My mission is to help people achieve optimal health and well being utilizing the power of real, whole, natural, sustainable foods. A wide range of culinary services are customized to the individual needs of each client and are supported by the belief that our food choices makes the difference in how we feel, look, live, and the quality and source of our food greatly impact every aspect of our health, society, world and its inhabitants.
Laurie Gershgorn is passionate about showing people the alternatives to the standard American diet and fad diets by teaching them about the many food choices that nature has to offer. She shares her information and skills through customized nutritional services to empower people to achieve their goals for restoring and maintaining health, feeding their bodies and minds. Laurie understands the fundamentals of human nutrition and its relation to food and healing.
Her wide range of knowledge, skills and intuitivity has provided people with a nourishing diet and lifestyle. As a graduate of the New York ACCET accredited Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City, she is certifiably qualified and experienced in nutritional chef services.
As a sustainable food educator and activist for many years, she has been involved with food co-ops, la leche league, local school districts, and places of worship. Her passion for using the gifts of nature to support wellness is visible in all aspects of her living. Healthy Culinary Creations is located in Westchester County in New York.
Her wide range of knowledge, skills and intuitivity has provided people with a nourishing diet and lifestyle. As a graduate of the New York ACCET accredited Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City, she is certifiably qualified and experienced in nutritional chef services.
As a sustainable food educator and activist for many years, she has been involved with food co-ops, la leche league, local school districts, and places of worship. Her passion for using the gifts of nature to support wellness is visible in all aspects of her living. Healthy Culinary Creations is located in Westchester County in New York.
Healthy Culinary Creations takes pride in showing you which foods are beneficial and how to prepare them.
Many people are told what they should and should not be eating, but not how to achieve it. Laurie shows you how to accomplish your goals. You will learn beyond your current level of cooking skill or nutrition knowledge, based on your needs.
Classes are specialized for those with or without previous cooking experience.
Cooking classes are given on an individual or group basis at the client's home, business, organization, or school. Instruction may include lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on training workshops, using a wide variety of whole foods and cooking techniques to prepare food in the most healthful way.
Client's include:
Many people are told what they should and should not be eating, but not how to achieve it. Laurie shows you how to accomplish your goals. You will learn beyond your current level of cooking skill or nutrition knowledge, based on your needs.
Classes are specialized for those with or without previous cooking experience.
Cooking classes are given on an individual or group basis at the client's home, business, organization, or school. Instruction may include lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on training workshops, using a wide variety of whole foods and cooking techniques to prepare food in the most healthful way.
Client's include:
*Those with the objective of eating healthier, losing weight, making the transition to change their diets*
*Those suffering from chronic, acute or serious illnesses, disorders, food allergies*
*Moms and Dads who desire to learn how to make child friendly foods prepared in a more healthful way*
*Wellness, athletic, health clubs, personal trainers; hospitals; physicians, alternative health care providers, nutritionists, dieticians; support groups*
*Schools - district community adult education, students, PTA/PTO, fundraisers, food service worker training*
*Town recreation departments* *Non-profit organizations*
*Cooking parties specialized for families, get togethers, children; all age groups and interests*
*Home school groups* *Athletes*
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*Those suffering from chronic, acute or serious illnesses, disorders, food allergies*
*Moms and Dads who desire to learn how to make child friendly foods prepared in a more healthful way*
*Wellness, athletic, health clubs, personal trainers; hospitals; physicians, alternative health care providers, nutritionists, dieticians; support groups*
*Schools - district community adult education, students, PTA/PTO, fundraisers, food service worker training*
*Town recreation departments* *Non-profit organizations*
*Cooking parties specialized for families, get togethers, children; all age groups and interests*
*Home school groups* *Athletes*
ASK ABOUT OUR FARM TO TABLE PROGRAMS
Personal Chef Services
Cooking Classes
Nutritional Consulting
School Food Consulting
The Food
Laurie Gershgorn, "The Alternative Chef", is the owner of Healthy Culinary Creations LLC. She is a health supportive chef that provides a wide range of services. Services include personal chef services, cooking classes, nutritional consulting, weight management, school food consulting and food education. If you are looking to make real changes, read on by clicking the categories of information below.
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Laurie will prepare for you delicious, nutritionally balanced meals that are energizing and life sustaining. Gourmet or everday!
Prepared in your home - daily, weekly, for special occasions - when ever required, based on chef availability.
Laurie will work with you to achieve a healthy diet that suits you and your family's needs, likes and dislikes.
Current clients enjoy this service to help them:avoid foods to which they are highly allergic (dairy, gluten, eggs, dairy, nuts, soy, etc)
incorporate nutritional healing in their health plan to remedy acute, chronic, and serious illnesses, cancer, ostepeorosis, diabetes, auto immune disorders, cardiovascular disease, IBS, ADD/ADHD, asmtha, etc.
before or after the birth of a baby
lose weight
try a wide range of healthful foods and escape from processed foods
entertain guests
have an alternative to common restaurant fare
improve their quality of life
make transitions to different diet philosophies
Prepared in your home - daily, weekly, for special occasions - when ever required, based on chef availability.
Laurie will work with you to achieve a healthy diet that suits you and your family's needs, likes and dislikes.
Current clients enjoy this service to help them:
Think of this service as a personal trainer for your body and mind to exercise proper food intake - coaching you for optimal food choice performance.
Healthy Culinary Creations will evaluate your particular situation to provide valuable, usable information to achieve optimal nutritional goals byworking with you and your nutritionist, physician, health care provider to implement those changes you are advised to make
explaining why and showing how to make practical changes that support the advice you have been given about your food intake
collaborating with you to plan meals and snacks
revising recipes using food that enhance nutrients for better body utilization
assisting with high quality food shopping, procurement, label reading
Nutritional consultation is offered independently or with other services of Healthy Culinary Creations LLC.
Clients include those with various illnesses, disorders, food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances, over weight issues, etc.
Healthy Culinary Creations will evaluate your particular situation to provide valuable, usable information to achieve optimal nutritional goals by
Nutritional consultation is offered independently or with other services of Healthy Culinary Creations LLC.
Clients include those with various illnesses, disorders, food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances, over weight issues, etc.
Delicious
Only the freshest, purest ingredients are used to create beautiful, delicious gourmet or everyday informal dishes. A delight to your senses - actually enjoy eating healthy.
Only the freshest, purest ingredients are used to create beautiful, delicious gourmet or everyday informal dishes. A delight to your senses - actually enjoy eating healthy.
Surprise your partner or family with a special meal in the comfort of your own home to celebrate a special occasion!
Know someone who is having or has just given birth of a baby? Pre-natal and post-natal moms need pampering (not to mention the highest quality of nutritious food intake).
Many companies are concerned about supporting their employees health and well-being. Have a corporate dinner or cooking party!
Happy Birthday parties!
Breakfast or lunch delivered to a special someone at their workplace or home.
Be creative! How can we help you?
Traditional
Diets and foods from different cultures, applied seasonally, broaden our choices immensely. The cultures of Asia, the Mediterranean, India, Middle East, to name a few, have contributed many types of dishes that can add powerful positive aspects to our own diet. Many ingredients and ways to prepare food from these cultures are used to enhance the nutrition and flavor of the dishes prepared.
Nutritious
All dishes and meals are balanced to include all the necessary nutritional components, and customized to each client's particular needs, dietary restrictions and requirements. Refined, processed, factory created foods are not used.
Contact Laurie
Call or write to discuss the possibilities...
Laurie Gershgorn can be contacted:
By email: laurie@healthyculinaryrcreations.com
By phone: (914)737-1582 or (914)930-1591
References available upon request
Laurie Gershgorn can be contacted:
By email: laurie@healthyculinaryrcreations.com
By phone: (914)737-1582 or (914)930-1591
References available upon request
About the Chef
Gift Ideas
Children deserve no less than the highest quality food. Offering well prepared whole foods through the school breakfast and lunch programs in private and public schools is extremely revelant to the healthy development of all children.
Healthy Culinary Creations can work with food school program administrators and staff to:
Healthy Culinary Creations can work with food school program administrators and staff to:
- develop elementary, middle and high school cafeteria menus that comply with federal, state and local requirements as well as the needs of the local school community
- train kitchen staff
- procure quality foods economically
- educate in the classroom
- educate the community
- suggest nutrition and food education curriculums
- develop school gardens
Sustainable
Eating seasonal foods is by nature and tradition, the best choice. We are creating a healthy environment for our whole bodes and our whole world by eating:
-organic and small farm vegetables, fruit, grains, beans, nuts, seeds, herbs
-organic meat, dairy and eggs from pasture raised animals
-wild caught fish from clean waters
-properly harvested sea vegetables
-non irradiated and non genetically modified foods
