Speakers 2027
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Chef Deb Oxman, Founder/ Owner Chef Deb Coaching and Savor Culinary Services, Chef Deb Coaching
Chef Deb Oxman founded Savor Culinary Services in 2002, and Chef Deb Coaching in 2014. Today, Savor is an award-winning company that provides personal chef services, catering, in-flight catering and commercial kitchen rentals across the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and Chef Deb Coaching is a thriving coaching business that works with established food service, product business owners and CEOs across North America and the U.K.
Originally a licensed physical therapist, Chef Deb was inspired to switch careers after her son was diagnosed with high functioning autism and severe ADHD at age two that she found were improved (and triggered) by his diet. Two decades later, Savor has now worked with thousands of clients, won numerous awards, and remains dedicated to providing healthier ways for clients to enjoy the foods they love.
Chef Deb trained at the Culinary Institute of America, the Culinary Business Academy and the Culinary School of Fort Worth. She is a long-time member of USPCA (United States Personal Chef Association) and of IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals). She has owned seven culinary businesses, including a catering company, personal chef businesses, restaurants, and food product companies. As a serial culinary business owner for more than 20 years, Chef Deb has won Chef of the Year, Marketer of the Year, and Website of the Year (USPCA), Best Catering Company (Fort Worth Magazine), and was honored with being named a Dallas Business Journal 2025 Women in Business Honoree and a Woman of Influence Honoree for the 2026 class of Great Women of Texas.
She has participated in major charitable events as a celebrity chef and has been featured in media outlets that include ABC, NBC, CBS, Indulge Magazine, Entrepreneurial Chef, and more. She is the published author of: So You're a Chef Now What? And the co-author of Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Behind Their Brand. Chef Deb is a member of the Les Dames d'Escoffier Dallas Chapter, served as Founding Board Member for Cuisine for Healing and serves as Advisory Board Member for Tarrant County College's Hospitality Program. Giving back to the community is one of Chef Deb's priorities as a business owner. Each year she donates her culinary services and provides free meals and monetary donations to organizations throughout Dallas and Fort Worth, including: Empty Bowls, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Wish with Wings, March of Dimes, Fort Worth Food and Wine Festival, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Ronald McDonald House Charities®, Tarrant Area Food Bank, the Fort Worth Public Library, and the Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County.