Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-exclusive diet for over 40 years, and is the host of the television series Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which airs on Foody TV.  A chef, culinary instructor and professional speaker, she is author of the popular book Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, which chronicles her journey from an obese junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body.  Her latest bestselling book The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss:  A Revolutionary Approach to Conquer Cravings, Overcome Food Addiction and Lose Weight Without Going Hungry has received critical acclaim from notable advocates for plant based nutrition.  She is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program, which has helped hundreds of people achieve their personal quality-of-life goals.

Chef AJ is also creator of Healthy Taste of LA and the YouTube cooking show The Chef and the Dietitian.  She has drawn upon her comedy performance background in making appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and more.  She is based in Los Angeles, and teaches a monthly sold-out seminar featuring cooking instruction, nutritional science and song parodies, all delivered with comedic panache.  Never content to leave her audience with mere “just do it” advice, she teaches how to create meals that facilitate health transformation, how to deal with cravings and food addiction, and how to address the emotional aspects of eating.

Chef AJ holds a certificate in Plant-based Nutrition from eCornell and is proud to say that her IQ is higher than her serum cholesterol level.  In 2018 she was inducted into the Vegan Hall of Fame (formerly the Vegetarian Hall of Fame).