FOUNDER

Marijke loves cooking veg-forward, flavourful meals with lots of colours and textures. Some of her favourite ingredients are freshly ground spices, lemon, and all the herbs. She founded Maeven Chef in 2021 after working for a decade in restaurants and as a private chef. Marijke feels so much joy and inspiration from bringing her vision to life with the amazing team of Maeven Chef.

Director of Culinary Nutrition

Steph is graduated with Honours from Georgian College’s Food and Nutrition Management Program in 2022 and has helped us launch the Maeven Method to assist clients with unique nutrition needs that need specialized suppor. Steph is always thinking about how they can help people (and pups!) which really shows through their incredible cooking and background teaching culinary classes, creating delicious healthy meals for the community, and creating an online bakery called Mama Lo's Bakery & Kitchen. They grew up in a restaurant family in Scarborough and love to make friends with all their clients’ pets.

Administrative Assistant

Kara’s sense of creative and compassion bring so much to Maeven Chef. She spends her time connecting with our new and existing clients, liasing with the chefs, managing schedules and feeding Marijke Reese’s peanut butter cups. An integral part of our team! When she’s not working, she works on her visual art projects and spends time with her family near High Park.

Personal Chef

Born in Istanbul, Jasmin Von Horsten is the daughter of a Turkish/American mother and a German father who worked as a chef across Europe. Growing up in Switzerland, she was immersed in a rich culinary culture from an early age where she found herself always in the kitchen. She was surrounded by the tradition of sharing freshly cooked meals that filled the dining table. She began her journey by collecting recipes from every restaurant she visited, gradually evolving her repertoire into a unique style that caters to her family’s tastes and dietary needs. Whether creating private dining experiences or catering to events, she discovered that her greatest joy lies not only in cooking for herself but in delighting others with her food.

Personal Chef

At the start of her culinary journey, Christine attended Cordon Bleu culinary school in Florence, Italy. She will always love cooking Italian food; luckily everyone loves to eat it as well. She’s travelled extensively throughout Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and North & South America trying many different foods and adding to her culinary repertoire. Christine’s previous role was working as a Culinary Skills Instructor for the YMCA, training people how to be chefs and navigate the culinary industry as well as preparing donated meals for Meals on Wheels and Second Harvest. She lives in Mississauga with her very well-fed family and dog.

Lisa loves connecting with her clients by sharing her favourite dishes. She comes from a long line of cooks starting with her great-grandfather. Her cooking style is a combination of French techniques from her culinary school training and Asian flavours from her own background.

Madelaine is an Ecuadorian-Canadian chef with a deep love of all cuisines, especially Latin flavours. She worked in Toronto restaurants with North-American and European cuisines before joining our team. She believes that you can taste the love and care she brings into her food, and loves sharing her passion with the people she cooks for.