Eating Well
Chef Mary Ellen Rae fine-tuned her culinary skills while working at the Los Angeles Times food section. Her duties as “recipe tester” included preparing, testing and editing recipes for publication. She also wrote articles and developed many recipes for the newspaper, several winning awards. She created Personal Touch Gourmet, spe-cializing in catering, private chef services, in-home private or group cooking classes, freelance recipe testing and food product development. Rae graduated from the California School of Culinary Arts with a Le Cordon Bleu High Honors Degree.





