Alexandra Marie "Alex" Jamieson is a natural foods chef, author, speaker, television personality, and holistic health counselor
Education
Although she originally planned a career in advertising, Jamieson attended cooking school after becoming intrigued with the idea of affecting health through diet. Jamieson graduated from New York City’s Natural Gourmet Cookery School, and began cooking professionally in Milan, Italy.
Career
Working under Chef Mohamed Tourkey, she expanded her skills creating regional, vegan, macrobiotic and seasonal organic menus. She worked with clients who required specialized food planning due to cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, infertility and food allergies. Returning to New York City in 2001, she worked as the pastry chef at Other Foods, an upscale organic restaurant.
In 2002, she worked as a vegetarian chef at Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, cooking food for children with life-threatening illnesses.
In addition to The Great American Detox Diet, Jamieson has authored Living Vegan for Dummies and Vegan Cooking for Dummies, both in the Foreign Dummies instructional book series. In addition to being featured in Super Size Maine, Jamieson appeared in Spurlock"s television program 30 Days at Minimum Wage, in which the pair lived on minimum wage for 30 days.
Jamieson has appeared on television shows, including Oprah, The Final Word, and The National Health Test with Bryant Gumbel.