Extensive knowledge, a passion for health and wellness and an immense talent for inspiring others with her delightful and engaging personality are behind Chef Laurie Erickson's success in her 30 years of professional cooking.

Her admired talents have been showcased at some of the nation's top resorts, from the renowned Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa in the Berkshires of Massachusetts (where she served as Demonstration Chef and developed the Resort's line of signature breads and baked goods) to the Five-Star Cloister and Spa at Sea Island on the Georgia coast (where she served as Wellness Chef).

Chef Laurie's passions are life-long. She began creating recipes as a young girl with her grandmother from whom she learned the powers of herbal remedies and the joys of organic gardening...she studied Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Communications at Assumption College and Northeastern University and apprenticed at several top restaurants in New England...she is a certified fitness instructor and certified sports nutritionist.

Her recipes and tips have appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Spa Magazine, People Magazine's Your Diet, Best Life Magazine, Men's Health, The Boston Globe and Restaurant News. She has been the featured chef on the Travel Channel's Epicurious cooking show, the PBS TV series On The Menu, and on the Tennis Channel. Chef Laurie has contributed recipes and cooking tips for The Canyon Ranch Cooks Cookbook and for the top selling, Ultra Metabolism by Dr. Mark Hyman, formerly of Canyon Ranch.

Chef Laurie recently published her own cookbook, Chef By Step®.