Chef Jocelyn Harris is a pastry chef, culinary educator, cultural storyteller, and wellness advocate whose work explores the connection between food, history, nourishment, and community. As the founder of The Healthy Swap™ lifestyle and Nourished Beyond the Plate™, she creates experiences that blend culinary education, wellness-centered practices, and culturally rooted storytelling in ways that are both practical and deeply meaningful.

With more than a decade of experience spanning pastry arts, bakery ownership, culinary mentorship, and culinary education, Chef Jocelyn is known for bridging classical culinary technique with ancestral foodways, nutrition awareness, and real-life wellness. Her work highlights the historical contributions of Black food traditions while helping individuals and communities reconnect with food as a source of healing, resilience, culture, and care.

As a pastry chef and former bakery owner, Chef Jocelyn also mentored pastry interns through partnerships with local culinary students, helping emerging culinarians develop both technical skills and confidence in the kitchen. Her background in culinary instruction and community-based education has led her to develop curriculum, workshops, demonstrations, and wellness-centered programming that emphasize accessibility, intentional nourishment, and sustainable practices rooted in real life.

Chef Jocelyn is also a stroke and ruptured brain aneurysm survivor, a lived experience that deeply informs her perspective on wellness, recovery, and self-stewardship. Through speaking engagements, live culinary demonstrations, educational programming, and digital storytelling, she creates spaces that encourage people to move beyond perfection and toward purposeful nourishment — physically, emotionally, and culturally.

Whether teaching in classrooms, speaking on panels, or leading culinary experiences, Chef Jocelyn’s work is rooted in one central philosophy: Food. Wellness. Community.