Food is Connection, Nourishment, and Joy with Jacqui Gabel

Food is so much more than something we need to do 3 times a day. For Jacqui Gabel, food is connection, nourishment, ritual, and joy.

Jacqui has been involved with NTI for many years. First as a student, and then as an instructor. In this episode of the NTI PodTalk, we learn how Jacqui’s love for cooking developed from a hunger for connection and ritual. Jacqui believes that cooking is an art form and food is a unifying language that can dissolve barriers.

Tune in to hear Jacqui’s story and the various cooking services she offers with her business, Real Food Desire.

About Jacqui Gabel:

As a trained Holistic Chef and Certified Nutrition Therapist, Jacqui will guide you toward vibrant health by teaching you how to recognize and cook with real food so that you develop the skills necessary to support your health for life.

Jacqui studied business management and hospitality in college. She moved to NYC and Seoul to work in fashion merchandising and education before deciding to pursue culinary arts and nutrition in Denver, Colorado. She became a personal chef focusing on long-term cognitive health after her dad was diagnosed with dementia, and she’s passionate about connecting women to the power of cooking as a way to come home to themselves.

Real Food Desire

Dianne and Jacqui discuss how food is connection and why cooking skills are so important:

• 02:48 – Jacqui’s hunger for connection and ritual 
• 07:16 – How experiencing other cultures has shaped Jacqui’s food philosophy
• 13:13 – Being present with your food 
• 19:20 – Why cooking skills are so important
• 30:53 – Jacqui’s work with Real Food Desire
• 33:32 – Teaching virtual cooking classes
• 36:55 – The inspiration behind Jacqui’s Hungry Woman podcast
• 41:12 – Connect with Jacqui

Mentioned in this episode:

Nourish Your Glycocalyx for Cardiovascular Support

More on cooking for nourishment:

Cooking for Wellness with Meghan McGee

Nutrition and Cooking Skills for Young Athletes with Katie Hardie

Combining Nutrition and Culinary Arts with Jenna Bos

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This discussion is not intended to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy, nor in any way imply that Nutrition Therapists who graduate from NTI are qualified to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy. The scope of practice for graduates of NTI is to deliver therapeutic nutrition guidance to our clients which helps support their natural biology to achieve optimal function in whatever wellness path they are on.