Chef Om: Chef, Plant-Based Lifestyle Guide, meditation and healing mindset coach, restaurant consultant and former Monk.

Chef Om reinvents personal nourishment into colorful, thoughtful, and beautifully crafted lifestyle.

Om Rishikesh is a former monk; meditation mentor and founder of Cooking with Om, an Ayurvedic plant based meal delivery service in Los Angeles. 

At the age of 15, Om embarked on his spiritual quest- an adventure that led him into a life of monk-hood in the Bhakti tradition for the next 7 years of his life. It was through this uplifting journey that he learned the art of meditation and devotional cooking. 

His passion for cooking and the healing powers of plants transformed his way of seeing the world and now Om teaches his students how to connect with the powerful medicines Mother nature gives us through plant medicines, the ancient science of Ayurveda and meditative intentional cooking. 

Om believes in the inner healer each one of us possesses when we are able to reconnect to the subconscious through deep relaxation using meditation and Qi-gong as tools to reach our highest potential.

Om resides in LA with his husband Dustin and their 3 fur babies Cooper, the Boston terrier, and the Frenchies Bhumi and Chandra. They spend their days cooking and creating new recipes to share with the world.