Lauren Groveman is a cooking and baking instructor, cookbook author, food writer, television host, and media spokesperson. She also is the founder and president of a not-for-profit organization, Hands-On-Food, Inc.

She is the author of Lauren Groveman’s Kitchen, Nurturing Food for Family and Friends and The I Love to Cook Book (Rediscovering the Joy of Cooking for Family and Friends).

Lauren was the host of Home Cooking with Lauren Groveman, which was a 26-episode television series for PBS; the host of Welcome to Lauren Groveman’s Kitchen, which was nominated for a James Beard award; and the host of Mom’s on the Go!, for Kroger’s in-store broadcasting.

She contributed to Baking with Julia, both the PBS television series and book of the same name. She also was the host for five shows for Chef du Jour on the Food Network. She recently launched a series of nearly 50 instructional videos called Cooking for a Delicious Life.

Lauren has been a frequent guest on MSNBC television, as well as CBS This Morning, NBC Today, Weekend Today, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Living it Up! with Ali and Jack, Home Matters, Woman’s Day, Attitudes, Fairfield Exchange, HG/TV and more.  

She has contributed to magazines such as Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Victoria, Better Homes & Gardens, Modern Bride, Brides, Lightstyle, Fine Cooking Magazine, and Home Magazine. 

Lauren has worked as a media spokesperson for All-Clad Metal Crafters; Procter & Gamble’s Bounty; Thermador; Cutco Cutlery; KitchenAid; Cook for the Cure; Hellmann’s, Bestfoods Salad Dressings; Jet-Dry; French’s; and Joy Dishwashing liquid. She recently completed a media campaign for the US Tuna Foundation.   

She also is an online columnist for the ClubMom.com and the Larchmont Gazette, her local newspaper. She speaks publically as a motivational lecturer to help families appreciate the value of cooking, baking and eating together.

Lauren has served on the board of directors of the New York Association of Cooking Teachers, the New York Woman’s Culinary Alliance and sat on the mentoring committee for  Les Dames d’Escoffier. She also is a member of A.F.T.R.A. and the IACP

Lauren teaches cooking and baking classes in her home and across the country. She founded a culinary arts program for adolescent female inmates on Rikers Island, a correctional facility in Queens, New York, and has recently started a culinary arts/life coaching program at the Brooklyn Residential Center for juvenile delinquent females remanded to the facility for three to six months.  

Outside her culinary career, she is a certified professional life coach and a trained doula. As doula she provides company and comfort to terminally ill or family-less people at the end of their lives. 

Lauren lives in Larchmont, New York, with her husband Jonathan, children Ben, Julie and Jessica, and yellow Labrador retriever named Mango. Her website is www.LaurenGroveman.com