I am Jackie Slade, the proud owner of this sweet house. Previously I was a Chef, a Restaurant owner, and currently a Food Stylist. I love music, animals, birds, food and of course wine. I am listening to Eva Cassidy as we speak. Originally from Connecticut, I went to college in Boston, chefed and summered on Cape Cod, lived and worked in NY and Key West until I moved to SF. The bay area is an amazing place with many micro climates and cultural atmospheres. I used to own a pizza restaurant called Pie in the Sky in Key West. So fun. After that I developed my skills cooking real food, (not that pizza isn't real food), at Las Palmas in Key West and Care Edwige in Provincetown. The fisherman would bring red snapper and yellow tail, bass and other local seafood to my back door and It would be on the tables that night. When I moved to SF it rained every day. UGHH. I fell into property management, then fell in love with SF. I was a saute chef at Zuni Cafe, a cousin restaurant to Chez Panisse.
Currently I am a Food Stylist, based in San Rafael, SF, and the Bay area. My food styling studio is called "The Food Loft" . It is where we stage, and photograph food for media, film, video, and print. Maison jacqueline will be an extension of Slade Designs and the Food Loft. It is very exciting! I am very lucky. We also have cooking classes at the loft for food styling and lighting. I plan on giving life style classes at my maison.
My passion is FOOD. I love the way it looks, how it tastes, it's textures, cooking it, eating it, styling and photographing it, the combinations are endless. Enough about me. What about you?