Edenesque

Edenesque creates delicious chef-crafted, plant-based dairy products that provide superior nutrition so our customers can Be the Love™ for themselves, their communities, the environment, and their local economy.

As a Black woman, chef, and business owner, Leslie’s lived experience is deeply affected by the intersecting challenges of climate change, health, food insecurity, and justice, and she integrates her values into every aspect of the business. A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu and certified as a sous chef at the Culinary Institute of America, Leslie also holds a degree in Holistic Nutrition and is a certified Dietary Manager & Fitness Nutrition Specialist. She has cooked at Roy’s Restaurant with Chef Roy Yamaguchi and Restaurant Daniel with Chef Daniel Boulud; worked throughout the U.S. as a private chef; and served as a culinary instructor at Star Academy in NYC and Executive Chef for the President of Columbia University.