She is a personal chef, a mom, an organic gardener, an herbalist, a party planner, a professional entertainer, a yogini, a domestic goddess, and a mid-lifer.

She began her creative life as a professional actor, singer and dancer at the age of nineteen, and still performs to this day! However, cooking has always been her passion. So Lela has taken her audience to a smaller venue, the kitchen. On her own terms she creates, produces and directs culinary hits. Her zeal for food and her flair for the dramatic saturate her meals.

Executive Chef – Quintess Luxury Estates, Sonoma & Napa CA
Executive Chef – Greystone in the Vines, Kenwood CA
Executive Chef – Repris Winery, Sonoma CA
Executive chef — Adobe Road Winery Sonoma
Graduate – Choate Rosemary Hall School
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre – University of Southern California
Essentials of Raw Food Preparation & Internship – Living Light Culinary Arts Institute
Raw Food Detox Program – Optimal Health Institute
Natural Food Chef – Bauman College
Founding Member – Wide Angle Health