This week's guest is Taffy Elrod. She’s a chef, restaurant owner, cooking instructor, recipe developer, and food writer with 20 years of experience in the food industry. We discuss the closure of her restaurant in upstate New York, and the transition to recipe development, content creation, brand deals, and teaching Taffy Elrod Taffy’s Website Taffy’s Instagram Taffy’s Twitter CHEFS WITHOUT RESTAURANTS If you enjoy the show, and would like to support it financially, check out our Patreon, or you can donate through Venmo or Buy Me a Coffee.  Get the Chefs Without Restaurants Newsletter Visit Our Amazon Store (we get paid when you buy stuff) Private Facebook group Chefs Without Restaurants Instagram Founder Chris Spear’s personal chef business Perfect Little Bites Sponsor- The United States Personal Chef Association Over the past 30 years, the world of the personal chef has grown in importance to fulfill those dining needs. While the pandemic certainly upended the restaurant experience, it allowed personal chefs to close that dining gap.  Central to all of that is the United States Personal Chef Association. Representing nearly 1,000 chefs around the US and Canada.  USPCA provides a strategic backbone for those chefs that includes liability insurance, training, communications, certification, and more. It’s a reassurance to consumers that the chef coming into their home is prepared to offer them an experience with their meal. USPCA provides training to become a Personal Chef through our Preparatory Membership.  Looking to showcase your products or services to our chefs and their clients, partnership opportunities are available.   Call Angela today at 800-995-2138 ext 705 or email her at [email protected] for membership and partner info.