2150 Ashby Ave; Berkeley, California 94705-1836 USA [San Francisco Bay Area]
Telephone: +1-510-666-8200 [Pacific Time Zone]
E-mail: mfoy@vitalita.com (or mfoy55@16mail.com)
( Latest resume available at my URL: http://www.vitalita.com/mfoy2.html )
JOB
INTERESTS
Vegan Cooking ( vegan chef work
including main dishes, side dishes, desserts, and pastry ). Vegan Diet/Menu Consulting.
EDUCATION
School of Natural Cookery - Boulder, Colorado,
U.S.A. (1995-1996)
Completed
"The Pro Course" - Professional Training consisting of:
Fundamentals
Course (5 week intensive - total of 150 hours) - grains, vegetables, vegetable
protein (beans, seitan, tofu, and tempeh), soups, stews, and meal composition -
consideration of dietary restrictions - emphasis on improvisation.
Baking
and Pastry Course (12 day intensive - total of 72 hours) - cakes (icings,
fillings, decorations, and garnishes), cookies, pies, custards, muffins, quick
bread, yeasted bread, sourdough, yeasted pastries, and recipe adaptation
through ingredient substitution - non-wheat and non-gluten baking.
Personal
Chef Training (4 week periodic - total of 78 hours) - trained to cook for small
groups and in private homes - respond to different diets - small scale
catering.
CULINARY
SKILLS
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Food Categories: |
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Whole Grains |
Vegetables |
Soups & Stews |
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Vegetable Protein (beans, seitan, tofu,
tempeh) |
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Desserts |
Pastry |
Baked Goods |
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Restrictions
Accommodated: |
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heart healthy |
high fiber |
low-fat |
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lactose intolerance |
non-dairy |
macrobiotic |
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gluten allergies/celiac (wheat, ...) |
soy allergies |
corn allergies |
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Candidiasis |
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Cuisines: |
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vegan (strict vegetarian) |
Gourmet |
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ethnic/international (Thai, Indian,
Ethiopian, Hungarian, Mexican, Asian) |
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Ayurvedic |
Macrobiotic |
family style |
WORK
EXPERIENCE
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10/95
- present |
Personal Chef Service - Boulder/Denver,
Colorado and Berkeley/San Francisco, California. |
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Vegetarian meals (including desserts) for a family of 4 (2 adults and 2
children) who were new to vegetarianism. |
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Meals for a family of 5 (1 adult and 4 children). |
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Healing meals for a person returning home after surgery. |
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Main dishes for a person with IBS. |
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Meals for other families looking for new vegan dishes and did not have time
to cook as often as they wanted home-cooked food. |
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10/95
- present |
Small-Scale
Catering
- Boulder/Denver, Colorado and Berkeley/San Francisco, California. |
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* Indian dishes for an
informal 40-person winter holiday party. |
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* Party/finger foods
for an informal 50-person graduation party. |
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* Business lunch for
12-persons for the Flatiron program at the Boulder Heart
Institute (within the Boulder Medical Center)
(on 2 occasions). |
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* Buffet/finger foods
for a 40-persons open house at the Boulder Heart Institute. |
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* Three meals for
12-persons for the HEART programÕs kick-off weekends (a program of the
Boulder Heart Institute) (on 5 occasions) (menus: American Vegan, Mexican,
Thai). |
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10/95
- present |
Baked
Goods Service
- Boulder/Denver, Colorado and Berkeley/San Francisco, California. |
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* Vegan wedding cake
to serve 40. |
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* Graduation carrot
cake to serve 25. |
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* Birthday cake (in
shape of a hot air balloon) to serve 30. |
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* Other desserts
(pies, cookies, etc.) prepared for various clients. |
CULINARY
EXPERIENCES
In home vegan cooking
for over 14 years (extensive vegan/natural food knowledge).
Extensive European travel while living in
Italy for 3 years, experiencing cuisine's of Italy (many regions in both the
north and the south), Hungary, Czech Republic, France, Belgium, Germany,
Austria, England, Denmark, and The Netherlands. Was vegan during this time living abroad.
Traveled for over a month in China as a
vegan experiencing cuisines from Taiwan to Beijing.
Attended the School of Natural Cookery
completing a full series of Professional Courses consisting of: The
Fundamentals Course, Baking and Pastry Course, and Personal Chef Training.
Personal Chef Service, Catering, and
Baked Goods Delivery Service provided for various clients (see work
experience).
Self-publication of originally produced
vegan cookbooks: ÒA Taste of VitalityÓ and ÒDesserts of VitalityÓ. These books emphasize foods which are
nutritionally dense. Over 95% of the
recipes in these cookbooks are gluten-free, and many of the recipes fit well
into a low-fat diet. These
cookbooks are currently available for free electronic download at http://www.vitalita.com/cookbooks.html.