CHEF Coaching Beyond the Basics

Jane Barg is a national board-certified health and wellness coach and a chef. She received her health coach training from Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham, NC, and is a member of the CHEF Coaching program faculty. In her private practice, Jane works with individuals and groups to help them make the changes needed to live healthier lives. She offers both culinary and health coaching programs in person and remotely. She is the founder of the Artful Palate catering company and has taught culinary classes in the Philadelphia region.

Shirley Garrett’s 24-year career as a Certified Medical Exercise Specialist (A.C.E) and Health Coach (A.C.E.), has evolved into a Lifestyle Medicine and Health business that features not only functional exercise for her clients, but after earning her Professional Culinary Arts diploma and a certificate of completion in Culinary Coaching (Inst. Of Lifestyle Medicine), Shirley has added Cooking Classes and Culinary Coaching to the list of services she provides in person and online. Shirley is a member of the Program Faculty, CHEF Coaching, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Phillips is Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and Whole Health Medical Director at the VA Boston Healthcare System. As Director of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, he has directed 22 live CME programs and seven online CME modules in Lifestyle Medicine completed by over 15,000 clinicians from 115 countries. He is co-founder and co-director of the Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative (LMEd), dedicated to integrating Lifestyle Medicine into medical school curricula.

Dr. Rani Polak is the Founding Director of Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, as well as an Assistant Professor, Part-time, at the Department of PM & R, Harvard Medical School. His current work focuses on culinary coaching, an innovative telemedicine approach which utilizes evidence-based medicine to help individuals and professionals to efficiently and cost-effectively improve nutrition through home cooking. His work has been featured in many media outlets including the Scientific American, the Herald Tribune, and USA Today.