Ara Zada

Ara Zada was born and raised in Los Angeles California. He spent most of his younger years skateboarding and snowboarding though he always had his heart in the kitchen. He built a career as an Executive Chef specializing in recipe development and food styling. He has worked with Jaime Oliver Food Revolution, Food Network, ABC, CBS, NBC, Breville, Gelson’s and a range of others. He has paired his love for cooking with the great outdoors and found a passion in harvesting his own meat. He is an avid archery hunter and spends most of his spare time honing in his archery skill and planning his next hunt. He currently writes for HarvestingNature.com and has had several recipes published in Outdoor News.

His first cookbook, Lavash, is set to release this Fall with Co-authors Kate Leahy and John Lee.