Chef Annie Greenslade is classically French and Italian trained. However, having visited 33 countries, she takes global influence seriously in her dishes. From cake orders, Personal or Private Chef, private cooking lessons, private dinners prepared for special occasions in your own home, bartending, cooking lesson parties, cupcake decorating parties for children's birthdays, sugar art, to catering and desserts, she can make it happen!
Experience
Annie Greenslade is a degreed Culinary and Pastry Chef. Currently, she is the Private Chef and Owner of The Sweet Life Chef. She won Texas Pastry Chef of the Year, 2020, for the entire state of Texas! She competed at Nationals, against other state winners, to vie for the most prestigious title of Pastry Chef of the Year for the United States through the American Culinary Federation. The services offered by her include private dinners, private cooking lessons, shopping and nutrition lessons, extravagant custom cakes, wedding cakes, childrens' cupcake decorating or milkshake parties, brand representation, mixology parties, spirits and wines pairings with gourmet food for high-end clientele, and cooking lesson parties. Chef Annie taught Pastry Arts and Advanced Cake Decorating at Collin College. She also taught Culinary Arts at Grayson College. Annie Greenslade is also a decorated Iraqi war veteran (US Army Reserves from 1998-2005), a Le Cordon Bleu honors graduate (Associates degree), an University of Oklahoma graduate (Bachelors degree), and a board member of the Les Dames d'Escoffier (an invitation only philanthropic organization that provides college scholarships to women in the culinary and hospitality industry) - International Liaison and PR. In 2019, she was the National Leavey Award recipient, nationally recognized teaching skills relating to entrepreneurship. She is also a 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 Texas State Fair Celebrity Chef. Formerly, she served as Secretary of the Board for the Texas Chefs Association (Dallas Chapter), which is a subset of the American Culinary Federation. She was a chair person who spear-headed the organization of Chef Fest 2019, a Celebrity Chef contestant of Okrapalooza, a Celebrity Chef of Edible Dallas and Fort Worth (the publication), and a Celebrity Chef selected to judge the annual cookie competition for the Dallas Morning News. She is French and Italian trained, but has studied in 33 countries.