Alex Lopez
Chef Alex is a Chef Instructor at The Natural Epicurean. With 15 years in the food industry, Alex has gained experience in various cuisines and cooking styles. After earning her culinary arts degree from Le Cordon Bleu, she was awarded a scholarship to study cuisine in Thailand. After graduating, Alex worked as a personal chef and caterer in Chicago before venturing out to San Francisco. There Alex began teaching public cooking classes and working as a recipe developer and food stylist. She became involved with Slow Food, CUESA and Kids in The Kitchen, offering volunteer cooking classes and demos for both children and adults in the Bay area. Upon returning to the Chicago area, she took a job as a chef on a small family-owned organic farm, where she created menus and oversaw production of themed dinners, as well as preserving the season’s bounty in jams, preserves and pickles to be sold at local farmer’s markets.
Being new to Austin, Alex is excited to discover the wonderful food ways of Central Texas. She has been featured in The New Green Grocer Cookbook, has done several live TV segments and continues to host cooking demos at food festivals. She currently contributes vegetarian recipes to Earth Eats as well as having a blog of her own where she chronicles all of her delicious adventures.
