User:Chef Joyce



=Chef Profile=

Joyce Cunha is a "native" Californian born and raised in Sunnyvale, California to a large family with Portuguese ancestry. She started the business in 1997 after reading an article about Candace Wallace in Family Circle Magazine. The article was about how Candace was starting the National Personal Chef's Association. The article told of the training and availability of an executable business plan for people interested in this career. She contacted Candace and flew to San Diego to participate in the training over a weekend.

Joyce learned to cook watching her mother and grandmother whip up the family specialties. Cooking had always been a natural talent, and to the amazement of family and friends, she could prepare a full family meal - sometimes for up to 10 people - by the time she was 8 years old. The service has delighted her clients for over 7 years.

She has a B.S. in Political Science from Santa Clara University and went on to pursue graduate studies in psychology and business. She has worked at software industry startup companies as a sales executive for the majority of her career. Recently she relocated to Elk Grove, California, where she plans to expand the business to a full-fledged catering company.