Terri Dien

Executive Chef, Bon Appetit Management Company for Google Childcare, San Mateo, CA

Terri Dien joined Bon Appetit Management Company in 2019 as the executive chef managing the food program for Google’s childcare centers. Terri changed careers in 2003 leaving political consulting to attend City College of San Francisco’s culinary arts and hospitality studies program with the goal of becoming a chef instructor. Since then, she has taught cooking classes, worked in restaurants, in both savory and pastry roles, managed a cooking school for Sur La Table, and launched a media start-up company producing culinary content for YouTube and other social media platforms. She has authored three cookbooks: The Big 10 Fish and Seafood Cookbook, The Essential Seafood Cookbook, and Easy Wok Cooking; and her fourth cookbook, Dumplings for Beginners will be published in July. (San Mateo, CA)