything needs to be low‑carb or perfectly “clean.” Even with Type 1, there is room for balance — and yes, for the occasional indulgence.

I invite you to follow along as I continue exploring, learning, and cooking with both creativity and intention.