Kathleen Daelemans

Kathleen Daeleman's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Named one of the country's "Top Ten Rising Star Chefs" by John Mariani, chef Kathleen Daelemans' recipes have been showcased in respected food and wine journals including Bon Appétit, Wine Spectator, Gourmet, Food & Wine, and Eating Well.

Not only has Daelemans received praise from the culinary community, but her work is regularly featured in fashion and fitness magazines such as Elle, Shape, Self, Harper's Bazaar, L.A. Style, Fitness, Esquire and House Beautiful. Richard Sax, Roy Yamaguchi and others have showcased Daelemans' recipes in books featuring West Coast, Pacific Rim and American Regional cooking.

When it comes to healthy cooking and eating, Daelemans is "her own best advertisement," having lost 75 pounds when creating a new regional cuisine for one of the world's most luxurious five-star resort and spa, the Grand Wailea, in Maui, Hawaii. While at Café Kula, her restaurant at the resort, Daelemans cooked for and gave private cooking lessons to celebrity guests including Sharon Stone, Kathy Smith, Suzanne Sommers and Paula Abdul.

Daelemans has been in constant demand to showcase her celebrated cooking at prestigious local and national food events and benefits. She cooked alongside culinary superstar Wolfgang Puck at the Ritz Carlton's annual Big Island Bounty culinary extravaganza and was invited to cook with five chefs from the United States and France including Joachim Splichal and Gerard Vie, for City-Meals-on-Wheels at New York City's Tavern on the Green.

Before founding Café Kula, Daelemans began her career in an apprenticeship at Yosemite National Park's four star Ahwahnee Hotel. During her three years there she assisted visiting luminaries such as Larry Forgione, Narsai David, Ken Frank, Joyce Goldstein and Marcel Desaulniers. She then moved to San Francisco's renowned, Zuni Café, where she spent four years working closely with chef/owner, Judy Rodgers, learning the Provencal and Italian techniques that laid the foundation for her unique culinary style.

The slimmed down chef, 75 pounds and counting, is no stranger to television. Daelemans combines her comedic banter and culinary wizardry with a modern sensibility towards good health in her weekly Food Network show, Cooking Thin with Kathleen Daelemans.

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Daelemans has been featured in several national satellite media campaigns and is active on the national lecture circuit. Her insights, recipes, kitchen tricks and tips enrich and entertain audiences nationwide. Committed to reaching as many people as possible with her message, Daelemans recently joined forces with Jerry Stackhouse's Triple Threat Foundation, a nonprofit network working in conjunction with the President's Council for Physical Fitness, the American Diabetes Association and the NBA to change the eating and exercise habits of American teens and their families.

Daelemans is the author of the New York Times best selling cookbook, Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen, 200 Easy Recipes for Healthy Weight Loss, Houghton Mifflin 2001. Her second book, Getting Thin & Loving Food! 200 Easy Recipes to Take You Where You Want to Be, Houghton Mifflin, debuted March 25th, 2004.

Daelemans pens a weekly Ask Chef Kathleen column and is a sought after guest on the radio and talk show circuit. Daelemans is a frequent guest on NBC's Today Show and some of her recent publicity includes an appearance on Oprah and articles in House Beautiful, Fitness and Shape.

• Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen
• Getting Thin and Loving Food