User:TheBikiniChef

The name The Bikini Chef was created by Susan Irby in 2000 as a result of cooking signature healthy dishes. Susan Irby first got her start as a chef after she self-published her first cookbook, Cooking With Susan, Southern Family Favorites. Based in Los Angeles, she compiled her healthy recipes into class formats and began teaching cooking classes for Los Angeles based schools, cooking schools, and gourmet food markets.

In 2003, Susan expanded her career base by traveling to Florence, Italy and working with Italian Chef Francesco Berardinelli. It was there she honed her culinary skills and discovered creative ways of using fresh herbs, citrus, and spices to infuse flavors into foods with minimal increase to the caloric and fat value of the dishes. Her signature "figure flattering flavors" as they have become known have translated into several books including Substitute Yourself Skinny (Adams Media). Other books by Susan Irby The Bikini Chef include $7 Healthy Meals, $7 Quick & Easy Meals, and ''Boost Your Metabolism all from Adams Media.

In 2009, Susan began her broadcast career by partnering with the well-established car dealership, Fladeboe Automotive Group of Irvine. Together, they launched the radio show, What's Cookin with The Bikini Chef on KTLK AM 1150 in Los Angeles and of which Susan Irby is the host. Denice Fladeboe, President of Fladeboe Automotive Group of Irvine co-hosts the show along with Kelly E. Carter, a well-known lifestyle journalist and co-author of "Come To Win" with Venus Williams. The show moved to KFWB News Talk 980 in January 2010 and the name was changed to The Bikini Lifestyle with Susan Irby The Bikini Chef. Both co-hosts, known as the Bikini co-hosts, Denice and Kelly, remain as co-hosts of the show with Susan. The Bikini Lifestyle is a show about fitness, food, and overall wellness and has featured guests such as Wolfgang Puck, Joachim Splichal, Celestino Drago, Sherry Yard, Ben Ford, Chef Jean Francoise Meteigner, author Guiliano Hazan, Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, nutrition and health expert Paul Sullivan of ChronoMed, Pro Football player Tony Gonzales, among others. www.thebikinichef.com