Meet Our Chefs

Shana Larsen

President & Founder

Chef Shana Larsen, President and founder of Ready, Set, Eat!, has been passionate about food and cooking throughout her entire life. A native Portlander, some of her earliest memories are of the explosions of flavor she experienced as her mom often cooked exotic foods. Naturally, she followed in her mother’s footsteps experimenting with a wide range of new and exciting ingredients as well as dishes from many parts of the world.

Before her formal culinary training, Shana had the opportunity to study abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico while earning her Biology Degree from Pacific Lutheran University. And, you guessed it – her daily exposure to AUTHENTIC Mexican food during her travels revived the idea of a career in the Culinary Arts.

While working in Seattle as a cancer research technician, Chef Shana couldn’t ignore her passion for food any longer. She enrolled in the Culinary Arts Program at the Art Institute of Seattle. With her culinary training completed, she moved back to Portland and launched Ready, Set, Eat! Inc. Personal Chef Service.

With her background in science, understanding of how the body works, and personal experience, Shana is uniquely positioned to cater to and craft menus for specialty diets. This can include food allergies (gluten/wheat, casein/dairy, or individual ingredients) or medical conditions (such as cancer, diabetes, MS, ALS, heart disease, high cholesterol, etc). Chef Shana also has experience incorporating nutritional recommendations from registered dieticians, doctors, personal trainers and nutritionists into menus, allowing for clients to receive the correct allocation of calories, protein, carbohydrates and fat in their menu based on their lifestyle.

Chef Shana’s commitment is to provide healthy, nutritionally-balanced meals to busy individuals, couples and families, saving them time, energy and money.

Shana served two years as Past-President, and one year each as Board Member and Past-Treasurer of the Women Entrepreneurs of Oregon, (WEO). She is also a Premier Member of the United States Personal Chef Association, and is ServSafe Certified.

Stephanie Archuleta

Chef

Stephanie has been cooking for over 23 years since graduating culinary school and completing a 3 year chef apprenticeship. Most of her career has been spent in natural foods. During her 12 years at New Seasons Market, she regularly prepared different cuisines and learned to embrace different dietary needs. When asked what her specialty is or what her favorite meal is, Stephanie responds with the fact that she just enjoys cooking for others and learning what their favorite meal is. Stephanie's style of cooking can be called "elevated comfort food".

When she's not in the kitchen, Stephanie does whatever she can to sit around a fire with good friends and tell stories. Combining food and campfires.. that's her happy place.

Win Wilde

Chef

Win grew up learning how to cook, as both her parents cooked professionally, so it was an easy transition for her into the culinary world. She has years of experience in fine dining, catering, mixology, and private cheffing. She has traveled the world learning new cooking methods and recipes to add to her repertoire. Her beloved cooking inspiration comes from Miami and Honolulu where she has roots. She is savvy with recipe modifications and making healthy food taste good. She challenges others with picky palates to try her version of something they dislike before writing it off.  

In her free time, she loves cooking for others, trail running, spending time with her family, exploring new recipes, and traveling outside of the country.

Arreis Suman

Nutritionist

Arreis earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, and is currently working on a Master’s Degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition.  She plans to pursue work in product development, working to help expand the gluten-free ingredient market.  Growing up with food allergies herself, she has a strong interest in nutrition and food development and strives to make more food options available for everyone, regardless of their allergies or sensitivities.  Incorporating a healthy diet has always been important to her, and now her desire is to show others how to implement appropriate dietary choices into their lives as well.  In her spare time, Arreis loves to bake, read, and garden.