A little bit about me and what I do…

Welcome to my website! Here I will share scenes from my delicious life. I live in beautiful Kelowna, the heart of the Okanagan Valley, BC with my husband Jay.

I am an award winning cookbook author, food, wine and lifestyle writer, photographer, former winery owner, happy wife and stepmom. Besides that, I love home design, gardening (I am obsessed with flowers actually) and I have a wide range of experiences and passions to share.

Follow along while I post recipes, wine pairings and cooking videos from our home in the Okanagan and from our travels around beautiful BC. My husband Jay is a photographer and

Photo by Jay Lirag

I love my community and have happily participated in many events and charity works over the years. Here are a few highlights :)

  • Founder of the Okanagan chapter of Soup Sisters, an international charity organizing community soup making events for women and children in need.

  • Co-founder/organizer the Garagiste North Wine Festivals, a festival celebrating the small wine producers recognized as one of the top five wine festivals in the world in 2015 in the London Financial Times).

  • Judge Taste Canada Awards

  • Judge Vancouver Restaurant Awards, Gold Medal Plates and other culinary and wine Competitions

  • Member of the BC Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, a prestigious, charitable international organization of professional women who fundraise for scholarships offered to women in the hospitality, food and wine industry.

  • Co-founder Diner en Blanc Okanagan

  • Okanagan College creator/instructor for a food and wine program

  • Committee member Heart of Gold hospital fundraiser

 
“Jennifer Schell is a highly acclaimed, international award-winning food and wine author, photojournalist and champion of BC’s local food, wine and farm community. Jennifer’s bestselling new book The BC Wine Lover’s Cookbook published by Appetite by Random House continues the celebratory theme set in her first three cookbooks, The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine & Cheese Maker, all bestsellers. Born and raised on an apple orchard in East Kelowna Jennifer and her books were the first to spotlight the amazing community of food, drink and farming community in the Okanagan.”