Welcome to Maui Fresh Chef. You have found yourself here because you love food, want to eat healthy, and appreciate the finest and freshest ingredients this world offers. I am Ann-Marie Burtell, a private chef in Maui, Hawaii for the past 13 years, and have been on this lifestyle journey for decades. It has been and continues to be a privilege to serve clients from around the globe who travel to this beautiful paradise.

My inspiration continues to come from Maui’s abundant and varied food-plant sources. I am inspired daily by the freshest ingredients I have access to from the hearts of farmers who so painstakingly make them available at local markets.

Food is a very important component of the human experience and it must be both nourishing and enjoyable. Your food choices should not limit the way you live – instead, your food choices should improve the way you live. Over the past decade, more and more people are understanding the health impact of their food choices. It is a privilege to cook for you, teach you something new and guide you in any way I can as you travel along your own culinary journey.

When I first experienced the Island of Bali, Indonesia

I was exposed to what could be possible with food and I discovered a creative component I had not experienced previously. One of my greatest culinary inspirations is Mr. Made (Maa-day) from Moksa Ubud in Bali, who owns one of the greatest vegan restaurants in the world. I was also inspired by the avant-garde chefs in Washington, DC, when cooking for families and teaching cooking classes in the greater DC area.
When I visited a small island in Vietnam a number of years ago I took a cooking class at a village just outside of Hoian. I was hooked on the freshness of Vietnamese cuisine and fell even more in love with creative Asian cuisine.