Chef Candace Frisbie

About the Chef
  • Specialize in Mediterranean cuisine, emphasizing nutrient-dense, organic, locally sourced, and responsibly produced ingredients
  • Extensive experience supporting health-focused dietary protocols, including Gerson, Raw, Vegan, Pescetarian, Vegetarian, Paleo, GF, DF, Allergens, Juicing, Menopause, and Autoimmune 
  • Strong Organizational Skills
  • Managed and maintained multiple kitchens, ensuring healthy/fresh snacks and beverages were consistently stocked
  • Oversaw and integrated produce from an organic garden into daily meal preparation
  • Maintained kitchens in pristine, fully operational condition at all times
  • Prepared morning breakfast service tailored to individual preferences
  • Served daily lunches with fresh juices 
  • Prepared dinners with clear storage and reheating instructions for convenience and quality
  • Baked healthy desserts and breads from scratch
  • Led menu planning, budgeting, and execution for large dinner parties, luncheons, and special events
  • Created a warm, welcoming atmosphere, ensuring guests and principals felt relaxed and well cared for
  • Shared recipes and culinary knowledge with guests upon request
  • Sourced health-related resources, proactively problem-solving wellness needs
  • Designed seasonal floral arrangements, primarily using plants from the property or local florists
  • Collaborated with household staff to ensure safe, effective cleaning, sanitation, and pest-free conditions 
  • Worked with landscapers to identify pet-safe alternatives
  • ServSafe Certified


Food Styling Services

Enhance the visual appeal of your dishes through expert food styling techniques that make them irresistible to the eyes.

Menu Planning

Working directly with clients to create menus that comply with individual dietary needs and cravings.

Nutrition

Let me help support your nutritional journey by maximizing your performance and enhancing your life through food as medicine.


Where did I attend Culinary School?

The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts.

NGI was my top choice due to its reputation for health-supportive culinary arts and a deep commitment to respecting vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian lifestyles, backed by a strong focus on sustainability and ethical farming.  I am not vegan, but I wanted an education in plant based cooking with the option to cook meat, as long is it is as humanely sourced as possible.

Time management courses to further enhance productivity.

Gerson Basics course to learn how to be a home set up support for anyone choosing to use the Gerson protocol.

Studied the Ingham Method of Reflexology.

200hr eRYT (yoga teacher) and taught yoga and spin classes at West Point.

Where did I intern?

I lucked out with my internship.  I have always wanted to go to Canyon Ranch.  So, I said it out loud to an elderly lady at an Easter party.  

She said she had a nephew who was a chef there. I thought, oh how sweet...he's probably a sous Chef. She asked if I wanted her to give him a call. I said sure! Turned out it was Scott Uehlein, the head chef at Canyon Ranch International.

Canyon Ranch didn't have an intern program for chefs at the time, but Scott would do anything for his sweet aunt. I am eternally grateful to her.

If you haven't been to Canyon Ranch, please go. It really is a magical place and the talented chefs are all so kind and enjoy their jobs there.

What to know?

Desserts and breads are my favorite things to make.  I love turning unhealthy recipes into a much healthier and more tasty version by using the highest quality, organic, clean, whole foods.

Cleanliness is very important to me. My work space is very organized with strict sanitary practices so things run smoothly, without cross contamination or safety issues. I go above and beyond the recommended ServSafe protocol. ​

Took a part time job at local florist just to learn more about flowers.

I regularly volunteer for animal shelters, socializing/training, fund raising and networking. I love animals!

Something personal about me.

When I was 25, my father was diagnosed with late stage leukemia after being misdiagnosed for 3 years.  We were all devastated.  He passed away 8 weeks after he was diagnosed.  My mother and I were frantic, thinking we had heard of a place that naturally healed people who had late stage cancer diagnosis.  This was before the internet, so it was not as easy to research.  

I was born on father's day. He was, and still is, my hero. He is why I have a desire to help people. He volunteered as an EMT and a fireman. He was like Superman to me, only cooler and funnier.

My father was also a mechanic. The doctors told us his type of leukemia was linked to the chemicals he used in the shop. There was a man across the hall from my father in the hospital who was also a mechanic with the same leukemia.

This drove me to learn more about nutrition and the effects chemicals have on our bodies. There is so much junk in food and the environment nowadays, even in foods that are supposed to be "good" for us.

I don't want anybody else to go through what my family went through. By choosing ingredients that are organic, sustainably produced and sourced, we all lower our chance for disease to find a home in our body. This can all be achieved without compromising flavor. Flavor is more intense and beautiful in unprocessed, organic foods that have been thoughtfully prepared.