CULINARY NUTRITIONIST, STEFANIE SACKS, MS, CNS, CDN

917-***-**** adt9uj@r.postjobfree.com stefaniesacks.com

education

TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NYC; MS Nutrition Education, May 2003

NATURAL GOURMET INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CULINARY ARTS, NYC; August 1998

600 hour accredited chef’s training program with education in (but not limited to) French and Asian knife skills; food balancing and menu planning; healing cuisines; vegan, vegetarian and non-vegetarian cuisines; improvisational cooking; and business.

HAMILTON COLLEGE, Clinton, NY; BA, May 1991

Major: Photography Minor: Creative Writing

books (+ contributions)

• What The Fork Are You Eating: An Action Plan for Your Pantry and Plate (Penguin Random House 2014)

• The Calcium Connection by Brunde Broady

• The Thriving Child by Erica Reid

• Power Up (published in hardcover as The Source) by Dr. Woodson Merrell and Kathy Merrell; contributed 21-day meal program and 70 recipes

• Crazy Sexy Diet by Kris Carr

edible education programs + come cook with me (present)

• Food and nutrition education programs—Edible Invitation, Edible Solutions, Edible Transformation—for various communities (see this link for more information)

• Virtual cooking classes—Come Cook with Me (see this link for more information)

program development + consulting

• Cornell Cooperative Extension Maine Program, Present

Developed 11 recipes using local underutilized seafood + created 11 “how to cook with” videos for community

• Second Nature Markets, April-July 2021

Created menu + recipes for local café; collaborated with local farmers + food producers to open café; trained staff

• Wildfare, Inc., 2020

Consulted on new product development

• Teachers College, Columbia University, 2016-2018

Co-developed program to bring hands on culinary education to nutrition students

• Wellness Foundation East Hampton, 2016-2017

Taught hands-on cooking in 8 public schools on Long Island to students and their parents

• Canyon Ranch, 2015-2017

Taught culinary immersion programs twice per year

• ABC Home Furnishings Jean Georges Vongerichten, 2015-2016

Educated Jean Georges and chef team about creating a more transparent and health supportive food supply chain; worked with chefs to teach them how to maximize nutrition in their cuisine for their most recent project ABCV

• Titan Tea, 2013-2015

Consulted during product development and launch

• Ocean Approved Seaweed, 2013-2015

Consulted, recipe tested and advised during product launch

• Kripalu Center for Yoga + Health, 2012-2016

Taught culinary immersion programs twice per year

•Food Solutions, Urban Zen NYC, 2009-2011

Created large scale disease-focused programs/events to educate attendees about health problems/solutions; using cooking as centerpiece of education

•Field to Plate, 2008-2010

Created a culinary curriculum for nutrition professionals + lead programs

teaching + speaking

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2021

•Tradeweb, 2021

•UBS, 2021

•Merrill Lynch, 2021

•Mt. Sinai, 2021

•Blum Center for Health, 2020

•Teachers College, 2020

•The Dean’s Roundtable, 2020

•Natural Gourmet Institute, 2014-2017

• Faculty, Integrative Functional Nutrition Academy, 2015-2018

• American Culinary Federation Chef Connect NYC, 2017

• Common Ground Speaks, 2016

• Metropolitan Country Club Chefs, 2015-2016

• Faculty, Food as Medicine, Center for Mind Body Medicine, 2013-2015

• Faculty, Kripalu Center, Lenox, MA, 2012-2015

• TEDx Manhattan, 2015

• Integrative Healthcare Symposium, NYC, 2007-2009; 2011; 2015

• United Nations, 2014

• University of Bridgeport, Professor in Masters Nutrition Program, 2013

• 92nd Street Y, NYC, 2010

• Urban Zen Food Solutions Nutrition Initiative, 2010-2011

• Urban Zen Nutrition Forum, NYC, 2009

• Field to Plate Culinary Nutrition Retreats 2008-2010

• Early Head Start, Children’s Aid Society, 2003-2005

• Beth Israel Continuum Center for Health and Healing, 2002-2004

• Metropolitan Montessori, NYC, 2001-2002

• Cookshop, NYC, 2000-2001

• St. Lukes Hospital, 1999

media projects + publicity (see full list here)

radio

• Produced + hosted Stirring the Pot,™ a 30 minute talk show focusing of food nutrition + health news on Hamptons NPR affiliate, WPPB 88.3FM, 2013-2016

television

• Expert segments Dr. Oz Show, Al Jazeera, News 12 Long Island

• Created, produced + hosted Chew On This, a public access television show on how to use food to get well + feel better (no longer in production)

blogs (+ contributions)

• Personal Monthly Blog (see link here)

• Huffington Post

• Dr. Oz (website + Share Care)

•Alternet

certifications + affiliations + boards

•Certified Dietitian Nutritionist (CDN), 2012

•Certified Nutrition Specialists (CNS), 2011

•Les Dames D’Escoffier

•International Association for Culinary Professionals

•American Dietetic Association and its subsidiaries including the New York State Dietary Association, the Greater New York Dietetic Association, Food and Culinary Professional Dietetic Practice Group (DPG), Behavioral Health Nutrition DPG

•American Nutrition Academy, CNS Supervisor

•Columbia University, dietetic internship preceptor, fieldwork advisor

•Advisory Board, East End Food Institute

•Advisory Board, A Greener World

additional trainings

The Body Keeps the Score with Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk + Licia Sky, 3-day training November 2019

skills

•Chef

•Nutritionist, practitioner + educator

•Author/writer

•Public speaker

•Media contributor/personality (Dr. Oz, news programs, radio)

•Marketing (worked in advertising, PR + marketing 1991-1997)

•Photography, shooting + editing

•Film + video production, in front of camera; editing (worked in film production 1997-1999)

•Proficient in word processing, Canva; general understanding of Adobe photoshop + illustrator

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