About

Laurie Zerga, Strategic Business Advisor, and founder of Chef-K®, provides culinary education that is the link to a longer, healthier life.  Through Chef-K, she has trained almost 20,000 children and families, over 15 years, nationally.  She oversees curriculum for kids, ages three through eighteen, and adults. These culinary programs combine lessons on nutrition, food safety, cooking instruction, and table etiquette, and give tours of food businesses, with hands-on cooking. Her primary clients are organizations that support youth and families in schools, Boys & Girls clubs, and military youth programs.  Chef-K material has been reviewed and included in resource libraries from USDA, SNAP-Ed, California Healthy Kids and After School Resource Centers, as well as other state agencies.  She is pleased to be on the board of Nourishing Generations, a 501C3 non-profit organization.