Functional Plant-Based Chef and Food Doctor

Avril Amaya is a multi-passionate ‘food doctor‘, plant-based chef and educator, health and nutrition coach, lover of Nature and animals, and poet/singer/dancer.

She has been practicing and sharing food-as-medicine for over six years, working with individuals, teaching workshops to groups, and chefing/teaching at international retreats. She began her personal chef and health-consulting service in 2013 in Miami to assist people with healing, in addition to co-running a popular vegan pop-up restaurant there for a year.

After traveling the world for a decade, studying with masters in yoga, meditation, permaculture, Qi Gong, Thai massage, and Reiki, and healing herself from constant illness and a life revolving around doctor visits, she has found vibrant well-being and is passionate about spreading health and happiness, through deep connection to Self and Nature, and with the support of real foods and plant-based nutrition.
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Equipped with a Harvard degree and a high-speed blender, Avril passionately shares the benefits of a fruit-and-vegetable-based lifestyle in Austin and beyond.

Personal Therapeutic Chef

I help clients meet personal health goals and providing catered meals, education, and the science/flavor to back it up.

My interest and passion for food and nutrition began seven years ago when I struggled with my own digestive ailment and cured it by changing my diet. I decided to further my education by obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Science from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington with a focus in Nutrition and Culinary in 2016.

I work directly with clients who are prescribed or are limited to a specific therapeutic diet (for example: Whole 30/paleo, low FODMAP, elimination diets for food allergies, nutrient dense, TCM/Ayurvedic nutrition, etc.) by helping them meet personal health goals with catered meals, education, and the science/flavor to back it up.

I prefer to work with local, seasonal, and sustainable ingredients as much as possible.