Introduction: Han Ashley is a personal chef with more than 25 years of cooking experience and is the founder and executive chef of The Epicurean, a catering and restaurant business in Waco, Texas.
A graduate of Loma Linda University, she was trained in healthy cooking at the Weimar Institute of Health and Education. There, she learned to cook without oil, butter, sugar, salt, and animal products. Then she added valuable food industry business skills through working with extended family members who own thriving restaurants in California, working with many fine chefs to hone her skills.
Her approach to healthy cooking is informed as much by her experience as a mother of two active and healthy children, as it is by her experience as a professional chef. Using her professional training, she has developed her own recipes for a variety of cuisines, from vegetarian, vegan, raw and classic gourmet meals to on-the-go snacks; nutritious, healthy-living dishes; and food that appeals to all ages, including her own kids.
Han says, "I really believe my love and passion for delicious food is in my genetic makeup since my Vietnamese relatives either own restaurants, manage them or have other roles within the food industry. It encompasses the lives of the people around me. My education and training as a chef honed my interest into a niche, a focus on enjoying food not merely as sustenance but also as a healthy family ritual that can nourish and heal both body and soul."
Her original recipes have been applauded in newspaper and magazine reviews, as well as by countless customers who have seen their health improve by following her recipes and guidelines.
Unlike quick-fix health and weight-loss programs that so often stress doing without, Han's approach focuses on comfort foods from 16 countries, with familiar flavors that resonate home.
Customers who have followed her approach have lost weight, reduced or eliminated diabetes and cholesterol medication, and reported a wide range of improvements in other health conditions, all while eating well.
Her recipes incorporate whole plant-based proteins, local and seasonal produce, gluten-free alternatives, and low-fat, low-cholesterol unprocessed ingredients that are good for the body. These are recipes that have been Han's customers' favorites over the years, comfort foods raised to the gourmet level by balancing salty, sweet, sour, bitter and spicy flavors without the high-sodium, cholesterol and fat content of the original methods.
These recipes make food that is so good, it will satiate your appetite and nourish your soul. It has won over many skeptics who were previously devout steak-and-potatoes devotees, and it has converted finicky children who normally hate vegetables.
As The Epicurean Chef, Han Ashley has always been devoted to good food, comfort and good health. Her personal chef services reflect that mantra.
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