NOCHI

Leah Sarris is an educator, chef, and dietitian with a focus on innovative industry training, strategic planning, and implementation, especially within the start-up and non-profit sectors. With an MBA from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Science from Johnson & Wales University, her wide-ranging professional experience spans from foodservice to agriculture, education, and community engagement. As the Executive Director of the New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute (NOCHI), she merges passions for food and education by providing robust learning opportunities to aspiring chefs, those in the industry, and culinary enthusiasts on food and hospitality principles. In her former role at the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, she helped develop and implement the United States’ premier interdisciplinary culinary medicine program. Leah is particularly excited to provide culinarians, healthcare professionals, and the community the opportunity to learn how to make great food that just happens to be good for them.