My name is Jennifer and I have been married to a chef for 25 years.

I blog about my life as a chef wife and how we combine restaurant and family life each day.

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Meet Andrea – A Chef, a Wife and a Child

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Having a child with a chef . . . crazy . . . I know. I’ve received so many emails throughout this series from so many chefwives saying how they can somehow relate to what one of us has shared. Funny how you can instantly feel a bond with a total stranger because the circumstances in their life are so similar to yours. I love how technology can help us connect and not feel so alone!!

Today, I’d like to introduce you to another chefwife and Mom, Andrea.

Tell me a little about yourself and your spouse.

My husband and I met in college. We were best friends for 2 years before we started dating. We’ve been together for 10 years and married for 5. I work in accounting 40 hours per week at a university. My husband is a personal chef and cheese monger. read more…

Random Thoughts for a Late Saturday Evening

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Things going through the mind of a 39 year old chef’s wife on a Saturday night . . .

It’s Saturday night and my husband is home (asleep on the couch across the room from me.) Having him home on a Saturday makes me question what day it is as it rarely happens. I just looked at the calendar. Yes. It’s Saturday.
Why is it raining on the last weekend of summer vacation?
School starts in 3 days. I’m not ready to have my kids and husband on opposite schedules again. I wonder if his new position at work will change his days off at all?
How is it that my chef/husband can fall asleep in the living room with the chaos of 3 children all around him? Oh right, he worked about 60 hours in the past 4 days.
I wish it would stop raining.
It looks like we will be able to go to church as a family tomorrow morning. I hope no one wakes up sick in the morning . . .
I turn 40 in 4 days. How is that possible?
I wonder what I should make for breakfast tomorrow morning.
What will it be like to have all 3 girls in school for at least part of the day? Will I cry when I put our youngest on the bus on Friday?
Why is it still raining . . . seriously?
I probably should try to wake my chef/husband up sometime soon and have him move into the bedroom to sleep.

Meet Kim – A Chef, a Wife and a Child

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Continuing on in our series about having a child with a chef, I’d like to introduce you to Kim. Just a short time after starting my blog, Kim was the first chef wife I connected with and I’m so grateful she is willing to share her story with us tonight. 🙂

Tell me a little about yourself and your spouse. (Please include how long you have been married and what your job is (in addition to being a wife and mom.)

My name is Kim. I’m a stay at home mom in Annapolis, Maryland. Before children, I was an elementary general music and choral teacher. After I had our first child, I was the elementary coordinator for our church’s children’s ministry. I decided to stay home with my children once I had our second child. My husband Keith is the executive chef and GM of a farm-to-table restaurant in downtown Annapolis called Factors Row. We will be married 7 years this December. We are both musicians (I sing and he plays keyboards/runs sound) and we met while playing with our church’s young adults worship team. read more…

Bon Voyage

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My blog and social media accounts have been silent for the week as our family took a much needed vacation. read more…

Meet Kerilyn – A Chef, a Wife and a Child

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For my next guest in the series, a Chef, a Wife and a Child, I’d like you to meet Kerilyn Russo. I’m sure many of you are familiar with her site MarriedToAChef.com. She and her husband have a new little one and I’m so happy she was willing to share with us about life as a mom AND being married to a chef.

Tell me a little about yourself and your spouse. (Please include how long you have been married and what your job is (in addition to being a wife and mom.)

Hi there! Thanks Jennifer for inviting me to share my thoughts here! My name is Kerilyn Russo. (Pronounced like two words Keri Lyn) I am an almost 40 yr old (and loving it!) Highly Sensitive New Years Eve baby, a chatty Cathy, fellow chef wife (married 5 years on 9/26 – See our wedding story here!) We have lived in the Washington D.C/VA area since 1999, until recently when we made a HUGE move South to Savannah, GA just a few months ago, in May 2014. *I went to Art School in Savannah and fell in love with the South!* I am the creator and resident life coach of Married to a Chef, like Jennifer, it is my mission to support our fellow significant others to remember that they are NOT alone! As a Life Coach, my clients are significant others who are ready to release the feelings of loneliness and resentment and ready to create the life of their dreams! I believe we all have what it takes to thrive in our restaurant relationships, it just takes some understanding and a willingness to do the work to make it work for us. read more…