About

Born in Atlanta and raised in a small town in North Georgia, I knew from a young age that I wanted to be a chef. As I grew up, I spent countless hours either immersed in cookbooks or cooking with my grandmother, mother, and sisters. Drawing inspiration from my grandmother, who owned a Southern Fried Pie business, I developed a love of hospitality and an intuition for baking and pastries. 

While earning a Bachelor of Arts degree at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, GA, I began to hone my pastry skills in professional kitchens, developing and executing the opening pastry program for a local bakery. Over the next 10 years, I continued to grow my expertise in the hospitality industry working in a variety of roles, from pastry chef to culinary manager to managing all aspects of business operations as co-owner of Gather, a small catering and event company. 

In 2015, I opened Revel Pastry Company in Chattanooga, TN, specializing in hand-crafted, seasonally inspired pastries and desserts and serving a variety of wholesale clients. Here I continued to refine my style as a chef, focusing on marrying classical techniques with fresh flavor combinations and clean, modern presentations. In 2016 I expanded Revel to include a retail space in Atlanta, GA. Shortly after closing Revel, I joined international hospitality consulting firm, Ellis Adams Group. Since joining the EAg team, I have used my extensive experience in a variety of ways, establishing menus, recipes, and overseeing culinary operations for multiple concepts, developing corporate operational processes, and assisting with marketing. 

When I’m not working, you’ll likely find me enjoying a good meal with friends, learning something new in the culinary, wine, or cocktail worlds, immersing myself in music, or planning my next travel adventure.