Kate McAloon
Profile:
Chef Kate McAloon, Chef to the "Stars" and beyond, was born with a "mixing spoon" in her mouth and a natural talent for creating food with amazing flavors. When asked what her specialty is she loves to say "FLAVOR!" Her love of cooking and travel has inspired her dishes and recipes with flavors from around the world that bring joy to all who have a chance to try them. Much of her inspiration comes from her favorite places in the world especially Provence and the French Riviera, where she lived and attended cooking school at the Moulin de Mougins Restaurant on the French Riviera and apprenticed in their kitchen. Chef Kate also lived in Hawaii, Florida, Washington, Oregon, London, St Martin, and Marbella, Spain where she had an "Up Market" Night Club in the 80s. Chef Kate travels whenever she has a break in her busy cooking life and loves to try new foods wherever she goes. She lives in the LA area where she has cooked for many celebrity clients including Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sheryl Crow, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, Courteney Cox and David Arquette and Meg Ryan. She is currently co-writing a Lavender Inspired Cookbook with, Alicia Wolff owner of the organic; Keys Creek Lavender Farm (www.kclfarm.com) near San Diego. Chef Kate is also trained in Vegetarian, Vegan and "Special Diets". She uses Organic foods whenever possible, enjoys finding the freshest ingredients at Farmers Markets and uses "Super Foods" and Medicinal Herbs in her dishes to create healthy food that nourishes the body and soul and keeps the waist line slim. The "hidden" Veggies and Herbs in Chef Kate's food is what help to make them so good for you and delicious! She believes in making dishes taste great and fills them with ingredients that help people to feel good and remain healthy. Chef Kate says "When your food is organic, very tasty and deeply satisfying you just naturally eat less and feel better." Kate's philosophy is eat small portions with healthy ingredients packed with flavor and nutrition and don't forget to have fun and "Celebrate Life".