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From Seeking Community to Leading One: The 16 Year Evolution of Quirky Cooking - Jo Whitton | Quirky Cooking

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Jo Whitton​'s journey began ​in 2008, when she turned to nutrient dense, traditional foods to address her family’s health challenges, food intolerances and her son’s severe OCD and anxiety.​ Her research and dedication led to significant health improvements for her entire family​, leading her to found ​'Q​​uirky Cooking​' ​from her home in the Atherton Tablelands​, Far North Queensland.​​Since then, she has written three best selling cookbooks​: Quirky Cooking, Life-Changing Food and Simple, Healing Food​, and is currently developing her​ much awaited fourth title.​Passionate about teaching simple ways to transition to a whole food, nutrient dense diet, Jo's approachable style helps others adopt sustainable, nourishing habits​, supporting them to reduce and alleviate chronic health issues and improve overall wellbeing.​The Quirky Cooking online​ retail store, ​wholesale operations​ and ​Quirky product development are managed by Commercial Operations Manager, Emma, ​based out of CLIK Collective ​in Vermont​, allowing Jo​ to focus on ​her passion "food as medicine​", producing recipes, videos, podcasts, programs and support resources for her hundreds of thousands of loyal followers.Today, Quirky Cooking offers a variety of resources designed to promote health and wellbeing, including:Free recipe blog 3 best selling cookbooksA range of health focused productsOnline and in person cooking classes and workshopsAn online ​gut health​ cooking and lifestyle program1 on 1 personal coaching​ callsGut health cooking retreats in Italy and FNQCooking videos, podcasts & much more!quirkycooking.com.au@jowhitton@quirkycooking

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Jo Whitton​'s journey began ​in 2008, when she turned to nutrient dense, traditional foods to address her family’s health challenges, food intolerances and her son’s severe OCD and anxiety.​ Her research and dedication led to significant health improvements for her entire family​, leading her to found ​'Q​​uirky Cooking​' ​from her home in the Atherton Tablelands​, Far North Queensland. ​​Since then, she has written three best selling cookbooks​: Quirky Cooking, Life-Changing Food and Simple...

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