ABOUT US
Meet Chef Bette
Chef Bette has been cooking professionally for over 25 years. She is passionate about food and loves to share her knowledge with others. She has an omnivore's knowledge with a locavore's perspective.
Using fresh, natural ingredients is a family tradition that Chef Bette learned early on when, as a young girl, she shared the kitchen alongside her mother. That tradition began when Bette's grandparents immigrated to the United States from Norway and opened a bakery in Minnesota. Her grandfather used all natural ingredients---real milk, eggs, butter, sugar and flour to make delicious, fresh baked goods.
After graduating from college, Bette spent time in the investment world, but soon was drawn back to the family business of food. It all began with Bette's Brittle, which has been featured in Food & Wine Magazine and the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
Not content to just make candy, Chef Bette traveled to Europe to learn from the master chefs in France and Italy. One thing lead to another and a catering business in Redondo Beach, CA prospered for many years until the eventful trip to Bend.
It was on a ski vacation to Bend in 2004 that Bette and her husband, Jeff, were captivated with all that Bend has to offer. They chose to leave Southern California and build a home in beautiful Bend.
Since moving to Bend, Chef Bette has continued catering, creating gastronomical feasts for her clients and teaching cooking classes in her gourmet kitchen that overlooks the Cascade Mountain Range.
Realizing that Bend had a vibrant culinary community made up of diverse food purveyors, from sustainable farms and ranches to micro breweries, artisan cheese makers, wineries and distilleries, Chef Bette decided to create The Well Traveled Fork. It features culinary tours around Central Oregon in addition to cooking classes and catering.
Join Chef Bette on one of her tours:
- Visit Central Oregon farms and ranches to see sustainable practices in action on our Farm and Ranch tour.
- Get an insider's view of the best of Central Oregon's food and drink scene in the Culinary Secrets tour.
Or sign up for one of Chef Bette's enlightening cooking classes.
Or be a guest at your own party and ask Chef Bette to cater your next event. She will prepare a meal you and your guests won't soon forget.
Chef Bette's goal is educate her guests about the best way to keep our bodies and our communities healthy. Let her share her love of food with you and her commitment to using FLOSS… Fresh, Local, Organic, Seasonal and Sustainable food.
Follow the Fork!