Monya is a South African-born chef and professional culinary consultant, now living in the UK. She is also the author of the best-selling Keto Kitchen Series of cookbooks: Keto Kitchen (2020), Lazy Keto Kitchen (2021), Budget Keto Kitchen (2022), and Quick Keto Kitchen (2023). As a hobby, Monya creates low carb & keto recipes for her popular blog Fats of Life® (voted top 8 culinary blogs, UK BLOG AWARDS 2019 & LUXlife Food & Drink Awards Winner Keto Chef of the Year, 2023).
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Monya Kilian Palmer is a performance chef and culinary consultant specialising in the creation of food that delivers on both flavour and function. From feeding elite athletes and high-profile private clients to developing recipes for bestselling books and international brands, her work combines culinary excellence with a deep understanding of nutrition, performance and real-world practicality.
As founder of a small boutique firm Soigné Consulting Ltd., Monya leads a diverse portfolio of projects spanning recipe development, culinary content, food publishing, menu innovation, and strategic culinary consultancy. Her clients trust her to transform complex briefs into clear, delicious solutions that are both commercially viable and genuinely enjoyable to eat.
Monya’s CLIENT LIST (both past and present) includes: Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck Group, The Tom Kerridge Group, Joe Wicks, Grigor Dimitrov, Le Cordon Bleu International, ChefSteps, Black & White Scotch Whiskey, Bloomsbury Publishing, CherryPick, Fable Food Co., Kyle Books, Olive Magazine, Sainsbury’s Magazine… and many others.
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Monya has recently launched two sub-brands of Soigné Consulting:
AT YOUR TABLE: private chef & meal prep services
TAILORED TABLE: bespoke recipe packs created for your unique family
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SOIGNÉ CONSULTING LTD.
Soigné Consulting Ltd. is Monya’s culinary consultancy, providing high-quality services such as recipe development, writing, editing, testing, and full-scale culinary project management for a variety of high-profile names. The business also encompasses two sub-brands: AT YOUR TABLE, a private chef service, and TAILORED TABLE, a bespoke offering where recipes are created to suit each family’s unique dynamic.
Fats of Life®
Probably the 7,346,719th food blog on the internet, Fats of Life® is Monya's award-winning recipe blog which showcases original recipes developed for the ketogenic and low-carb communities - a lifestyle that she is a passionate ambassador of.
GETTING HER HANDS DIRTY...
Over the years, Monya has had success in selling her original (and commissioned) oil paintings and pencil sketches. Her work has sold internationally, and (when time permits), she loves unpacking her oils, canvasses and turpentine and indulging in her other true passion.
