A lifelong vegetarian, Geetha raised 2 sons in NYC exurbs, prepared their after-school meals (who skipped flavorless and unhealthy cafeteria lunches K-12), festive parties at home and managed the Ridge High School cafeteria during weekend Forensics tournaments for hundreds of hungry, fiercely debating students from the TriStates for over 6 years!
Spoon and Sprout started out as Grab ‘Em Snacks, making plantain chips from freshly peeled green plantains, organic spices, high-oleic oils, and sea-salt. After including a vegetarian cafe near Princeton, NJ ( Spoon & Sprout ) and running it for 2+ years, Geetha reinvented it in Brooklyn along three lines of plant-based offerings – Catering for Corporate lunches, weekend Pop-Up events, and Snacks for the CPG market.
Mostly self-taught, Geetha promotes nutritionally well-balanced ingredient mix of
In NYC, Geetha worked as Director of Finance & Accounting for Corbin Hill Food Project and frequently volunteered her craft and time: at NYC Healthy Food Alliance to train kitchen staff of Brooklyn P.S. 261; appeared as Guest Chef on EarthDay 2019 at Citi’s (Global Headquarters) ThreeEightyAte Cafeteria, weekends as a Demo Chef at GrowNYC Union Square Green Markets, fundraisers for “Immigrant Families Together” and local farmers; Brooklyn Borough Hall’s vegan meetups and numerous other Farmers Markets.
She explored San Antonio in 2019 and 2020 performing Cooking demos at SA Pearl Farmer’s Market, Natural Grocers stores and was the solo Plant Based vendor at Alamo Heights Farmers Market. In 2020, Geetha won a scholarship and received her Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from Center for Nutrition Studies at eCornell.
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