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Tasha Powell is a food stylist and writer who specializes in working with celebrity chefs and leaders in the hospitality industry. She cooks and styles for monographs, cookbooks and Satellite Media Tours, working between North America and Europe. Take a look at her mouthwatering photos on Cooking with a French Twist.

Tasha also arranges culinary tours with Barbara Pitcher in Provence, France, in Sicily, Italy and in Parry Sound, Canada under Pitcher and Powell Cuisine and Culture. The trips are designed for adventurous women and include cooking classes, yoga classes, guided tours featuring local specialties.

She has been a contributing writer for Perfectly Provence since 2018 where she shares her culinary experiences, recipes and demos. Perfectly Provence is a food, travel and lifestyle magazine for the South of France and the French Riviera. Perfectly Provence has been rated in the top 100 French Blogs and includes targeted regional content for both tourists and for those who have chosen the area for their permanent home.

Tasha, who lives in Los Angeles and part-time in Aix-en-Provence, provides publicity for food writers and food service professionals through social media, online and other broadcast channels.

She consults with a wide range of clients who need recipe development and photography for print and online projects. Food styling for TV segments and feature films is a major part of her work. Tasha relishes the variety of skills that food styling requires: the artistic nature of food presentation, the fast-paced work on sets and the magic of using secret ingredients, techniques and tools. In addition, related prop styling helps make the clients’ products look amazing on camera.

As a culinarian, there are unique opportunities to learn new techniques, recipes, ingredients, plating ideas, food customs and camera angles. She is especially inspired by international cuisines and travel to foreign countries. Tasha completed Le Cordon Bleu chef training at a Michelin starred restaurant in the Luberon region of France.

Connect with Tasha: 

Facebook: Tasha Anne Powell & Pitcher & Powell
Instagram:@tashaannepowell & @pitcherandpowell

Hi,
Born in Jamaica, brought up in SE Asia, then to school in the UK where my parents came to retire, neither of them having ever lived in England, I fulfilled a dream and adventured out to France at the age of 19 having inherited very itchy feet. I met the man who was to become my husband then and settled in the North of France. I obtained dual British and French nationality in 2020, 42yrs later..

We had a great life in the North of France for 33yrs. I created and ran my own training, translating and interpreting company with over 27 people of different nationalities working with me, mainly in the very masculine world of heavy industry, seamen and port operations near Dunkerque. My life was very different to what it is today and we were very full-on with a large B&B which gave us a fabulous place to live with our 2 kids, 7 horses, 4 dogs and other animals, a super busy life…

All that may have been a bit too much so when my biggest client went into receivership, I had a major burn out in 2010 after a run of difficult years managing family illness.
It was time to reinvent our lives which we had already done a couple of times before and my husband had always wanted to own an antique shop in Isle sur la Sorgue. I didn’t even know where that was but we were ready for a new adventure. We spent nearly 6 months travelling with no ties as our daughters had both left the nest, dreamy…we had sold up and were off.

Here we are with a rambling hamlet of houses and rooms to let at Le Domaine Saint Jean, our guest house which we run together now, out in the vineyards and cherry orchard hills. A huge project over the last 9 years which will keep us going for another few.

The guest house and cooking for guests is my main activity but I still have an interest in training and antiques, our other business’s over the last 25yrs and I’m happiest when I host organised groups or residential workshops for small teams who come to Provence for coaching weeks, one day art sessions in my art studio, immersion courses for language learning and photography workshops which attract people from all over the world.

If you’re near Saint Saturnin les Apt come and see us, there’s always a warm welcome and if you’re too far to come round you can always pop in and take a look at our website or IG page and I can help you organise your next workshop or maybe just a relaxing holiday here in the Luberon.

Website is www.ledomainesaintjean.com and Instagram @ledomainesaintjean

Bonjour! I’m Wuin Hopkins, an artist, a graphic designer and a pianist. My husband, my 2 children and I have been coming to the Luberon since 1996 and always loved the area. After our last child went off to college, my husband and I decided to take some time off from our busy lives and spend a year living in Goult. That was a game changer! After our sabbatical, we went back to Berkeley CA just long enough to close our offices, sell our house and say goodbye to friends. I love my new life here in the Luberon and as you know, family and friends love to come visit!

I have a home atelier/office where I offer a unique blend of creative services to my clients. I offer full graphic design services – websites, branding (logos), business cards, brochures and other printed materials. I have 20+ years of professional experience as an art director and graphic designer. My work experience includes working for larger corporations such as Papyrus, Restoration Hardware and Duty Free Shops to individually owned businesses in the United States as well as in France.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am also an artist with a bachelors degree in fine art. As an art director I enjoyed working with very talented artists from all over the world. In the United States, I was so busy professionally and raising a family that I didn’t have time for my own art making. During my sabbatical year in Goult, I was able to laser focus my time and energy on painting which culminated with several shows in the area. I have sold my work at my exhibits, on commission and through clients who find me through my website.

I bring an artistic sensibility everything I do. My commitment is to bring out the best in my clients so that their mission and voice is clearly communicated and beautifully presented.

It would be a pleasure to hear from you!

Contact Wuin Hopkins
email: wuin@hopkinstudio.com
website: wuinhopkins.com
mobile: 06 11 58 62 89