Ashley Mariani is a chef and food educator who has been working in the industry for more than 20yrs. She has taught cooking for Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food and the Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Programme. She currently focuses on retreat catering and travels up and down the east coast creating magic with different facilitators. Ashley takes pride and pleasure from creating food that is both nourishing and inspirational. Mediterranean flavours are the back bone of Ashley’s meals that are created from seasonal, local ingredients.

Ashley is also a textile artist working with embroidery, appliqué and quilting to create unique pieces that explore the relationship between humans and nature, and the convective energy that binds them together. Ashley uses reclaimed textiles and raw edges to create work that is meditative and intuitive in its process.

Ashley enjoys sharing the power of stitching as a form of meditation, and connection to self. Each stitch becomes a breath, a heartbeat that slows us down, and brings us in to the present moment. Ashley teaches mindful stitching, raw edge appliqué and quilting.

To relax and unwind Ashley enjoys stitching, reading and painting