Domenica Catelli is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, author, spokesperson and TV personality, and has positively influenced the way millions of families eat and prepare food across the United States with her tasty, easy, and healthy approach to cooking.

Domenica has competed, won and judged on several Food Network shows including as a two-time judge on Iron Chef America. She has been a guest on CBS News, “Oprah and Friends,” with Dr. Oz on XM radio and has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Southern Living Magazine, Modern Luxury Brides, Martha Stewart Weddings, WebMD magazine and Oprah.com. She was the national spokesperson for the Organic Trade Association and has been the brand ambassador and chef spokesperson for several organic, healthy products, including Safeway’s O Organics line, Stonyfield Farms and Kashi.

Celebrities and VIPs such as Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Guy Fieri, Julia Roberts, John Travolta, and Nelson Mandela have enjoyed her food. Her first cookbook, “Mom-a-licious: Fresh, fast, family food for the hot mama in you!” garnered the support of renowned pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene and Dr. Oz.

During her childhood in Sonoma county wine country, her senses were filled with the memories of fresh, seasonal food. In 2010, Domenica reopened her family restaurant, Catelli’s, with her brother, Nicholas in Geyserville, California. Catelli’s originally opened in 1936 in the heart of wine country and features three generations of Catelli family recipes and is now an international destination for weddings and events. She has won numerous awards for her unforgettable culinary contributions. Her passion is to teach easy cooking skills ensuring that we all have the opportunity to live healthier lives by spending just a few extra minutes creating in the kitchen every day.

Domenica lives in Windsor, CA with her husband and Siberian Huskies. Her daughter, Chiara, is a millennial fulfilling her multiple dreams in Los Angeles, and she still eats her veggies.