Indulge in Exquisite Culinary and Pastries

The Sweet Life Chef transformed my event with exquisite pastries. Her attention to detail and flavor left my guests raving. Highly recommend for any occasion!

Emily R.

★★★★★

Culinary Elevated

Annie Greenslade is a degreed Culinary and Pastry Chef. Currently, she is the Private Chef and Owner of The Sweet Life Chef. She won Texas Pastry Chef of the Year, 2020, for the entire state of Texas (which is a huge honor). She competed at Nationals, against other state winners, to vie for the most prestigious title of Pastry Chef of the Year for the United States through the American Culinary Federation. Although she did not win first place (she placed third), it was the experience of a lifetime for her, her apprentice, and her daughter. The services offered by this business include private dinners, private cooking lessons, shopping and nutrition lessons, consultation (including restaurant and corporate), extravagant custom cakes, wedding cakes, food journalist, children's cupcake decorating or milkshake parties, brand representation and ambassador, mixology parties, spirits and wines pairings with gourmet food for high-end clientele, and cooking lesson parties. Chef Annie taught Pastry Arts and Advanced Cake Decorating at Collin College. She also taught Culinary Arts, Food and Nutrition, and International Cuisine at Grayson College. She is proud to have a complete understanding of specialized diets and food allergies.
Prior to this, she was the head Culinary Instructor of Blú Community Bistro, a restaurant run by Allen High School students that is opened to the public. Chef Greenslade also implemented a program to teach special education students life skills within the restaurant. The special education students are now involved with the restaurant to not only launder linens, but to roll silverware, to bus tables, to wash dishes, and to host and greet guests. She conducted caterings for up to 800 people, using only her high school students as staff. A full-page article was written about Chef Greenslade's restaurant in the state’s largest newspaper (Dallas Morning News) (https://www.dallasnews.com/food/cooking/2019/02/04/these-north-texas-high-school-students-run-a-restaurant-that-rivals-any-hot-lunch-spot/). The same article was featured in Guide-Live (an internet subset of the Dallas Morning News).
Annie Greenslade is also a decorated Iraqi war veteran (US Army from 1998-2005), a Le Cordon Bleu honors graduate (Associates degree), an University of Oklahoma honors graduate (Bachelors degree), and a current member and past board member of the Les Dames d'Escoffier (an invitation only philanthropic organization that provides college scholarships to women in the culinary and hospitality industry) - International Liaison and PR. In 2019, she was the National Leavey Award recipient, nationally recognized teaching skills for K-12 relating to entrepreneurship. She is also a 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2023 Texas State Fair Celebrity Chef. Formerly, she served as Secretary of the Board for the Texas Chefs Association (Dallas Chapter), which is a subset of the American Culinary Federation. She was a chair person who spear-headed the organization of Chef Fest 2019 (a charity fundraiser for the North Texas Food Bank - raising $20,000), a Celebrity Chef contestant of Okrapalooza (the fundraiser for Promise of Peace Gardens), a Celebrity Chef of Edible Dallas and Fort Worth (the publication), and a Celebrity Chef selected to judge the annual cookie competition for the Dallas Morning News. She was the Fundraising Head Chair for the Texas Chefs Association Red River Chapter, in which she won "Pastry Chef of the Year" and "Contributor of the Year." She was also on the board that planned and hosted the state convention for the Texas Chefs Association 2022. She was also the sole caterer for Greg Abbot's inauguration. She was also the Pastry Chef of the Year Culturemap Dallas nominee for 2023.
In her free time Annie enjoys traveling the world (she has visited 37 countries) to study international cuisine, wines, and cooking techniques. She attended a culinary school in central Italy, but is classically French trained. For spring break 2020, she took 10 students to France to study their local gastronomy. The summer of 2023, she spent three months living abroad and studying the gastronomy in France and Luxembourg. She also grows her own food, enjoys studying and practicing organic gardening, and takes nutrition very seriously. She is a proud mother to a wonderful daughter. Currently, she is working on ways to help food-insecure people and places heavy emphasis on giving back to her community.

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Indulge in personalized pastries and high-end custom cakes tailored to your taste and event theme by our degreed and certified expert chef.