Chef Julia Dunaway

Chef Julia Dunaway became a professional chef after a 30-year career in the uniformed services as a social work administrator. She graduated from the Culinary School of Fort Worth in 2009 and started her business, Chef Julia. She specializes in whole food plant-based cooking and is passionate about helping others learn to cook healthy food and live life to the fullest. By adopting the whole food plant-based way of eating she was able to lose thirty pounds and keep it off for over four years, greatly improving her health. Her favorite cuisine, Japanese food, is inspired by her Japanese mother. She has four children, four grandchildren, and two boxers. In addition to coaching individuals and helping thousands of people in her support group, she teaches cooking classes both in person and online. She has over 60 recorded cooking classes available for purchase on her website and over 250 videos on her YouTube channel, numerous ebooks, and two cookbooks, Plant Based Breakfast Favorites and Plant Based Japanese. She celebrated her 70th. Birthday in June 2024 by walking 150 miles on the Camino de Santiago from Portugal to Spain. She walks three to five miles every day with close friends and her dogs. She and her husband, Steve, enjoy traveling.