Melissa Ward is a pioneer of organic, sustainable
foods, and a proponent of organic foods specializing in
nutritional counseling and coaching, longevity
therapies, and culinary instruction. Established in 1999,
Organic Gourmet specializes in creating recipes and
menus using organic, healthy food that is elegantly
simple, as well as delicious. Melissa’s services as a
nutritional consultant and food coach, culinary
educator, and personal chef have been engaged by a
roster of celebrity clients primarily featured in the film,
TV and music industries for whom she has designed
and implemented personalized menus and recipes,
supervised on metabolic detox programs and helped
learn the concept of life-long mindful eating.

She developed a special line of healing foods, and has

taught healthy cooking classes to thousands of students
both publicly and privately. As a Southern California
native, and a long-time proponent of organic foods,
gardening and farming, at the age of eighteen she
developed and opened an organic raw food vegan
restaurant, The Garden Light, in Leucadia, a beachside
town in San Diego County. In addition to offering
delicious, organic, and raw foods, The Garden Light
provided ongoing nutritional education to the
community in how to eat, live, and heal in harmony
with whole, fresh foods, and herbal modalities. She
met and developed relationships with local organic
farmers, and foraged produce as well as procured other
organic supplies locally. A year later, Melissa
coordinated in opening the first health food store in
Paia, Maui, and initiated buying and foraging produce
and raw food materials for the store from suppliers
across the island.

Located in Santa Monica, California since 1984,

Melissa continues to study the healing properties of
foods and the art of longevity, increasing her
knowledge and abilities to assist and guide others to
well being. By offering a wealth of services, including
nutritional counseling and coaching, supervised
 seasonal & metabolic cleanses, customized therapeutic
menus, longevity practices, food combining, and
culinary instruction, as well as shopping, storage and
kitchen organization, Melissa offers a broad approach
to wellness education. Frequently referred by doctors,
dieticians, and other health professionals, she has
taught healthy cooking classes to children in the public
schools under a grant program and initiated donations
from the Malibu Farmer’s Market to the West Side
Food Bank.

Melissa is certified by The America Association of

Nutritional Consultants, and is a published writer with
a BA in English Literature from UCLA.

           
     

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