Aloha and welcome to my company, Maui Fresh Chef. My name is Ann-Marie and I hope you have found yourself here because of your love and appreciation of food. Maybe you are looking to have someone cook meals for you while you are on Maui, or you desire to learn something new to grow your awareness about the possibilities of plant-based eating or you have other culinary curiosities that I can help you with.

I move to Maui in 2002 and have been cooking and creating memories for thousands of guests over the past 13 years through my cooking and hands-on classes. I invite you to come enjoy a meal, a cooking class, or experience a full-immersion culinary experience with my new multi-day offerings on Maui that will shift your life forever. Throughout my journey with food it has always been about healthy and fresh, but it’s also about the creative process beginning with the ingredients I source. I love learning about food and all of the possibilities and I want to share that passion with you.

I founded Maui Fresh Chef, LLC in 2008 when I was unclear of my own path in life. I knew that I had a passion for cooking and a zest for life that was insatiable and still is! I chose this path because being in the kitchen and cooking has always brought me peace, has allowed me to highlight my creativity and it brings me joy to know that people enjoy eating the food I create. I believe in peak life experiences and mine have taken me around the globe to over 40 countries.
When I found myself in Maui 19 years ago I took my knowledge of Vegetarian, Macrobiotic and Italian cuisines and incorporated local Hawaiian ingredients and the flavors of the Islands into my cuisine. I have now come to a point in my life that it is imperative for my life’s work to be further integrated into my values and lifestyle. My culinary services highlight Vegan and Plant-Based cuisine so as each of us continue to eat healthy and to learn to use food for healing we can fully enjoy the vibrancy life has to offer!

Over the years I have diligently learned about the foods and the ingredients I use to create delicious and healthy dishes. The possibilities of creating satisfying dishes with plant-based ingredients are unlimited. After visiting the small island of Bali ten times throughout the past decade I recognized that the global influence of plant-based cuisine has become more of a lifestyle rather than a “diet”. When I travel I want to eat healthy and at the same time enjoy culinary experiences. Just because you choose to eat healthy does not mean you need to feel deprived or limited in your choices. When I go on vacation I do not want to cook and where I go is influenced by the food options offered.

When you cook for yourself you are empowered and enabled to feed yourself and your family in the healthiest of way. One of my greatest pleasures is shopping at the local farmer’s markets and being able to buy a pound of fresh sweet basil to make my own pesto, or to get fresh heirloom tomatoes to roast, sweet purple carrots to spiralize for salad or local macadamia nuts to roast and to put into my homemade desserts. This is a very satisfying experience for me.

Now and beyond my intention is to fine tune my culinary craft as I create more vegan desserts, sauces that have that “umami” flavor and creative culinary dishes that you want to devour. In addition I plan my to highlight the plant-based lifestyle for people who are still confused as many people don’t know where to begin to incorporate plant-based foods into their life successfully. It’s important to educate and inform so that we each have the knowledge of nutrition to create health for ourselves and generations to follow. Food is amazing and plays an important role in our lives and impacts every corner of the globe.

I invite you to contact me with any questions you might have and see how I can assist you on your own food journey, wherever you may be on that path.
Here’s to Your Health and Vegan Cuisine with Aloha.

Chef Ann-Marie