About

Hi, I am Analea, the chef and founder of Eat Plants Elevate.

Eat Plants Elevate was born from my own healing journey. After years of chronic health challenges, I turned to juicing, detoxes and cleanses, and adapted a fully plant-based lifestyle. As a result, I’ve been medicine-free since 2010.

Inspired by how a plant-based diet transformed my life and health, I began offering cooking workshops and classes to share simple, approachable vegan recipes.

From those classes, some of my repeating guests started asking me to cook for them privately and referring me to others. That’s how Eat Plants Elevate was born. I quit my former Wall Street job, and stepped into a new path as a full-time personal chef.

My culinary path blends self-taught, ongoing skill mastery with some formal training. I trained at Matthew Kenney Culinary School, completed raw vegan chef training in Costa Rica, and worked as a line cook at Que Se Raw Se Raw, a raw vegan café in Burlingame, California. I am also a certified holistic health coach specializing in plant-based nutrition.

My mission is simple: to help you save time, take away the stress of cooking and wondering “what’s for dinner?”, and nourish you with fresh, organic, plant-based meals crafted with care and nutrition in mind.