Bio

Roni Shapiro
Head Chef and Owner of Healthy Gourmet To-Go, Inc.

Roni in her element--Upstate hiking!

Roni founded Healthy Gourmet To-Go in 1993 to help busy New Yorkers balance their hectic lives with delicious healthy food. By delivering fresh, organic, vegan, ready-to-eat meals, Roni saw that a lot more people could be eating animal-free food. Her interest in vegan cooking began over 25 years ago, when she stopped eating foods containing animals.

Roni received a degree in Elementary Education and then a Master's Degree in Special Education. She taught Special Education for five years. Roni then learned the ins and outs of running a business working with her family's hundred year old ladies coat manufacturing company. She then spent years studying cooking and volunteering at NYC's Whole Foods Project at The Manhattan Center for Living. Working with many well known natural foods chefs preparing large quantities of healthful vegan meals for people with life challenging illnesses was transformational for Roni. She realized she had found a passion and created Healthy Gourmet To-Go, Inc. Some say her warm, caring nature adds a special touch to HGTG as she happily spends time talking with clients about their dietary needs and wants.

HGTG now delivers to Ulster County, Westchester and NYC. HGTG is located in Ulster County and is better situated to take advantage of the organic farms in the area. The surrounding splendor imbues the food with natural wholesomeness! Roni absolutely loves to get fresh picked produce one day and serve it to people within 24 hours. The amount of nutrients in these veggies is astounding.  

This is Bear, the Taliaferro's dog, who Roni is madly in love with. Bear lives on the Taliaferro's organic farm that HGTG gets produce from. He's sitting guard over freshly picked Italian parsley. Yes, we washed it first! Sadly, last year, Bear left us, but he lived out his final years running around the Taliaferro's Farm after an abusive childhood. He is sorely missed.

Roni's Dream House

Here's Roni's Dream House that is now up for sale. Please visit the Healthy Headlines Page for more details if you'd love to live in Paradise right outside Woodstock, NY. It's a fabulous full-timer house for 2 people and some critters or an amazing weekender Country Home. It's practically maintenance-free and oh so private!

Roni's Dad up for a visit Halloween weekend. The fun reduced him to a teenager. She'd never seen him laugh so much or so hard. What a blast!

Please contact Healthy Gourmet To-Go for more information or to place an order.

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