Mary currently develops and implements pastry concepts as the Consulting Executive Pastry Chef with The Sky Lodge, a boutique hotel, a CloudNine Resorts premier property.

Mary has won prestigious recognition twice as one of the “Top Ten Pastry Chefs in America” by Chocolatier magazine and was named “Pastry Chef of the Year” by Chefs in America in 1992.

Her dynamic career has taken her into the nation’s finest kitchens, including Charlie Trotter’s, where she served as pastry chef for two years helping the Chicago restaurant raise its level of excellence from a 3-star to a 4-star rated restaurant. She was the opening pastry chef for both the five-diamond resort Grand Wailea in Maui and the famed Cypress Club Restaurant in San Francisco.

After overseeing the pastry program for more than 40 restaurants for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises in Chicago, Mary was recruited by the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park to be among a select opening team of five instructors to launch the CIA’s Greystone campus in Napa Valley.

Mary’s achievements include five first-place awards and “Best of Show” at the New York Culinary Arts Show; a presentation of her desserts at the James Beard House; and an integral team member representing the United States at the La Coupe du Monde World Cup of Pastry Competion in 1991.

As a part of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Western Trade Association’s initiative in Asia, Mary has traveled to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and China serving as chef representative, teaching pastry arts and assisting in developing the Asian baking industry.

Mary has served as director of Baking and Pastry for Cook Street School of Fine Cooking in Denver, Colorado where she worked on her first cookbook with Chronicle Publishing focusing on desserts and dessert wine pairings. Between classes at Cook Street, Mary continued to grow her travel teaching circuit by teaching at Draeger’s -  Menlo Park, San Mateo, CA; Sur La Table – Portland, Seattle, Los Gatos; Ramekins – Sonoma, CA; The Silo – New Milford, CT; A Southern Season – Chapel Hill, NC; Central Market – Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Ft. Worth, Dallas, TX; Tony’s Specialty Foods – Denver, CO.

Mary’s recipes have been featured in numerous publications including Bon Appetit, Chocolatier, Art Culinaire, Veggie Life and in several cookbooks.

A long time lover of mountain living Mary resides in Park City, Utah.