Chef Alina Aghazarian – freelance recipe developer and food writer, photographer, stylist, and blogger.

A recent newlywed, not a housewife but a Chefwife.

Growing up, I always loved to cook, watching the Food Network or anything related to food, I would find ways to cook or bake anything that came to mind. Entering college, I had culinary school in the back of my head the entire time.

I graduated from UCSB with a Bachelors in Sociology, then entered the recession. So I enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena, CA.

One of the best decisions of my life.

Focusing mainly on recipe developing, I worked for a large recipe driven website based in Los Angeles as a Research and Development Chef. From working there, I became a part of a major project of publishing a cookbook and forever cherished that experience.

Currently, I work at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood and am refining my fine dining techniques and also run a small catering and events company called 17 Catering & Events.

Also featured on Bravo TV Lisa Vanderpump’s show Vanderpump Rules as a  Secret Diner for her restaurant Sur in Beverly Hills, CA in December 2013