Hey! I’m Clare.

I’m a Bay Area-based, professionally-trained culinary educator. My goal is to meet folks where they’re at and inspire them to cook.

With 12+ years in the food and cookware retail industries, I cut my teeth as a private chef, cooking instructor and food video producer in NYC. For the last few years, I led the Content and Social Media teams on the corporate side at Williams Sonoma. I worked with folks like Ina Garten, Stanley Tucci and Tyler Florence, and yes, there was unlimited Peppermint Bark. Check out some of my work here.

These days, I’m a freelance private chef, video creator and recipe developer. I’m also back teaching again in real life! Check out my classes at Civic Kitchen in the Mission in San Francisco.

I live in Oakland, CA with my boyfriend, a couple of raised-bed gardens and no dishwasher.


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Cook, recipe developer and content person in Oakland, CA in the SF Bay Area. Former Williams Sonoma Content Director.