Eat with Terry

Terry’s world revolves around food. She believes in food as a way to create and build community with friends, family and beyond. Terry has worked in food for the past 35 years, from catering to being a private chef to teaching cooking lessons to running large production kitchens feeding the food insecure.
As an avid traveler, Terry has enjoyed food from all over the world, from India to Turkey to Mexico. She has integrated these adventures into her recipe and menu design.
Terry’s love of food started with her first cookbook from her dad when she was 7 years old. After a stint cooking in hotels and pubs in Europe, Terry went to cooking school and started her catering career working with exclusive caterers back in Chicago.
Terry’s private chef services empathetically focus on getting to know the likes and needs of her clients. With her extensive cooking experience, she can make practically anything a client and their family wants! Terry also has experience developing recipes and menus that meet the needs of the nutritional needs of her clients. If interested, Terry can source ingredients sustainably. 
Terry really loves teaching people how to cook and entertain. Classes could include making appetizers for entertaining, the basics of delicious vegan food or how to wow your friends with a Mediterranean feast! Terry’s classes, with humor and joy, include her extensive knowledge of food traditions, ingredient production and sourcing, and, of course, cooking techniques.   
Concerned about the rising food insecurity amid the pandemic, Terry co-founded Chefs for the People to feed those impacted and to employ cooks that had lost their jobs with the economic shutdown. 
Catering experience: For 6 years I was the catering director at Market Hall, the amazing marketplace in Oakland, CA. Our catering department won Best Of Oakland 6 years in a row! I have worked with both private and business clients, and delivery as well as full service events.

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