Recipient of the Julia Child Fund at the Boston Foundation Independent Study Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded internationally to a culinary professional with a demonstrated commitment to advancing his or her skills as a writer, educator or researcher in the culinary arts with a concentration on French food, history and tradition.

A.O.S. in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America, N.Y. Twenty years experience in catering and nutritional consulting in New York, Brisbane and Sydney.

Fifteen years experience in Immunology and Cancer Research in Australia, Switzerland, France and New York.