What happens when you stop living the life you think you’re supposed to live and fully bet on yourself? Olivia Tiedemann’s path to becoming a private chef and building an audience of millions was anything but planned. After a turbulent adolescence, she traveled to a remote island in Madagascar, found her way into restaurant kitchens, attended culinary school in Ireland, and spent years working in an industry that she loved but eventually left her burned out and deeply unhappy.
Olivia shares what led her to walk away, how being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s forced her to pay closer attention to her body and food, and how reclaiming her health created space for the next version of her life.
We also talk about the private-chef opportunity that changed everything, the first cooking video she almost didn’t post, her creative process, navigating sudden attention, and why success has not changed the way she wants to work or live.
In this episode:
Olivia’s nonlinear path into cooking
Leaving New York to volunteer in Madagascar at 18
Restaurant culture, burnout, and walking away
Her Hashimoto’s diagnosis and personal health journey
Learning how different foods affected her body
Becoming a private chef in the Hamptons
Creating the videos that changed her career
Going from relative anonymity to an audience of millions
Protecting creativity from views, expectations, and outside pressure
Her upcoming cookbook and Bite Me series
Why letting go can create room for something better
Olivia’s experience with Hashimoto’s, fasting, and dietary changes is personal to her. This conversation is for educational and informational purposes and is not medical advice.
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