Angela McKeller's Bio

Angela McKeller has been having a love affair with the kitchen as long as she can remember. Fortunately, this is an affair that most husbands DREAM of falling victim to! Angela awoke one morning and made the choice that she was no longer going to try to love her work, but instead, figure out how to make a living by doing what she loves !

Angela's earliest memory of cooking was with her Great-Grandmother, Mom Buck, at age 3. Every Thursday, Mom Buck would come over and it was the highlight of Angela's week for 18 years! Mom Buck survived the Great Depression and would teach Angela shortcuts for simplifying the cooking process, how to build a meal with ONLY the ingredients in her pantry, cooking on a budget and WITHOUT a recipe! Mom Buck taught Angela that the kitchen is a safe place to escape the stress of the outside world and that it was also a great way to unleash her creativity!

Angela still calls Mom Buck for cooking advice today!

• In 2004, Angela was flown by executive producers of Hell's Kitchen to Los Angeles for the final round of interviews to audition for the first season of their reality cooking show. While she was very thankful for the opportunity, Angela decided that there was a better way to showcase her talent.
• In 2006, Angela found a recipe contest sponsored by The Blake House Inn, a Bed and Breakfast in Asheville, NC. She was ecstatic to later learn that she'd won 1st place in the recipe contest !

  
  Angela and the Innkeeper of The 1847 Blake House Inn, Leslie Kimball

  
  
• With the advent of the YouTube phenomenon, Angela decided that she would upload "kook"ing shows to video sites. People have always told her that she makes cooking look so easy and they just love how "kooky" she is, so "KicK BacK and KooK! " was born! (www.livevideo.com/kickbakook)
• In recent months, nearly 100,000 people have watched her kooking show !
• On February 8, 2008, Angela made an appearance on Paula Deen's show, "Paula's Party!", demonstrating how to prepare her Chocolate Hazelnut Lava Cake and the response from her fans was overwhelming!
• Angela recently completed her first cookbook which focuses on ease, affordability and gourmet taste. It will be available soon to the public and is already in high demand.
• In 2009, two of Angela's recipes will be featured in Jessica Conant-Park's fourth novel, Fed Up . Jessica Conant-Park is the author of a great series of novels called "The Gourmet Girl Mysteries". Please click the cover of her most recent novel to learn more about this series.
  

  

• In April 2008, Angela worked as a chef for Peppercorns Catering serving dinner to a major corporation during The Master's Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.  
  

Anyone interested in working with Angela should contact Trisha Malin with TMG Management at (310)-273-8032.