Following a successful career in marketing and communications, Caroline Ishii turned to her lifelong love of food, people and wellness to launch a new career. She believes in a holistic approach to wellness. She is also concerned by the alarming rate with which certain illnesses are increasing, particularly in children.

Caroline learned traditional Japanese cooking from her mother and received a formal education at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City. Having trained with some of the best natural foods chefs in North America and Japan, Caroline returned to Ottawa to open ZenKitchen in the spring of 2007.

With ZenKitchen, Caroline promotes mindful, healthful cooking and eating from farm to table, using local and sustainable produce, and whole foods free from chemicals, additives, and genetically modified ingredients. She incorporates her love of different cultures and taste memories from her travels in her cooking, to create gourmet vegetarian and vegan cuisine that is beautiful, flavourful and satisfying. ZenKitchen offers small event catering and a monthly gourmet vegan dinner at Ottawa’s historic Chelsea Club.

LCBO RIDEAU STREET  |  Tuesday, February 24  |  6:00 - 8:00 pm

LCBO NEPEAN CROSSROADS  |  Wednesday, March 25  |  6:00 - 8:00 pm