A native New Yorker, Ali fell in love with Maine on her first visit.

She moved here in 2014, after 15 years in Philadelphia, where she was a fixture in the restaurant business. Ali has immersed herself in the local Maine food scene, reveling in its quality and abundance.

She Board Member chef at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, and former volunteer chef , it brings her great joy to have the opportunity to cook for such a worthwhile group of people.

She was the Chef/Producer of Willie & Chet’s Food to go a weekly Pop-Up at Dog Bar Jim in Brunswick during the 2020 pandemic. Ali was featured chef for Out Standing in the Fields at Forty Acre Farm in the summer of ‘21.

Ali has been a huge part of the Green Crab movement since 2015, she has worked tireless to find culinary solutions to problems caused by the invasive species. Ali is an expert on cooking with the invasive species Green Crab is available for interviews appearance and the like.

Ali was the Executive Chef of The Brunswick Inn from 2016 -2109 where she created and executed menus for a multitude of special events from weddings to graduation dinners, baby showers to celebrations of life. In 2016 she spearheaded the popular Tuesday Nights Plat Du Jour Dinners, a 3 course fixed price weekly food event, at Inn, which was open to the public and features an ever changing menu of local, seasonal foods,

She was the Producer and Chef/Partner of Butter+Salt Pop Up along with food writer/chef Christine Burns Rudalevige. She has been found behind the stove at The Robinhood Free Meetinghouse, creating collaborative music dinners with The Arbitare Project, a classical music duo, Maine Seafood dinners with The Maine Coast Fisherman’s Association, as well as private weddings and events.

As the former consulting chef for Dog Bar Jim, and Dirty Larry’s Cone Town she helped define, refine and, create serval menu items and was once found behind the grill on Monday mornings making some of the best breakfast sandwiches in the state, and having the a fantastic time doing so!

Ali lives in Brunswick with her husband Christian, 2 cats and 2 birds, and a regular storyteller at the Community Plate Potluck Suppers