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Media Kit
Nancy teaches her unique
philosophy via
cooking systems, cooking coaching,
food literacy advisory, speaking, and media programming.
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A guest cooking
INSTRUCTOR and
SPEAKER, online
EDUCATOR, and
ongoing source of
INSPIRING LOCAL
FOOD STORIES for
your viewers and
readers
A WESTWIND
PICTURES
CREATIVE
PRODUCER AND
ON-CAMERA
HOST developing
children’s cooking
programming
An online Tree
House Kitchen
COOKING
COACH
delivering
accessible
in-home
virtual lessons
In development!
An Institute
for Hormonal
Health
integrative
wellness
program
COOKING
COACH
A Hamilton
Public Health
FOOD LITERACY
ADVISOR
1-888-607-0333
www.nancyhenley.com
Profile
Nancy teaches cooking systems that
help families and all food lovers bravely
cuisine,
in culinary life skills,
mind and body and
with the inner
foodie, family, friends and community.
Nancy loves inspiring people from 9 to 90 develop
nourishing life skills and cooking creativity, as they
learn where their food comes from. She teaches her
cooking systems through five outlets: online cooking
coaching at Tree House Kitchen (in development!); as a
creative producer and on-camera host with
WestWind Pictures, developing children’s programming featuring the beauty of sustainable local farms,
their produce and how to cook; the Institute for
Hormonal Health’s integrative wellness cooking
coaching; the City of Hamilton’s Public Health food
literacy advisory committee; and through the bounty
of online food inspiration on her website and social
sites. Fresh ways of nourishing mind, body, and senses
are offered to those who are in line to taste!
Not only does Nancy teach families and food lovers
how to cook, she also trains apprentice chefs. By
encouraging the process of thinking like a chef and
eating as naturally as possible, Nancy brings to the
table her chef’s sensibilities, her mom-of-three skills,
and her focus on sustainable and healthy living. She
offers fresh ways to engage with food for all. Nancy’s
ideas and systems are health-, time- and
family-tested; they reveal efficient, fun, delicious
and sustainable ways to bring everyone together
around the kitchen counter or the dining table.
Think of Nancy as your cooking coach and trainer.
As your chef skills improve and your lifestyle changes,
Nancy will "boil down” recipes to your taste and needs
– she can work with any recipe and also writes her
own. She can adapt to your specific flavour-forward
mindset as she highlights the practicalities of
food-sourcing, kitchen organization and cooking skills.
Nancy crafts her unique philosophy and teaching style
through her cooking systems, breaking down recipes
into an explore-versus-chore mindset, sharing as many
secrets as she can. There is an “inner chef” in
everyone. Nancy helps you explore your cooking style
as it is now and as you would like or need it to be, with
practical tips, skills and artistry. Nancy encourages
hands-on exploration in the market and the kitchen, as
she develops your neural pathways and fosters muscle
memory – connecting you to joy through your hands
and making your subsequent kitchen forays easier.
Cooking in new ways will become second-nature.
With all of your senses engaged, you can elevate
your cooking practice and connect to your best
food experiences!
Nancy has more than 25 years of experience in the
business and pleasure of food in Ontario and abroad.
Chef Nancy Henley has a Bachelor of Commerce
degree in Hotel and Food Administration from University
of Guelph, and a diploma from George Brown College
Chef School. Nancy has also completed the chef
apprenticeship program with an Interprovincial Red
Seal Standard in Canada, under renowned European
chef Josef Vonlanthen. She’s taken her chef knife to
open-air farmers‘ markets throughout Europe and has
taught her internationally inspired lessons in many GTA
teaching kitchens, including those of LCBO.
Nancy has hosted alongside GTA celebrity chef guest
hosts such as Michael Stadtlander, Naomi Duguid and
Anna and Michael Olson, and has been a guest chef on
CFTO television, CHCH-TV and CBC radio. Her
recipes and cooking philosophy have been featured in
high-profile publications including Chatelaine, the
Toronto Star, Hamilton Magazine, the Hamilton
Spectator and the Globe and Mail. Nancy is the
proprietor of Tree House Kitchen cooking school,
which she built on a sustainable property in farm
country in Dundas, Ont.
Nancy also volunteers her time in Greater Hamilton,
acting as a community ambassador for food literacy
and food access causes in schools, hospitals, clubs,
foundations and green spaces, as she connects
administrators to a nourishing foods-sustainable
living approach that dovetails with her activities that
support the stewardship of our collective watershed.
1-888-607-0333
www.nancyhenley.com
Praise for Chef Nancy’s coaching
“Tree House Cooking School is a local treasure. Your culinary experience starts the moment you step inside Nancy’s beautiful country
home. Before you know it, you’re enjoying a glass of mulled wine by
the fire. Then, it’s time to head into the kitchen for an evening of
top-notch instruction by a passionate chef. The recipes are thoughtfully
developed, the food locally sourced, and the dishes out-of-this-world
delicious. Not to mention the real live tree growing inside the house.
You’ll be amazed. Make your reservation now – before the rest of the
world finds out about it! (And they will.)” – Karen Cumming
“It was a great privilege to get to talk to you, a true
professional in your craft.” – Andrew Cavalieri
“I would like to thank you for the wonderful evening last night. The CFAs
(Hamilton Community Food Advisors – a division of the Public Health and
Chronic Disease Prevention Team) are so inspired by you and took home
lots of great culinary ideas that they can incorporate into their future presentations and cooking sessions. They particularly admire the beautiful
home you have. I look forward to having you back and sharing your culinary expertise with the CFAs in the near future.” – Chwen Binkley, RD, MSc
“I loved that we could sample the ingredients that were passed around, smell them, taste them, and learn
about the textures and origins too. I definitely feel more confident in trying out some ingredients and cooking
techniques that I have never used before. The whole evening was a ‘gastronomical treat!’…. made perfect
by the fact we that saw every stage of the cooking, some hands on involvement too…but to be able to sit
and eat the food we watched you prepare was just perfect, and delicious. I will definitely be recommending
these evenings to my friends, such a fun way to spend an evening!" – Kerry Henderson
“Wow what an amazing experience! From the moment I walked in the door
Nancy truly makes you feel like you are right at home. The atmosphere was
warm and comfortable, a true opportunity to catch up with old friends and
make a few new ones over some delicious food. The food was absolutely
amazing. Nancy instills confidence in her guests that yes it is possible to make
delicious food in your own kitchen. Nancy was very patient with our many
questions and provided a wealth of information about ingredients, cooking
techniques and the best local businesses for quality ingredients.” – Sara W.
"It really was the best networking event that I have attended – different,
entertaining, relaxing – and my clients LOVED it. I attend a lot of "after"
business hours events and corporate Golf Tournaments and this was a
refreshing change. Looking forward to seeing you again and sharing
your lovely venue with my clients.” – Rose McGinlay
1-888-607-0333
www.nancyhenley.com
A bounty of online food inspiration
Tree House Tips
newsletters filled
with chef secrets
(FYI, none of our photos
are stylized! They are
images of real meals
that you can make
in your own home.)
How-to
cooking
videos
(
Cooking life skills
reduce food costs!)
Kitchen Diary blog
(Loads of cooking tips such
as how to forage and where to source
sustainable ingredients, along with tips on which
local markets and farms to try.)
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Speaking and
teaching events
(Be inspired by Chef Nancy at
corporate and community food
events promoting food literacy
and good food access for all –
connecting you to life skills,
creativity, and where your food
comes from.)
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Quality-consistent recipes,
chef tips and kitchen news
(All of Nancy’s recipes and menus are high quality
and triple-tested. mmmmm!)
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1-888-607-0333
www.nancyhenley.com
In the community
The Globe and Mail
interviews Chef Nancy Henley
Cable 14 visits Tree House Kitchen to film Chef Nancy
Chef Nancy Henley shows how to cook the
perfect Thanksgiving dinner on CHCH TV
Chef Nancy Henley speaks out against Hamilton
Health Sciences’ non-local outsourcing of its
hospital food service
Bay Area Restoration Council invites Nancy to
be a blog contributor
Momentum Fitness Club features
Chef Nancy Henley’s recipes
WOWTV features Chef Nancy Henley
in a wellness series
Mountain News features
Nancy’s tasty holiday desserts.
“A very down-to-earth tree
house kitchen” review in
The Hamilton Spectator
Read the latest media stories at
www.nancyhenley.com/media-hurrahs/
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www.nancyhenley.com
Contact
For cooking demos and nourishing stories
that will delight your readers and viewers:
1-888-607-0333
To see more, visit Nancy’s blog:
www.nancyhenley.com