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Nadine Nelson, Owner of Global Local Gourmet
Chef Nadine Nelson, Green Queen of Cuisine, is the eco chef and social entrepreneur
of Global Local Gourmet, a roving community supported kitchen. Chef Nadine was
born in Toronto, Canada of Jamaican Heritage. She has always loved cooking and her
vegetables. She has studied the culinary arts in Paris at the Ritz Escoffier, has a
certificate in food styling from the New School and a certificate in fundraising and
philanthropy from New York University in New York, and earned a teaching degree
from Tufts University in Boston, consequently she brings a worldly perspective to
seasonal food.
She is a social activist, cooking instructor, chef, writer, recipe developer/tester, food
consultant, experiential epicurean event producer and culinary artist. She is an expert
in interactive cuisine and has worked with such clients as Harvard University, The Apollo
Theater, the City of New Haven, Boston Office of Conventions and Tourism, The
National Park Service, The Food Project, Disney, Bain and Company, Columbia
University, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and the Tobago Jazz
Festival designing and delivering cooking classes, culinary team building, wellness
workshops, culinary tours, and epicurean event planning.
MacArthur Genius Will Allen, Executive Director of sustainable giant Growing Power
said of her work "I have been a lot of places and seen a lot of things, but I have never
seen people having the community come together and cook their meal together, that
was something new. That put New Haven on the Map. The organizer is ingenious".
Nadine has been privileged to cook for various celebrities and dignitaries. She enjoys
making you a star in your own kitchen where you can cook up delicious adventures far
from expected yet close to home.
Nadine Nelson’s Recent Press
Master Cooks Stir the Pot:
https://www.artspaper.org/articles/2018/2/1/master-cooks-stir-the-pot
A Digital Map Leads to Reparations for Black and Indigenous Farmers
http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/a-digital-map-leads-to-reparations-for-black
-and-indigenous-farmers-20180221
What White People Can Do for Food Justice​:
http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/what-white-people-can-do-for-food-justice-
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