About our Chefs

Shana
Chef Shana has been interested in food and cooking since she can remember. Growing up in the Portland area, she watched her mom cook often-exotic menus and this taught her to try many new and different foods. As she grew older, she became intrigued with wide range of new and exciting ingredients as well as dishes from many parts of the world.

Perhaps the event that most solidified her love for food was a four-month study abroad opportunity she had in Guadalajara, Mexico. As a biology major in college, her focus on science had shielded her life-long interest in cooking. Her daily exposure to AUTHENTIC Mexican food during her travels revived her original idea of a career in the culinary arts.

While working a short time in Seattle as a cancer research technician, Chef Shana realized that food was still her passion. She attended six months of training in the Culinary Arts Program at the Art Institute of Seattle, then, after moving back to Portland, decided to begin Ready, Set, Eat! Inc. Personal Chef Service. Shana’s business goals are to steadily expand her business, allowing for busy people to eat well-balanced meals as well as offering positions as personal chefs to people with a passion for food.

As a perfect opportunity to incorporate her science background with foods, Shana is very interested in creating menus for specialty diets. This can include people with food allergies (gluten/wheat, casein/dairy, or individual ingredients) or medical setbacks (such as diabetes, high cholesterol, etc). Chef Shana has also had experience incorporating nutritional recommendations from personal trainers and nutritionists into menus, allowing for clients to receive the correct allocation of calories, protein, carbohydrates and fat in their menu.

Chef Shana’s commitment is to provide healthy, nutritionally-balanced meals to busy couples and families while saving her clients time, energy and money. Let the chefs of Ready, Set, Eat! Inc. prepare a meal for you today; compare the cost and convenience!