Ariel Voorhees, Founding Chef
Rebecca De Ornelas, Personal Chef
Our Partnership with Healthy Living Market
From the Founding Chef
My name is Ariel Voorhees, and I know how hard the weeknight grind can be.
For fourteen years I battled a long commute and a demanding job as a teacher. My spouse works long hours to preserve democracy.
For me, family life often felt like solving a riddle at a full sprint.
Meanwhile, I’m grateful for the lessons I learned around my childhood dinner table. Try new things. Eat the veggies. Share your day’s joys and trials. A family gathers at home.
To give my children the healthy food habits and stability that I got at home, I had to find a way to juggle all the balls.
As a working parent with my own busy family, I’ve made it a priority and a habit to gather my family together around the table.
And it’s not just about gathering… I know how to do it in a way that eliminates everyone’s stress, most importantly mine.
Now that I’ve figured it out, my family and I have dinner together every night. I cook a wide range of meals that are seasonal, worldly, and fresh. My kids eat [almost] everything.
I know how important it is to have family dinner every night, and that’s why I built Gather Round: to help busy families in the Burlington, Vermont area — and now Vermont’s Route 100 corridor — do the same thing.
Rebecca De Ornelas,
Personal Chef
Rebecca’s love of food began with her parents’ Puerto Rican and Portuguese home cooking. She found her way in the kitchen after working in service at acclaimed restaurants in her native NYC and especially once she began hosting Friendsgiving every year.
Alongside her work with Gather Round, she is also an ADHD life and business coach, supporting parents and entrepreneurs in building systems that reduce overwhelm and make space for what matters most.
Gather Round is an official partner of Healthy Living Market
It’s our pleasure to partner with Healthy Living Market to support busy Vermont families.
Since 1986, Healthy Living has stocked only the highest-quality ingredients from trusted sources. For Burlington-area families who are committed to eating locally, organically, and seasonally, Healthy Living is the natural choice. We also love working with the friendly and knowledgeable staff!
Readers of Healthy Living’s Core Shopper newsletter will catch Gather Round’s favorite recipes in seasonal rotation. Stay tuned!
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