Holistic Nutritional ConsultantPatti Howard, has been chef and owner of Casual Gourmet catering services on Whidbey Island since 2000. Patti had a restaurant/lounge which specialized in upscale Italian cuisine prior to her catering venture which she owned and operated for six years before selling and moving to Whidbey. Patti began her entrepreneurial career with a retail pet outlet and dog training/behavior facility in 1986 which she was active in for 15 years. She, with her business partner Sally Smith, taught behavior modification techniques to dogs and their people. Patti and Sally relied heavily on shifting diet and nutrition to solve many behavioral problems with the pets in their business, and achieved outstanding results.
Since being diagnosed with a serious chronic condition in 1989, Patti turned her focus to the power of food as medicine while integrating spirit, mind and body. She has, with education and results, seen the power of making subtle, though powerful, changes to diet and emotional well-being that bears witness to a pain-free, wholesome lifestyle that she enjoys today. Patti opened her Nutritional Consulting office in 2007.
Patti has moved on toward receiving her Masters in Holistic Nutrition and enjoys life with her husband, Paul, and two big black dogs that sit by her side at the time of this writing!
