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

Chef Om is a former monk and Co-Founder of Cooking with Om, a California-based Ayurvedic, plant-based meal delivery and catering company.

His work is rooted in spirituality, compassion, and holistic healing. Guided by the Eastern philosophy of Ahimsa—non-violence and reverence for all living beings—his journey has been shaped by lived monastic training and years of immersion in ancestral healing traditions.

Om approaches cooking as a sacred ritual—one that honors the intelligence of plants, the wisdom of ancestral traditions, and the cultivation of a conscious relationship with the earth.

Through nourishing meals, private coaching,  retreats, Ayurvedic cooking tranings and community offerings- He empowers individuals to experience food as medicine—supporting vitality, emotional balance, and spiritual well-being—while fostering a deeper connection to land, lineage, and the healing potential of conscious nourishment.

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 at his own “Om Sweet Om Farm” a beautiful mountain top property deep in the forest- located in Northern California with his husband- Dustin the farmer, their herd of goats, 7 dogs, and a lot more farm animals. They spend their days, gardening, cooking and creating new recipes to share with the world.