Holistic Chef Program Manager | Chef Carrie Bonfitto

Board-certified in Holistic Nutrition, Carrie Bonfitto, NC, BCHN is a Los Angeles-based cooking instructor & health coach. Along with a Nutrition Counseling degree from Bauman College, and a Digestive Mastery Certificate from the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology, she did her culinary training at the New School of Cooking in Culver City, CA.

Chef Carrie published her first cookbook, What to Cook, Why to Eat It, in late 2021. Her recipes and healthy eating advice have been published in Parade, Better Nutrition, First Time Parent, Pasadena Magazine, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine and SheFinds.

What are you most excited about/looking forward to in working at Bauman College?
I’m extremely excited to be interacting and learning from a diverse group of students. Food is so much more than nutrition. It’s enjoyment, love, celebration, and history. When we are able to share our stories and our food with each other we grow and connect. This connection with the students is what I’m looking forward to the most.

What do you plan to contribute?
I plan to share my real-world experience of how I used my culinary skills and nutrition training to build my business and heal my clients.

How has culinary arts and/or holistic nutrition impacted your life?
After years of working in the television industry and developing an undiagnosable chronic condition, I felt lost. I decided to take my health into my own hands. Wanting to know more about how what I ate impacted me I was drawn first to culinary school, then to get my board certification in holistic nutrition, and finally to a career change into wellness education and cooking instruction.

These disciplines have completely changed my life for the better. I now love what I do and know what it means to feel good.

What do you love to do in your “free time”?
In my free time, I enjoy hiking with my dogs and coaching my son’s little league team.