Alia Dalal

Alia Dalal: Culinary Content Creator and Consultant

Alia Dalal is a Chicago-based wellness chef, content creator, consultant, TV host, and writer.2 She currently serves as the Content Manager for the Kitchen & Entertaining business at Crate and Barrel, where she develops concepts, creates campaigns, ideates content, and writes video scripts and marketing copy.1

Prior to her current role, Dalal worked as an Experience Chef at Whirlpool Corporation for over four years, where she partnered with brands like KitchenAid, Maytag, and Whirlpool on product development, sales presentations, national media, and social media campaigns.1 She also owned her own wellness chef business, Alia Dalal, wellness chef, from 2011 to 2022, helping clients and brands achieve optimum wellness through healthy eating.1

Dalal has been featured in publications like the Chicago Sun-Times and Edible Chicago, and has received honors such as the Pay It 4Ward Award from BMW and Made Magazine in 2017 and Cooking Light Magazine's Healthy Cook of the Year award in 2010.1 She has also been a guest host on Chicago's Best on WGN and a food tour guide for Chicago Food Planet Food Tours.1

Dalal holds a BA in English from Boston University and a Certificate in Culinary Arts from the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts.1 She also attended the Vermont's Table: Sustainable Food Systems Summer Program at Sterling College in 2012.1