Therese Nelson is a professional chef, writer, and founder of BlackCulinaryHistory.com, a social network focused on connecting black food creatives across the diaspora and preserving intergenerational black culinary heritage. If you caught our first episode, then you know you don't want to miss this week!
Chef Therese Nelson is a proud Newark, NJ native where she was born and raised in its historic Weequaic section. She is a summa cume Laude graduate of Johnson and Wales University where she holds degrees in Food Service Management 04’ and Culinary Arts 02’.
Therese's culinary career began in 2004 and spans the east coast where she trained and worked her way through the kitchens of major hotel groups from Hilton and Marriott to Orient Express and Four Seasons. In 2006 she joined the all-female team of Get Em' Girl Inc. brands where her culinary talents were used as a recipe consultant for the company's 2 branded cookbooks The Get Em' Girl's Guide to the Power of Cuisine and The Get Em Girl's Guide to the Perfect Get Together, as food editor for the brand's lifestyle website Get Em' Girls.com, and acted as the executive chef for the company's in house boutique catering company where her food graced the tables of global brands such as Black Enterprise, Carol's Daughter, BET, MTV, WEEN, Verizon and RocNation. In 2014 The company dissolved and Chef Nelson focused her culinary career in the private sector working as a private chef for a small list of clients, writing freelance for publications like First We Feast and Taste Cooking, and consulting with small catering and restaurant businesses throughout the tristate area.
