Kelley, also known as "Chef Smile", has been working since 1998 to become a skilled Pastry Chef enabling her to provide tasty creative creations that are a unique experience.
2008- NHRA - Seattle Drag Races: Provided Butterscotch Schanapps Caramel Corn, Double Chocolate Chip Black Walnut cookies and Chocolate dipped Peanut Butter cookies for the Safety Safari team.
2007- Martin Yan of “Yan Can Cook” PBS television series: Food Stylist and Set Assistant for Martin Yan’s latest television series and cookbook “Martin Yan China”.
2007- Sysco Foods Seattle- “A Pirates Treasure of Food": Cake decorating, education and demo. Check out the Chocolate Treasure Chest creation that she managed to keep safe from the Seattle Sea Fair Pirates. If you're a good at finding buried treasure... look for her picture on their web page. seattleseafairpirates.org
2006 - Seattle Cookin’: Seattle’s largest food event of the year.
2006 -KCTS Cooks TV program: Appeared on live TV creating her “Caramelized Onion and Sage Chicken Roulade with Marsala sauce”. The recipe was published in their 10th Anniversary, KCTS Favorites Cookbook.
2006 - Leukemia Foundation fund raiser / RainCity Cooking School : Created Irish Whiskey truffles and Guinness Truffles for this fund raiser.
2006 - Thomasville Furniture: Guest Chef teaching Easy Entertaining with Chocolate.
2006 - NHRA- Seattle Drag Races: Provided Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies for the Safety Safari team during the event.
2005- KCTS Cooks TV program: Sous Chef for the Host Chef Carol Dearth, owner of RainCity Cooking School and prep assistant for numerous Chefs and cooks.
2005 - RainCity Cooking School, Bellevue WA: Cake, Pastry and Chocolate workshop Instructor.
2005- Sysco Foods Seattle WA- Holiday Food Show: Demonstrating cake decorating skills.
2005 - Sysco Foods Seattle WA- Circus Food Show: Demonstrating cake decorating with chocolate. 3-D Faberge Easter Egg cakes can be seen in her photo album.
2005 - ACF Bronze medal winner: Novelty cake, “A Mouse Picnic” for the American Culinary Federation Pastry Competition.
2005 - ACF Bronze medal winner: Chocolate show piece, “Swimming in Chocolate II” for the American Culinary Federation Chocolate Competition.
2004 - Seattle Arts Institute of Seattle: Graduated from Pastry Chef Program with Highest GPA and honors.
2004 - Taste of the Nations: Represented the Seattle Arts Institute with petite fours and beautiful show pieces.
2004 -Toastmasters- Div C: Requested to create a cake for the awards ceremony.