Lisa Odegard

Lisa has always loved cooking from as far back as she can remember. Often prepping with her mom, stuffing pasta shells, making lasagna, chicken cacciatore, Pasta e fagioli, and homemade pizza. Food is the one thing that consistently interested her so she graduated with a B.S. in Nutrition and three years after college, she graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in New York. Lisa has worked in restaurants across the US from NY, San Francisco, and Seattle as well as developed a private catering and personal chef business. She loves teaching cooking classes and demystifying cooking for the home cook. She believes that everyone is capable of being highly proficient in the kitchen, it just takes time and curiosity.

When not in the kitchen, you might find Lisa happily tucking into a bowl of mussels and frites while sipping champagne at her favorite corner bistro spot. Her penchant for French food notwithstanding, she, like everyone else, may be spotted soon after that tasty bite at the neighborhood grocery store, tortured by that age-old question, “What should I make for dinner?”