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About Fresh Chef Experience:
Fresh Chef Experience Cooking Classes and Parties are a fresh idea focused on food and fun. Whether you are hosting a cooking party or just want to step up your culinary skills, our private cooking classes or parties happen with a small guest-to-chef ratio.  All attendees enjoy plenty of one-on-one time working directly with a professional chef in the privacy of a home, office, or event space.

To learn more about Fresh Chef Experience visit us at our website: www.freshchefexperience.com

About Chef Kathy:

Culinary School Graduate – Sullivan University   Kathy Douglas is a professionally trained chef and serial entrepreneur.  After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Sullivan University’s Culinary Program, she decided to create fun and educational cooking events to bring back enjoyable home cooking. Fresh Chef Experience teaches cooking techniques focusing on preparation from fresh, raw ingredients to promote healthy cooking at home.
Along with teaching in Louisville & Lexington William-Sonoma retails stores, Chef Kathy teaches multiple cooking classes in the community ranging from elementary school age through college students. As community service, she teaches the Cooking Matters/No Kid Hungry program for Dare to Care Food Bank as well as Farm to Fork Classes for the Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm. She also teaches college classes for the “Eat 2B Well” Culinary Medicine Program at the University of Louisville. You can find her around town actively teaching on various cooking stages including the Home, Garden & Remodeling Show and the Kentucky State Fair. Chef Kathy is also a culinary judge for the ProStart Kentucky state-wide high school program.

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