Samantha Garelick is a professional chef, enthusiastic foodie, kosher caterer and inspiring cooking instructor. After realizing that she craved food more than finance, Sam left her career in investment banking and enrolled in the Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan.

Sam has worked at some of the top restaurants in New York City and Chicago, and now lives in Los Angeles, where she loves teaching classes to small groups of people who love to learn about food. Sam has helped shape The Kosher Hostess with her enticing recipes and her passion for creating a healthy, realistic and delicious way of living.

To find out more about personal cooking lessons, throwing a kosher cooking party, kosher catering and kosher-kitchen consulting, please contact Samantha at chef@kosherhostess.com. Look for Samantha’s articles about new kosher ingredients, interesting seasonal vegetables, fabulous cookbooks and exciting recipe ideas on our site!