Isabella Staines
About:
Isabella is a Cape Town based freelance chef with a passion for vibrant, local, sustainable and fresh produce. She offers her services as a personal chef, yoga retreat chef and small scale caterer and intent on carefully curating her menus to meet your specific needs.
Over the past 5 years she has worked at home and abroad in a wide variety of culinary environments such as people's homes, on retreats, on boats, in game reserves and in restaurants to name but a few. Isabella has a lot of experience in vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free cooking and views food as an integral aspect of healthy living.
Qualifications:
After completing her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Stellenbosch university (2013), Isabella attended the Private Hotel School in Stellenbosch (2014) and received her Advanced Certificate in International Culinary Arts, recognised both by American Hospitality Association and City & Guilds.
Isabella is also a qualified yoga teacher (200hr Yoga Teacher Training with The Himalayan Yoga Institute in India).
TESTIMONIALS
“Bella is an incredible chef. Her food is intuitive. made with love and so delicious. It was such a pleasure working with her as she was always professional, inspiring and honest in her dealings. I hope for more collaborations with her in the future.”
— SIOBHAN, YOGA CHICAS IBIZA, LUXURY RETREATS
“The food by Bella was fantastic with great fairly simple but healthy and tasty ideas to replicate at home. Desserts were more intricate and a real treat!”
— ALISON, IBIZA, GUEST AT RETREAT