Emily Cooper

About Emily Cooper

Hi! I\'m Emily Cooper. I\'m a formally trained cook and I am obsessed with all things related to food. My background is in business development, food media, meal kit development, recipe development, and culinary strategy. After spending the first part of my career in technology business development and consulting, I made the pivot to a career in food in 2017. I currently work as a freelance consultant, recipe developer, and photo stylist. Prior to that, I spent nearly 5 years working in the test kitchen for the beloved grocery-delivery service Good Eggs, where I developed hundreds of seasonal recipes to build out a robust meal kit offering, making Good Eggs the first online grocer to offer both groceries and meals. I also was the in-house photo styling assistant during my time at Good Eggs. Previously, I\'ve worked garde manger at the Michelin-starred restaurant Octavia in San Francisco and spent time working as a private chef. I am passionate about local, seasonally driven food, made with simple techniques and the best of ingredients.\"When you cook, you never stop learning. That\'s the fascination of it all.\"- James Beard

Experience

1. Private Chef

   The Culinistas

   Nov 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• San Francisco Cooking School

  Culinary Arts

  2017 — 2018

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  BA

• UC Santa Barbara

  Bachelor of Arts - BA