Join us for Season 4, Episode 2 of our Eat Pray Run podcast. Today Dorina chats with Jes Thomas, a native New Yorker who currently resides in the hills of TN. In the culinary world, she was a personal chef. She has done cooking segments on WBIR – Knoxville’s NBC affiliate, the University of Tennessee, Instagram, in-home classes and in event spaces. She worked behind the scenes on Food Network’s CHOPPED & Magnolia Network!
She is also the National Director of Student Programming for Christian Community Health Fellowship (cchf.org) After graduating from seminary, she discipled many and taught scripture for 25 years, through the church she helped lead to plant, Youth for Christ, MOPS Internationa,l and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Jes & Dorina chat about:
- how Jess uses food as a avenue to please people’s palates, but also to invite them to talk about their spiritual lives
- that time Jes was invited to help on CHOPPED
- what Jes cooks up for company
- how Jes experiences God’s glory in the hills of Tennessee, through her senses in the kitchen, and in talking to students
Each episode of Eat Pray Run includes a meaningful story, an engaging conversation, and a little prayer. Come chase God’s glory with us!
Links:
Get your copy of Everyday Faith magazine here: https://www.dayspring.com/everyday-faith-magazine-spring-2022
Also, we mentioned in this episode how Jes works for www.cchf.org. If anyone knows a Christian healthcare student or is a provider that is looking for a job at a missional clinic in the United States, contact her!
Each episode of Eat Pray Run includes a meaningful story, an engaging conversation, and a little prayer.
Through this series, we hope you will discover and take notice of God’s glory alongside us.
You can follow us @DorinaGilmore on Instagram and Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young, Author on Facebook.
About Jes
Jes Thomas, a native NYer, currently resides in the hills of TN. In the culinary world, she was a personal chef. She has done cooking segments on WBIR – Knoxville’s NBC affiliate, the University of Tennessee, Instagram, in-home classes and in event spaces. She worked behind the scenes on Food Network’s CHOPPED & Magnolia Network! She is also the National Director of Student Programming for Christian Community Health Fellowship (cchf.org) After graduating from seminary, she discipled many and taught scripture for 25 years, through the church she helped lead to plant, Youth for Christ, MOPS Int’l and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Follow Jess
@jessoulfood – IG Food
@jessiecchf – IG Ministry/Personal
