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https://www.chefbai.kitchen/about/ () Tell us a little about yourself.  No problem, I’m originally from Boulder, CO, I have been cooking since I was a little kid. I learned from my grandmother. cooking videos and stuff I moved to San Francisco, big city fresh out of high school ended up getting my degree at the http://www.chefs.edu/ (Cordon Bleu) private cheffing living that lifestyle Eventually I ended up moving back to Colorado and going back to school for nutrition which kind of led me to living in San Diego The biggest thing I love about San Diego is there’s a farmer’s market every single day of the week! So many questions there, how did you end up going from the Cordon Bleu to nutrition school.  So I actually personally suffer from some health issues degenerative disc disorder chronic pain couldn’t manage it living in San Francisco which was very humbling to go from the big city owning own business back to mom and dad saying help me. I ended up going to a Dr. who wanted to take one of my discs out and he  gave me a 75% chance of walking again I basically laughed at him and say you’re not going to decide my future so I decided to opt out of my surgery. It made me decide to go to school for nutrition. My life was so built around food and I knew if I tried hard enough I could help heal myself and heal my pain. I went to a couple of nutrition schools to try one to find one that I liked. Studied the psychology of why we eat what we eat fresh foods golden nugget of I didn’t know in detail So I healed myself through eating healed my back pain recently had another surgery for my endrometriosis Nutrition has basically saved my life I’m super grateful all of those experiences To be able to open my own eyes and then teach other people how to heal themselves through eating healthy! I also bought the domain name, life happens 4 you this week too because my motto for 2018 is life happens for you not to you. Sounds like life maybe happened to you since your teaching so many people! Maybe someone’s gonna direct them to hear this today and share it with someone that needs to hear it. When listeners go to your https://www.chefbai.kitchen/#welcomehome (website )and see how vibrant you are and how healthy you look! Tell me about your first gardening experience was it with your grandmother did you say?  That was my first cooking experience but my mother is such a kick ass gardener! I grew up in Colorado maybe 20 minutes east of Boulder. Grew up on a couple of acres.  My mom would every single year her garden would get more amazing!  She could only garden in the summer time She would bring ones in plants in pots in the house in the winter time so there were potted plants everywhere! We would do little interviews on our video camera walking around I would talk about all the herbs, tomatoes and squash! My mom would spend time out there for hours replanting things planting new things she would get my dad on new projects build new beds Even to this day still the whole summer is filled with more gardening! Maybe she will be a guest and talk to me about gardening! It’s her biggest love She owns a super successful business but I think if she could she would just quit and garden all day. My mom cooks a few things really really well. She wasn’t the real chef, I would say I was always the chef, I’ve been cooking since I was a little kid! I would kind of teach myself.  My mom was super big on organic! To the point where now if she sees someone spraying she will go up to people and tell them to stop! Because the dogs graze on the grass and we want to keep the bees happy the birds The more chemicals that are sprayed the more it messes up the whole ecosystem. She’s really concerned about super keeping everything environmentally friendly. I’m teaching 4th grade and it sounds like you were doing what Support this podcast