Bev Shaffer

Bev Shaffer is a chef, cooking school instructor and author specializing in recipe development. Some accomplishments ~ she has developed more than 10,000 recipes on a wide variety of subjects, and was invited to present a Winter Comfort Food Workshop (with Brownies, oh my!) at The James Beard House in New York City.

She is Recipe Development Manager and Chef in the Test Kitchen at Vitamix World Headquarters.

Bev is a freelance food and travel writer; she continues to have great fun with her column (“Gadget Freak”), that appeared for over four years in Northern Ohio Live Magazine and her popular weekly column (“Ask Bev”) that appeared for over eight years in the Cleveland Plain Dealer is now available as part of her enewsletter, BITE THIS! She has written and photographed several feature travel-food pieces for the Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday TRAVEL section, has crafted seasonal recipes with food tips for the Mountain Valley Spring Water website and contributes to Uncle John’s Plant Farm blog, EAT PLANTS. Her latest blog, featuring kitchen gadgets and culinary necessities, is aptly named GADGET FREAK.

Making over 100 appearances on the four major Cleveland networks and on public television, Bev has been a producer and host of a 50 episode, award-winning cooking show (ACM Award – Alliance for Community Award). A virtual chef for an instructional/educational web site for public television, Bev created a “cooking on camera” instructional class for Cuyahoga Community College.

She’s presented radio “cooking” segments on WAKR’s AM Morning Drive Time and

the popular “Bev’s Kitchen”, aired throughout the day on WCLV FM.

The American Culinary Federation has requested her presentations, and her edible Christmas tree ornaments were hung on four “culinary” trees in the Grand Foyer at the White House.

Bev was chosen as recipient of the following international culinary writing fellowships at the Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, Arkansas:

• Culinary Writing Fellowship sponsored by Weber Stephens (Weber grills)

• Culinary Writing Fellowship sponsored by the National Egg Board

The Ohio Dietetic Association presented Bev with their Outstanding Contribution Award in recognition of her significant contribution toward helping the Ohio Dietetic Association achieve its goals.

A member of: International Association of Culinary Professionals; Chefs Collaborative; Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, and current President and founding member of Les Dames d’Escoffier – Cleveland-Northeast Ohio Chapter.