Bliss Kitchen • Patti Garland, Ayurvedic Chef

Chef Patti

Patti Garland is a masterful Ayurvedic chef. She has been an advocate of eating organic food since 1985 and a practitioner of Ayurveda since 1995. Her teaching draws on her good fortune to have worked as the Kitchen Director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Clinic in Pacific Palisades, CA. When you enjoy her recipes, you can actually feel your being going into balance. Many people have exclaimed – the way she combines ingredients is uniquely powerful and delicious.

In 2003 – ’04 she was co-owner and kitchen executive at Earth Mothers cafe in Chicago. Enjoy a one minute Earth Mothers video. Today, Patti is a teacher, consultant, private chef and gardener.

In 2005, Patti was invited to be executive chef for the year's annual NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association) conference held in Las Vegas. The group's thank-you was a standing ovation in her honor. In 2008, she was executive chef for both SYTAR (second annual IAYT Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research) held in L.A. and NAMA, this time in Chicago.

2008 – This summer's special project was to head the creation of a 500 sq. ft. raised bed organic vegetable and fruit garden in Indian Wells, California. In its second planting right now, Turleybird Gardens is a wonder.

Patti is available to come to your home and teach you how to prepare your favorite dishes, set-up your spice pantry, make ghee, and easily incorporate Vedic meal planning into your daily life. Pricing for services is determined following a free consultation. We discuss your dietary and lifestyle needs, meal preferences and build a personalized menu & cooking schedule. Please call or e-mail for more information.

Bliss Kitchen • Patti Garland
35751 Gateway Drive • #E503 • Palm Desert, CA 92211 • (760) 610-2758
patti@blisskitchen.com

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Chef Patti's Resume (PDF)
Compliments and sample press received (PDF)

March 6-9, 2008: SYTAR • IAYT Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research
Patti contributes to the event with her executive chef experience and menu planning skills

Her Ayurvedic recipes nourish and focus 800 guests.

July 22, 2007: Cooking for Pitta Season – Cooking class taught by Chef Patti and hosted by Lynn Kelley-Piper, owner of Yoga Within, Riverside, CA

The rewards were worth the effort. Everyone enjoyed a wonderful food tasting.

Chef Patti teaching a Vegetarian Awareness Month Celebration at Whole Foods' Whole Lifestyle Center, Chicago, October 22, 2004

"Once a year for an entire month, vegetarians celebrate their joy and support for the significant advantages a meatless lifestyle offers our planet and all its inhabitants."

Patti contributed a cooking demonstration preparing both vegetarian and vegan appetizers.

Faith in Place

2005 & 2004 – Patti assisted Faith in Place board member Barry Bursak in preparing a dinner party and fund raiser for the organization.

"Since 1999, Faith in Place has educated and organized religious and spiritual people in Illinois to work together for a sustainable future."

September 26, 2005 – Chef Patti and students enjoyed participating in Ayurvedic Vegetarian Cooking – a class offered through Live & Learn, The Latin School of Chicago, and held at the test kitchens of Whole Foods Market, Lincoln Park, on North Avenue in Chicago.