TEST KITCHEN Home/Health Professionals/Test Kitchen Meet Our Chefs Incredible recipe developers who continuously find new ways to create delicious dishes with our apples, pears and cherries. Williams-Raines Williams Raines is a recipe and content development consultancy that helps brands connect with the growing health-conscious consumer market. Beth Williams is a plant based recipe developer, copywriter and marketing consultant with over 13 years of professional experience. Born in France to British and Canadian parents, she is perfectly bilingual and lives in Barcelona, Spain with her husband. Meg Raines is a plant based recipe developer and food photographer, originally from Western NY, who lives in Chelan WA with her husband and 3 dogs. She has worked for over two decades in the food and hospitality industry. Beth and Meg met during the intensive Rouxbe Professional Plant Based Certification course and decided to join forces to offer original recipes, photos and online content to brands and companies. Their passion for making and sharing deliciously healthy and beautiful food drives their growing business. To find out more, check out TheEvolvingPlate.com Registered Dietitian McKenzie Hall McKenzie Hall is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, writer, speaker and nutrition spokesperson focused on helping others develop a positive relationship with food and their bodies. With her business partner, Lisa Samuel, McKenzie co-founded Nourish RDs, a nutrition communications and consulting company. Together, they partner with other like-mind food, health, and PR companies, health professionals, and commodity boards to educate others about the value in developing maintainable and sustainable habits to achieve health, happiness and balanced living. Basked in the greater Los Angeles area, she provides individual and group nutritional counseling, grocery store tours, nutrition workshops, and cooking classes. McKenzie is also a contributing editor for the award winning publication, Environmental Nutrition, and her numerous other articles can be found in publications such as The Chicago Tribune, Today’s Dietitian, The Daily Press, The Morning Call, Buffalo News, OR Today, The Santa Clarita Valley’s Signal Healthy & Family Guide, and more. McKenzie graduated magna cum laude from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo with a degree in Food Science and Nutrition and completed her Dietetic Internship at Bastyr University in Seattle. In addition to following her own “non-diet” advice, McKenzie loves discovering new hiking trails (in both California and back home in Alberta, Canada), camping the local food at her favorite farmer’s markets, and baking in her sunny California kitchen. Born and raised in a small beach town in Southern California, Holly Markey’s food career journey began with a catering class at her local community college at 18. She loved it, and was immediately bitten by the culinary bug. She later received her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Kaplan University, and continues to participate in culinary programs and classes all over California and the UK. Holly has spent the majority of her culinary career as a family chef and personal events caterer, before joining NourishRDs. She continually strives to make a positive impact in her community by volunteering her time with her local food bank, working mostly with children and families to learn the importance of proper nutrition and using the food bank’s resources to create balanced meals at home. Registered Dietitian Lisa Samuel A cooking cupid with a mission to help people fall in love with their kitchen, Lisa Samuel believes the most powerful thing you can do for your health is to learn to cook and share meals with the people you love. Lisa is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist and a cooking instructor, public speaker, writer, and consultant and spokesperson for commodity boards and food companies. You can find Lisa blogging about nutrition and sharing healthy recipes at www.nourishrds.com, and you can find her Pinning, Instagramming, and Facebooking. If you’re in the Bellingham area, you can attend one of her cooking classes or workshops at the Community Food Co-op and Ciao Thyme. Lisa also shares her passion for food, hosting gatherings, travel, and home design on www.Simmstown.com, and you can follow along with her on her personal Instagram and on Pinterest. Lisa lives in the lovely community of Bellingham, Washington with her amazing husband, Elie and their two cats. They own a furniture store, Samuel’s Furniture. Aside from everything already mentioned, a few of Lisa’s favorite things include the color turquoise, her home state of Kentucky, long walks with friends, yoga and prayer. Education and Professional Organizations: Wright State University, MBA with a concentration in Marketing Columbia University, B.S. in Biological Sciences Bastyr University, Dietetic Internship Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Member Nutrition Entrepreneurs Dietetic Practice Group, Member Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness (SCAN) Dietetic Practice Group, Member Registered Dietitian Holly Markey Born and raised in a small beach town in Southern California, Holly Markey’s food career journey began with a catering class at her local community college at 18. She loved it, and was immediately bitten by the culinary bug. She later received her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Kaplan University, and continues to participate in culinary programs and classes all over California and the UK. Holly has spent the majority of her culinary career as a family chef and personal events caterer, before joining NourishRDs. She continually strives to make a positive impact in her community by volunteering her time with her local food bank, working mostly with children and families to learn the importance of proper nutrition and using the food bank’s resources to create balanced meals at home. McKenzie, Holly, and Lisa love connecting with the online community through social media networks. You can find them blogging at www.nourishRDs.com, and tweeting, Pinning, Instagramming, and Facebooking too! Chelan Fresh Executive Chef Joseph A. Nagy Age: 38 School: Western Culinary 1999 Portland Oregon Training under Surge Roche Vermont. Work Experiences: Executive Chef Lou Lou Restaurant Brooklyn N.Y. Executive Chef H20 Martini Bar Restaurant at Portland, Oregon Executive Chef Vin Du Lac Winery at Chelan, Washington Executive Chef Stevens Pass, Washington Executive Chef for five resort restaurants Creator of Farm to Table Plans to spearhead the creation of a large Chelan Fresh Garden in the Spring for year-round good food Owner Maki Sushi at Chelan, Washington To place an order, please contact a Chelan Fresh account manager. By Phone (509) 682-4252 Monday-Friday 7:00am-4:00pm PST By Email contact@chelanfresh.com By Fax (509) 682-2651 CONTACT US Have a question, comment or thought? Hearing from you would make our day! PHONE: (509) 682 4252 EMAIL: contact@chelanfresh.com ADDRESS: 301 East Johnson Avenue, Chelan, WA 98816 QUICK LINKS Home News Apples Cherries Pears SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! FIRST NAME * LAST NAME * COMPANY NAME EMAIL ADDRESS * Sign Up! 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