| Kai Chalon Chase is an up and coming figure in the | | | | prestigious cooking school in the world. There she |
| exclusive world of haute cuisine. An alluring beauty of | | | | developed a style all her own: a passion for culinary |
| Native American, Cuban, and Creole descent, her | | | | textures and colors, and the combination of exotic |
| cultural heritage is reflected in the spice and flair of her | | | | flavors with the traditional. On returning to the United |
| culinary style and her outgoing personality. She has | | | | States Kai worked in her wholesale apron as assistant |
| delighted the palates of President Barack Obama, | | | | chef at Wolfgang Puck Catering, at Chicago's Spago |
| NBA star Jalen Rose, Congresswoman Maxine | | | | restaurant and at other notable catering companies |
| Waters, singer Macy Gray, actors Eriq LaSalle and | | | | before opening her own Kai Chase Catering company |
| Jamie Foxx, comedians Bernie Mac and Cedric "The | | | | and later Kai Chase Private Chef Services. Kai says |
| Entertainer", and many more. Her culinary fare was | | | | that her passion is in the art of food, in the way that |
| featured on Los Angeles' Steve Harvey Morning | | | | food makes people feel. She believes that the |
| Show. | | | | foundation of good health, wealth, and love comes |
| Kai grew up in West Hollywood in a family of | | | | from internal peace, which can only be achieved by |
| entertainers, musicians, and artistes. Her father was a | | | | enjoying the passions of life. It can come from dining in |
| Latin jazz musician and her mother worked in the | | | | the company of dear friends; it can come from the |
| entertainment industry; her godfather was Redd Foxx. | | | | anticipation of the first tantalizing bite of a well made |
| Kai's first ambition was to work in communications, and | | | | dish; or from the final swallow of a perfectly made |
| in 1988 she got her first job in a uniform polo shirt | | | | drink. Her motto is, "Savor all the Flavors!" Kai's latest |
| interviewing and writing stories for a music industry | | | | project is a combination of her love for |
| publication. She later got into music publishing through | | | | communications (gained from her work in music |
| her uncle Roy Ayers, the well-known jazz musician. | | | | journalism) and her love for the culinary arts. She is |
| But Kai was always a lover of food - she would fall | | | | preparing a cookbook which is spiced with tales of |
| asleep reading cookbooks and she spent her free time | | | | love, passion, and food from her adventures as chef |
| baking and creating new recipes and catering her own | | | | to the stars, and also a cooking show which puts Kai in |
| lavish parties. In 1995 Kai enrolled in the Epicurean | | | | her black apron in a state-of-the-art kitchen together |
| Culinary School in Los Angeles and interned for six | | | | with a who's who of famous guests, whipping up her |
| months in Sanctuary, Hollywood star Pamela | | | | cross cultural fusion of food fashioned from ingredients |
| Anderson's upscale restaurant. | | | | from around the world. Her independent and |
| After graduation from Epicurean in 1996, Kai traveled | | | | entrepreneurial spirit has put Kai Chalon Chase on the |
| to Paris to pursue her culinary knowledge at Le | | | | fast track to a multi-media success, delighting the taste |
| Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy, where she studied | | | | buds of celebrities as well as the culinary elite. |
| traditional French gourmet cuisine at the most | | | | |