A graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, the first woman apprentice to graduate from the American Culinary Federation Apprenticeship program, author of three highly acclaimed John Wiley culinary text books, Lisa has held numerous positions as Executive and Corporate Chef, director of Operations for Multiple concept portfolios and Managing Director for Multi-million dollar F&B venues. In 2001 she started her own consulting and advising company, GigaChef solutions (GigaChef.com) specializing in re-aligning large venue operations with concepts, programming, efficiencies and financial responsibility celebrating 14 years in operation.