Chef Mara is a caterer and private chef serving Metro Detroit. Mara started cooking professionally at age 14 at Forest Grill in Birmingham. After graduating from Cornell University’s Hospitality program, Mara cooked in restaurants and hotels in California, Hawaii, Chicago, Nantucket, Colorado and Dubai. Most notably, Mara worked with an up and coming Hospitality group based in California as the Corporate Chef and Director of Food and Beverage. Since returning to Detroit, Mara worked as a Culinary Operations Manager at Heirloom Hospitality (Prime and Proper, Townhouse, Mad Nice) and a was a Chef de Cuisine on the opening team of the Godfrey Hotel.

Mara's experience cooking private dinner parties and events while living in California inspired her to build her catering business in her hometown. Mara focuses on building relationships with clients and creating custom menus that are suited to their tastes as well as the style of their events.