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Meet Chef Belinda
Belinda Smith-Sullivan, a personal chef, food writer, spice entrepreneur and more is joining South Carolina Living Magazine to share her love of cooking. Get tips in the kitchen that will make you the star of your next dinner party.
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Chef Belinda Smith Sullivan
Personal chef, food writer, spice entrepreneur. Wine enthusiast, world traveler, private pilot.
Belinda Smith-Sullivan’s accomplishments would stuff a resume, most of them connected to her lifelong love of food.
A member of Aiken Electric Cooperative, Smith-Sullivan shares her culinary expertise as the recipe columnist for South Carolina Living. In this role, she hopes to reach the cooks she calls “home gourmets,” expanding their understanding of food and making them more successful in the kitchen.
“I like to elevate them and make them feel like they’re better than they thought they were,” she says.
Smith-Sullivan earned a culinary degree from Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte after a long career with the Coca-Cola Company. She has completed wine studies at the Culinary Institute of America in California’s Napa Valley and is an active member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, the American Culinary Federation, and the prestigious Les Dames d’Escoffier.
With a love of international cuisine and a passion for creating new recipes, she developed a line of spice blends, sold online at chefbelindaspices.com and at Whole Foods Markets, designed to help everyday cooks bring a world of new flavors into their dishes.
“I’m trying to make it as easy for the home cook as I possibly can,” she says.
In May 2019, Smith-Sullivan achieved another culinary milestone when Gibbs Smith published her first cookbook, Just Peachy, a beautifully photographed collection of sweet and savory peach recipes.
To contact Chef Belinda, click here.
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