CHEF MARKO ELLINGER
Photo by Aubrey Salas
About Chef Marko
Chef Marko has been reinventing his culinary innovation for over thirty five years to the delight of audiences and noted celebrities.
As an enthusiastic instructor, plant based chef, performance artist, cookbook author and television personality, Marko has been asked to guest chef everywhere from London to Baranoff Island in Southeast Alaska.
He is currently a public event specialist for Word of Mouth and is focused on launching a virtual cooking platform to promote health and wellness.
His adventures range from cooking for Dr. Oz and his family, to hosting a kid's cooking show on PBS, to being featured at The Gilroy Garlic Festival.
What would you like to create with Chef Marko?
Why I Teach
Teaching is part of my family fabric, woven into my DNA by countless inspirational examples from my parents and siblings.
When students say that they learned so much more than they expected in my classes it’s gratifying - but when they say my classes are inspirational I feel I’m truly on the right path.
I try to stay true to the following criteria when designing a class:
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Simple Recipes
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Cost Effective Sourcing
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Sustainable Choices
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Health Supportive Ingredients
I have been honored to reach thousands of students in my many years of cooking, be they dishwashers, heads of a households, interns, culinary students or fellow chefs.
Cooking skills are a gateway to wellness with the right ingredients and intention.
I look forward to sharing many more discoveries with you to help make your kitchen a nurturing place.
Mentorship
Providing mentorship to the up and coming artist requires teaching skill but more importantly inspiration.
Nothing could be more rewarding than nurturing value in a promising student and watching them attract beneficial opportunities.
Interested in the opportunity to work with Chef Marko?
Send a note to marko.ellinger@gmail.com.
“give someone a fish and feed them for a day. teach them how to fish and feed them for a lifetime.”
collaboration
New Local Service Looks to Change the Way You Eat: Austin Food Company delivers macrobiotic meals
"...Mansour and Austin Food Co. creative development officer, chef Marko Ellinger – Mansour’s former culinary instructor and the culinary education specialist at Travaasa Spa & Resort, where Mansour worked as a demonstrating chef – are trying to bring back the concept of using food as a natural healing modality with macrobiotic and Ayurvedic principles."
THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE
BY KALI VENABLE, JULY 2017
Congratulations to Raad Mansour for bringing healing foods to Austin!