Laurie Zerga, founder and Chief Culinary Officer of Chef-K provides culinary health education for kids ages five through eighteen, as well as adults.  She has an extensive business background as a former officer of a fortune-500 company. In summer 2002, she began to combine her business knowledge with her passion for nutrition and culinary arts. She created and held her first youth culinary camp.  In the last 6 years, she developed culinary programs that combine nutrition, the science of food safety, cooking instruction, table etiquette and tours of food businesses. Her primary clients are organizations that support youth and families as she develops and implements life skill programs that teach healthy eating habits.



She has recently been a guest of ABC's “View from the Bay”, Grapevine Radio and has also been featured in East Bay Business Times and the Costco Connection cover article, “Mom, Inc”.   Passion for family issues is a strong vein in Laurie's life.  This is witnessed through 20 years of parallel time given to family, volunteering in schools and balancing a corporate career.  Her menu planning and cooking for family and large groups began as a child during summers at her grandparents’ guest ranch. By age sixteen she co-chaired her first dinner for two hundred guests to raise funds for the Sebastopol Methodist Church Big Sister, Big Brother Group. She shares her knowledge and strong family values with her clientele.