About Culinary Angels

Culinary Angels is a volunteer, donation-based organization that provides nutrient-rich meals and nutrition education to people going through a cancer challenge, as well as to their caregivers. Meals are delivered free-of-charge throughout the Tri-Valley area in California.

Our program believes that caregivers play a critical part in a person’s ability to heal and recover. Therefore, we provide meals not only to the recipient, but to their caregiver in an effort to support the stress and responsibilities that can often go along with this role.

Culinary Angels was created to not only provide hope, health and wellness, but the opportunity to exemplify nutritional education to its recipients. Our service visually represents a healthy, healing meal, as well as providing critical ingredients that promote fortification at a time in a person’s life where they can experience the benefits.

Our volunteers are trained to cook with as many organic ingredients as possible and focus on nutrient-rich, plant-based, seasonal ingredients. Emphasis is placed on using cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and homemade broths in our soups. Culinary Angels believes this philosophy will help promote health, wellness, and hope to people who are compromised by their challenge. Organic, healing foods are an important part of our bodies' natural instinct to be well!

We are fortunate to partner with Fertile Groundworks, Sunflower Hill, Clare’s Fare, and Florescent Farms who together supply the majority of our produce! All vegetables are organic and locally cultivated. Culinary Angels is privileged to be a recipient of these beautiful and healthy vegetables.

We could not provide our service without the amazing partnership with Irby Ranch Pleasanton. Sunflower Hill at Irby Ranch allows Culinary Angels full use of their industrial kitchen as well as endless support and encouragement.

Culinary Angels was founded by Lisa McNaney in November of 2016.

Culinary Angels is an all-volunteer, donation-based group that provides healing, nutrient-rich meals to people going through a serious health challenge.

Our Chef and Dietitian are focused on selecting recipes and ingredients that are both satisfying and healthy for our recipients.  We use the following guidelines when doing so:

  • Emphasis on organic, seasonal, locally sourced sustainable foods.
  • Nutrient-dense, plant-strong meals with lean meat entree option.
  • Heart healthy ingredients, cooking techniques & practices that preserve/maximize the nutritional value of foods.
  • Focus on a variety of whole grains, legumes, nuts, herbs, and spices beneficial to healing.
  • Low glycemic foods.
  • Created with mindfulness and love.
Our Partners
Stanford Health Care Valley Care
Fremont Bank
Sunflower Hill
First Presbyterian Church of Livermore, CA
Fertile Groundworks
Sunflower Hill Gardens
Fertile Groundworks
Fertile Groundworks
Kaiser Permanente