CULINARY RESOURCES
Meet Your Culinary Team
Chef EJ Martin, Corporate Executive Chef
Chef EJ is a Grand Rapids native & a classically trained Chef with 20 years of professional cooking experience. She attended the Culinary Arts program at Le Cordon Bleu in the Twin Cities. Following graduation, EJ returned to Grand Rapids to cook in several area restaurants, most recently Olive’s Restaurant & Bar, where she served as Executive Chef and GM for almost 15 years.
Chef Paige, Executive Sous Chef
Chef Paige is also a Grand Rapids native & an executive Sous Chef with over 10 years of experience at some of the most cutting-edge restaurants in Grand Rapids. She attended Grand Valley State University in the heart of GR. Following graduation, Paige worked as a Pastry Chef at Kingfisher & Brewery Vivant before joining Butcher’s Union & Gin Gin’s as their Executive Sous Chef.
Food Show Recipes
The recipe book below contains 37 recipes and ideations, artfully curated by Van Eerden's
Culinary Team, just for the Fort Wayne Food Show. Each customer will receive a physical recipe book
in their registration bag at the show.
