Heather Christo's passion for food began as a child, when she learned to cook as she helped her mother in the kitchen. Born and raised in a large family in Seattle, her father was in politics, and her mother was a classically French-trained cook. The combination of her parents created massive-scale entertaining in the home for years. She grew up around the constant excitement and energy of huge cocktail fundraisers and elaborate dinner parties. All of this was orchestrated by her mother, with Heather adopting the role of sous chef at a very young age.

She graduated from the University of Washington as an Arts major, and promptly left for culinary school in San Francisco. She attended the world-renown culinary academy Le Cordon Bleu, and graduated with honors. As the only female to apply, she was able to win an apprenticeship at one of San Francisco’s top French restaurants, La Folie, which turned into a job as pastry chef.

Heather soon returned to Seattle, where she opened her own catering company, Taste Catering. She spent several years throwing spectacular cocktail and dinner parties as well as serving as private chef for her Seattle clients.

Heather recently married and is pregnant with her first child. She is focused on finishing a book dedicated to bringing back the ideals of classic entertaining, a how-to book that embraces both formal and casual entertaining—as long as the focus is fabulous food!

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