Shelly Stauber
Summary
Therapeutic & Nutrition-Focused Private Chef with 15+ years of experience cooking in commercial and residential kitchens. Delivers deep passion for education surrounding harnessing the healing powers of food, and preparing daily delectable meals. Large repertoire of healthy recipes and self-motivation to experiment with and customize new recipes. Creates menus built around client preferences to cultivate well-being and vitality. Extensive experience in dealing with organic ingredients and cooking international cuisine. Highly organized, motivated, detailed, creative and versatile.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Therapeutic Personal Chef & Healing Food Educator
The Medicinal Gourmet
10.2008 - Current
- Planned medicinally gourmet menus that focus on healthy, organic, fresh food sourced from local farmers and health food stores.
- Enhanced client satisfaction by creating personalized and diverse gourmet meal plans tailored to individual preferences and dietary requirements.
- Customized and tailored restorative and potent holistic healing programs for a wide variety of health conditions with exceptional results.
- Taught targeted nutrition and healing classes and workshops at FGCU, local HOA's, Collier County Libraries, Collier County Public Schools, and private groups to raise awareness and education on effective and life-changing habits and practices.
- Collaborated as a SWFL BlueZones Ambassador on a variety of ongoing longevity initiatives, guiding our community to healthy local resources to ensure vibrant health and well-being.
- Developed and maintained an extensive repertoire of recipes to cater to diverse tastes and dietary requirements while staying current with healing global food protocols.
- Offered cooking classes for individuals or small groups as an additional service to enhance clients' personal culinary skills.
- Delivered excellent food quality and maximized customer satisfaction by preparing meals according to customer needs and requests.
- Prepared and served meals for small dinner parties and complied with diet requests and special accommodations.
- Labeled food to include reheating and safe storage and handling instructions.
- Developed menus, controlled food costs and oversaw quality, sanitation, and safety processes.
Marketing Manager
BioSpace, Inc.
06.2005 - 09.2007
- Boosted brand awareness and generated leads while managing internal and external marketing campaigns and programs.
- Created company brand messaging, collateral materials, customer events, promotional strategies, and product commercialization.
- Managed social media accounts for optimal audience engagement and increased online presence.
- Developed and implemented marketing strategies to use for launches, rebranding campaigns and promotions.
- Organized successful trade show exhibits, showcasing products or services effectively to potential customers or partners.
- Increased brand awareness by developing and implementing strategic marketing campaigns.
- Improved customer loyalty by implementing effective email marketing campaigns and personalized offers.
- Mentored junior team members, providing guidance and support to foster professional growth and skill development within the marketing department.
- Implemented data-driven marketing strategies, utilizing analytics tools to track campaign success and refine tactics as needed.
- Maintained documentation, detailing assignments, in-progress work and completed project milestones.
- Oversaw preparation of marketing copy, images, videos, emails, and other collateral.
- Coordinated with design and media teams to develop high-quality creative assets.
- Launched successful digital marketing campaigns that achieved goals for increased website traffic.
- Wrote and distributed press releases to increase brand visibility.
Education
Regenerative Nutritional Chef Certification - Regenerative Nutrition & Restorative Cuisine
Ballymaloe Cookery School
Cork, Ireland05.2008
Bachelor of Arts - International Marketing & International Relations
American University
Washington, DC05.2002
Skills
- Kitchen Organization
- Creative Thinking
- Client Relationship Building
- Knife Skills
- Cooking techniques
- Nutritional knowledge
- Ingredient Sourcing
- Recipe Development
- Allergy awareness
- Menu Planning
- Special diets
- Vegan Cooking
- Special Diet Accommodation
- International Cuisine
- Local Ingredient Sourcing
- Customized Meal Plans
- Kitchen Garden Maintenance
- Strong Work Ethic
- Attention to Detail
- Food Safety
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Recipe creation
- Meal Preparation
- Grocery shopping
- Kitchen equipment usage
- Food photography
- Diabetic Menus
- Low Fat Recipes
- Gluten-Free Cooking
- Vegetarian Cooking
- Hygiene Policy Implementation
Accomplishments
- Designed customized new menus, including tailored meal selections, beverages and pricing.
- Guided and supported individuals worldwide in revolutionizing their relationship with food, thereby enhancing quality of life and longevity.
- Fostered relationships with local regenerative food growers, farmers and non-profits to source the highest quality ingredients for clients and students.
- Re-designed kitchen stations and equipment placement which increased productivity and enhanced workflow processes.
Affiliations
- BlueZones Project Ambassador
- Medical Medium Community
Hobbies
Living a life filled with purpose and intention is my greatest joy! Whether I am tending to our various fruits trees, pollinating flowers, vegetable and herb garden or simply nourishing my mind and soul with loving self-care rituals, I do so with joyful intention. I delight in reading a wide variety of books which raise my awareness through conscious practices, while sharing these with my beautiful daughter, allowing us to grow and blossom. Immersing myself in cultures worldwide has opened my eyes and heart to new ways of co-existing and co-creating with others from whom I have much to learn. Supporting children and teenagers in re-wilding themselves in nature via nature connection activities, regenerative food growing practices, healthy and nourishing food preparation and recipe creation is one of my deepest passions and desires. By inspiring and empowering our youth, we carve a new and healing path for all to thrive!
Languages
French
Professional Working
Hebrew
Professional Working
Timeline
Therapeutic Personal Chef & Healing Food Educator
The Medicinal Gourmet
10.2008 - Current
Marketing Manager
BioSpace, Inc.
06.2005 - 09.2007
Regenerative Nutritional Chef Certification - Regenerative Nutrition & Restorative Cuisine
Ballymaloe Cookery School
Bachelor of Arts - International Marketing & International Relations
American University
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