Tonia Schemmel is a chef and recipe developer for Feasting at Home. She’s a former restaurant owner (Mizuna) and caterer living in the San Juan Islands.
Expertise: Chef and co-founder of Mizuna Restaurant, personal chef and event caterer, recipe developer, food photographer, and writer. 25+ years as a professional chef.
Location: San Juan Island, Washington State.
Cuisines: Farm to Table, Mediterranean, Asian, Indian, Mexican, German, and American.
Hobbies: Fermenting, foraging, wildcrafting, art, hiking, and gardening.
Hi, I’m Tonia! I am happy to be working with Sylvia once again and developing recipes for you! Together, we opened a vegetarian restaurant in Spokane called Mizuna, featuring fresh farm-to-table cuisine. Yes, it still exists!
Since then, I moved to the San Juan Islands, where food has remained central to my life: catering, creating farm-to-table dinners, personal cheffing, and cooking for my family.
After 25+ years of cooking professionally, I still find the ritual of cooking from the garden and sitting down to a home-cooked meal deeply nourishing. I hope you do too!