Maria’s knowledge in this field is astounding and I have benefited tremendously from her teachings. The time and effort she puts in to the preparation of the class is reflected in her organized, relaxed and calm persona. I have found Maria to be friendly, punctual, honest and approachable. I have no doubt that Maria has found her niche in life and I look forward to more lessons and cooking workshops with her.

Lisa Coster

Maria is a highly skilled presenter and the evaluations of her sessions for health care workers have always been extremely positive. I have also taken part in nutrition and cooking workshops run by Maria and have been very impressed by her professionalism and expertise in this area. Maria’s workshops are clearly presented and practical and have given me lots of useful skills and information to improve my family’s nutrition - and save money!

Megan Brooks -  South Western Area Health Services

Maria proved to be a font of knowledge in the area of food for healing and also in the quick and easy preparation of incredibly tasty, nutritious and visually appealing foods to fit any life style or requirement.
My initial experience of Maria's love of healthy, delicious, quality foods was at her own dining table. I was stunned at the range and simplicity of her food preparation and further still by the myriad of taste sensations that I was to experience. Maria whipped up a multi course meal in a very short time, each course or food item had a clean crisp flavour that complemented what came before or was to follow. Freshness, taste and ease seem key to her ethos. Never turn down an invitation to dine with Maria. I have attended one of Maria's classes directed at my own health issues as a former cancer sufferer. Foods that aid the immune system, energy levels, digestion, nausea suppression, detoxification and the elimination of free radicals were addressed in Maria's class.
I have also had Maria cater some luncheons in my own home. My guests eyes, pallets and hunger were delighted by the food presented and by Maria's professionalism and insights. I have had the pleasure to sample dishes created by Maria that suite all seasons, tastes and budgets.

 

Peter Schlosser Uforiart

Maria is incredibly passionate about food and the integral role food plays in our lives. Maria’s face lights up whenever there is discussion of food and nutrition, and I’m sure she develops new recipes and makes plans for her workshops in her sleep, such is her passion.

Pauline Cavalinis Instinct and Reason Global Market Research Consultants

Thank you for a fantastic workshop Maria. We found your explanations on the way food fuels the body to be very easy to understand and really drove home the importance of choosing the best foods to meet our daily needs. Your recipes and the trial foods you prepared in advance were delicious! Thank you for expanding our repertoire of tasty vegetarian main and side dishes, great for adding to serve of meat, chicken or fish, that can be prepared in advance to make our food choices simpler, fresher and healthier. We have implemented so many of your suggestions and are feeling so much better as a result. Our almost 2 year old is now a big fan of miso soup and noodles and quite enjoys your lentil salad recipe too!

Susan Wallis

The initial cooking class we did with Maria really opened up our eyes to how we choose food and how much those choices impact our bodies and our wellbeing. Things that I felt we always should have known but didn’t became clear and simple to implement. Maria has a wonderful manner about her cooking classes that puts everyone quickly at ease. The food is amazing, delicious and best of all really healthy!

We also did a shopping trip with Maria after the class, and that again opened up our awareness to different options and flavours that we hadn’t considered. Maria has an intuitive gift with food and is able to make delicious dishes to improve your health and also make the recipe simple enough for anyone to follow! I’ve immensely enjoyed all the sessions I’ve had with Maria and my body is forever grateful for her positive and healthy influence!”

Jodie Cooper Life Coach Advanced Coaching Solutions

I found your workshop very informative consisting of a wide variety of natural healthy food with a lot of different ways of preparing it and flavouring the meals and dips with a host of natural herbs and spices and also an explanation of what all these natural chemical free foods do for our bodies plus it was a very social gathering and we all came away feeling very knowledgeable about what we put into our bodies and very satisfied as we got to taste everything too. Thank you Maria for a very enjoyable day . I'm feeling really well, I now have the candida under control , many thanks to you for teaching me to not take any medication, just good healthy food.

Cheryl Pendlebury

Everyone at the seminar expressed how much they really enjoyed your presentation and seemed quite motivated to change some of those ol’ habits of quickly grabbing take out or of not wanting to cook for just one person. The effects of poor diet is so subtle that it takes time to notice changes like poor muscle tone and fatigue, and so your talk was very affective in affirming that we all must understand that fresh and alive food is extremely important for ourselves and our families and does affect us both in our physical immune systems and our emotional immune systems. It is very easy to eat well without a lot of effort. Your tips were great.

Margaret Pirotta – Tree of Hope, Surry Hills