Our story

Auset is a New York City native, currently residing in Oakland, California. She has worked in the food services industry for over 17 years. Her training began learning vegetarian and vegan cuisine, working as a cook at a not-for-profit yoga and meditation retreat site in Upstate New York, and India for a few years. After her time there, she attended and graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York and studied Culinary Arts. Shortly after, Auset traveled through Italy and France WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) on organic farms and Bed and Breakfast’s, learning authentic French and Italian cuisine.

Upon returning back home to New York City, Auset started working as a Private Chef and became a certified Health Coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She began cooking for people with dietary restrictions and special dietary needs. In addition to working as a Private Chef, Auset has also worked in fine dinning and Michelin Star restaurants in New York, LA and Paris. Additionally, she was featured as a private chef for the reality TV show, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, Auset started a baking company called Sweet Love, primarily focused on vegan and gluten-free baked goods.

In 2022, Auset’s brother relaunched her website, Eatinglove.com, as a platform where you can search for a wide range of recipes and have access to Auset’s baking tutorial videos. As Auset and the business has evolved she decided to change the name after her great grandmother whose name was Bessie Carter.