Karen's passion for cooking started at an early age as food was always a focal point of celebrations. Following her passion, Karen worked in kitchens in Israel, Canada and the US where her passion evolved from cooking into product development and she went on to develop menus, recipes and formulations for leading Canadian regional, national and CPG companies. During that time her passion further evolved into the marriage of culinary arts and science and she obtained her food science certification to bring together the 2 disciplines.