Jamie Gervais-Rietveld

Founder and CEO

Jamie Gervais has always been passionate about food. As an overweight child who overcame her negative food relationship in her teen years through mindful eating and physical activity. She continued her food exploration by completing a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Alberta. In 2012 she founded FoodImpact, a corporation that educates students about nutrition, food and mindful eating in their school classrooms. In 11 years, she has taught in over 380 schools and over 100,000 students across Alberta. This program focuses on real-life, hands-on experiences and activities that immerses students in impactful and memorable food activities. Within a few years of educating children, she realized the deep psychological impact of marketing on consumer behaviour and food choices which led her to completing a Certificate in Marketing from the University of Calgary and is currently undertaking a Graduate degree in Counselling Psychology at Athabasca University. Here she is understanding the psychological aspect of decision making and consumer behaviour alongside educational psychology practices. She hopes to help children make better food choices and overcome food adversity. When she is not working on business development and her studies, Jamie is busy with her two active toddlers, cooking and dancing. 
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Jessica Head
​Lead Chef Instructor

Jessica Head is a Red Seal Chef and Certified Holistic Nutritionist from Vancouver Island, BC where she completed a 3-year apprenticeship in Culinary Arts.  Jessica worked at some of the top restaurants and resorts in BC, and she was able to hone her skills alongside some of Canadas top tier chefs.  Her culinary career took her to many unique places, a small trattoria in Rome, Italy, a fly in fishing lodge in Northern BC, a private game ranch in Wyoming, a yoga retreat in Spain and a stunning cat ski lodge near Revelstoke, BC.  Jessica also attended The Canadian School for Natural Nutrition in Vancouver BC, where she received a diploma as a Holistic Nutritional Consultant. In 2011 Jessica packed up and moved to Calgary, Alberta in search of new opportunities.   She spent many years working as private chef and a chef Instructor at Atco Blue Flame Kitchen, where she discovered another passion; teaching cooking classes, with her main area of interest being healthy, clean eating and educational kid’s classes.  She also worked in recipe and cookbook development as well as did numerous media appearances on CTV, Breakfast Television and YouTube videos.  Jess has been able to combine her love for cooking and nutrition and has translated that into a unique career path, creating her own company, Well Fed Chef, offering private, in home dining experiences and creating a line of gluten free, organic granola, Good Grains Granola.  She now resides in Crossfield, Alberta with her husband 3 kids and 2 kitty cats.  She is an avid gardener, thrifter and backyard party hoster.  Jessica is passionate about teaching fun, approachable kitchen skills and tying in educational messages through games and hands on experiences.  She is thrilled to be working as a Lead Chef Instructor at FoodImpact and looks forward to sharing her passion for healthy eating and living with her community.  

Heather Bowen
​Nutrition Educator, Calgary

Introducing Heather Bowen, also known as @takehomenutrition on social media. Heather completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Food, Nutrition, and Health at UBC and continued her studies at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in NYC where she received her designation in Holistic Nutrition and Health Coaching. After completing her Raw Food Chef training in Costa Rica, where she learned how to create delicious and nutritious raw plant based cuisine, Heather wrote a cookbook titled 21-Day Vegan Raw Food Diet Plan. Heather has spent time consulting clients on nutrition, specializing in gut health, and teaching in home cooking lessons and meal planning. As a new mom of two, Heather has found a new passion in creating nutritious meals for her baby and enticing vegetable rich meals that her toddler will eat. She is extremely excited to teach children about nutritious foods and the art of cooking with FoodImpact!