Who Is Chef Laurie?

Chef Laurie Erickson is a sought-after wellness cuisine consultant to spas and resorts around the country. During her three-year collaboration with the Sea Island Company, she served as Wellness Chef, developing healthy cooking classes as well as wellness-cuisine menu options for Sea Island, Georgia’s Five-Star Resort and Spa. Prior to her tenure at Sea Island, Chef Laurie served as both a pastry and demonstration chef during her six years on the culinary team at the famed Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Her cooking classes and demonstrations have changed the lives of many, with practical, simple and economical ways to prepare nourishing meals. Chef Laurie has inspired and mentored several students from the Culinary Institute of America, Johnson and Wales Academy and New England Culinary School.

Her professional insights and recipes have appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Spa Magazine, People Magazine’s, Your Diet, Best Life Magazine, Men’s Health, The Boston Globe, Forbes Life and Restaurant News. She has been the featured chef on the Travel Channel’s Epicurious cooking show, PBS TV’s On the Menu, and on the Tennis Channel. Additionally, Chef Laurie has contributed recipes and cooking tips for The Canyon Ranch Cooks cookbook and The New York Times top-selling book, Ultra Metabolism. Chef Laurie is a culinary educator, certified fitness instructor and certified sports nutritionist. You can view Chef Laurie in action by watching her cooking channel on
You Tube.

She is currently working on her follow-up book in the
CHEF by STEP® series, “Cooking For The Bachelor ”.