About Chef Shelley

Shelley Merner is the Chef-Owner of Elegant Eats. She received her training as a Personal Chef through the Culinary Business Academy. She also has a diploma in Gourmet Cooking and Catering from PCDI. She is an active member of the United States Personal Chef Association and the local Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter. She makes an annual trip to the wine country in California where she received a Bachelor’s Degree from Sonoma State University and takes cooking classes at the Apple Farm in Philo from Sally Schmitt, the original owner and founder of the French Laundry.

Shelley has a formidable collection of exquisite recipes she has culled over the last twenty years and an extensive collection of culinary books and magazines. With a foundation of the “tried and true” and a constant searching for the “new and different” her clients have hundreds of recipes to choose from and never need have the same thing twice if they wish.

Shelley has been living in Frisco, Texas with her husband Terry Blechar since 2002. She is very active in the community and serves on the Board of Directors for Frisco Cares Children’s Clinic, is a graduate of Leadership Frisco Class 8, an Ambassador for the Frisco Chamber of Commerce and regularly donates to Frisco Family Services Center as well as serving as the Co-Chair for the food at their annual fundraiser gala, and is the Vice President of Public Relations for Speak Up Frisco! Toastmasters.

Sometimes, she even manages to make dinner for her husband.