Natural Kitchen Podcast

If you're a farm to table foodie, or someone who dreams of teaching cooking classes, you're going to love this episode!

Laura Scheck always had a passion for food, where it comes from and how to make it.  She has been a teacher, non-profit professional, and adult educator. Laura has always sought to help others be their best selves. In 2010, she started her neighborhood CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) with neighbors and became even more invested in where her food comes from. Laura developed a relationship with her farmer and learned more about eating sustainable foods. She practiced how to cook it, and how to put it away for a winter day. Eventually, the tug of the culinary arts and a passion for seasonal local cooking brought Laura to the Natural Gourmet Institute where she completed the Chef's Training Program in health supportive cooking. Laura now focuses on primarily plant-based, healing food. She offers cooking classes that are objective driven, informative and engaging for all ages.

Join us to hear how she built a successful business teaching people how to make delicious, healthful dishes from what's abundant right now. She shares lots of valuable advice for anyone getting started in the cooking class instructor field.

Ever dreamed of creating your own food product? Well listen up as Sweet Vegan's Founder, Andrea Young, shares with us how she did it.

Sweet Vegan grew out of Andrea Young's love of creating healthy and delicious treats for people she cares about. Her journey began in her Indiana kitchen, learning to cook and bake from her maternal grandma, Georgia May. With 5 children in her family and her Mom working full time to make ends meet, Georgia May saw to it that they learned good cooking skills and shared a passion for food.

This love of food never left Andrea's heart. Even as her career as a designer blossomed, Andrea became a vegan chef and attended The Natural Kitchen Cooking School.  Teaching at Integral Yoga in NYC and working as the personal chef for the artist, Peter Max, reignited her passion to connect people through food.

Making treats for others, Andrea received praises for her chocolates. In the art of chocolate-making there are endless possibilities to create new mouthwatering flavors. It’s an experience that transports people to their happy place and creates a sense of delight. It was through this sharing that Sweet Vegan was born.

All of Sweet Vegan's chocolates are soy, nut, dairy, and gluten-free. They are dedicated to creating great tasting chocolates. Sweet Vegan eliminates everything that gets in the way of this experience, letting you indulge with total pleasure.

Going on passion and commitment, Giovana took that leap that many of want to but are afraid to do. She started an exciting and rewarding business around her love of plant-based cooking to help guide clients who want to eat a plant-based diet and don't know where to begin. In my interview with her I was so impressed with her genuineness, dedication to make the world a better place and the beautiful website and blog she has created from the group up. Listen in and get inspired by Giovana as she helps people find a healthy relationship with food.

Christine interviews Jennifer Haubrich, "Your Veggie Coach," a holistic health coach and natural food chef committed to helping families get healthier, improve the quality of their lives and decrease their future risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Jennifer shared with Christine how she helps parents replace the stress of feeding their families with confidence and peace of mind that they are passing on healthy eating and living habits that will serve their kids for a lifetime.

Jennifer shares recipes and weekly inspiration and advice in her weekly blog on YourVeggieCoach.com, enjoys coaching clients one on one and is the creator of the online program Green Your Plate, Change Your Life that helps people eat (and enjoy!) more leafy greens. She lives in Bucks County, PA with her husband, two daughters and a rescue dog who loves kale, named Elvie. 

This first episode is short and sweet, welcoming listeners to a brand new podcast all about the food business. Whether you looking to get started as a food blogger, recipe developer, private chef, cooking class instructor, cooking video creator or social media food influencer, the possibilities are endless when it comes to earning income with your love of food and cooking! Join our host, Christine Waltermyer, to hear more about what you can expect each week from this fun and informative podcast for aspiring and new Foodpreneurs.