Ann Cooper

About Ann Cooper

Chef Ann Cooper is a celebrated author, chef, educator and enduring advocate for better…

Experience

1. Founder and President

   Chef Ann Foundation

   May 2008 — Present

   The Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) was founded in 2009 by Ann Cooper, an internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children. Chef Ann has been a pioneering leader in the fields of school food, childhood nutrition, and sustainable agriculture, and, in a nation where kids are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents due to diet-related disease, her vision was to create an organization that helps schools take action so that every child has daily access to fresh, healthy food. Today, the Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) carries out that vision by actively supporting school districts nationwide through grant programs and tools that help schools serve children healthy and delicious scratch-cooked meals made with fresh, whole food. To date, we’ve reached 4,997 schools and over 2,232,546 children.

Education

• The Culinary Institute of America

  AOS, Culinary

  1977 — 1979

Skills

• Wellness
• Event Management
• Cuisine
• Food & Beverage
• Food Writing
• Customer Service
• Catering
• Recipes
• Strategic Planning
• Training
• Volunteer Management
• Menu Development
• Cooking
• Culinary Skills
• Baking
• Food Service
• Nutrition Education
• Nutrition
• Policy
• Social Media
• Event Planning
• Public Relations
• Chef
• Grant Writing
• Leadership
• Blogging
• Staff Development
• Public Speaking
• Non-Profits
• Fundraising
• Ingredients
• Program Development
• Team Building
• Nonprofits
• Newsletters
• Budgets
• Food
• Community Outreach
• Teaching
• Time Management