Sandra Bradley, chef, caterer, and health and fitness enthusiast, founded Austin, Naturally LLC in 2012. After receiving her Culinary Arts degree in 2006 from Texas Culinary Academy in Austin, Sandra worked at a number of restaurants in Austin and the surrounding area. In 2010, she shifted her focus to catering and personal chef work for a number of Austin residents. While Sandra especially enjoys cooking with wild game and seafood, her main passion is helping clients achieve their health and fitness goals through diet and nutrition without sacrifices in their lifestyles. She is well versed in a number of cooking styles tailored to specific dietary needs.
Always an avid runner and outdoor adventurer, Sandra has long appreciated the importance of a healthy diet in athletic performance. However, when she increased her physical activities to also include strength & conditioning training, Sandra found she had to incorporate some major changes into her own diet in order to reach her goals. It was at this point that she began to truly understand that proper nutrition is the basis not only for physical improvement and success, but also for mental clarity and balance in any lifestyle.
Recognizing that certain diets — previously seen as “fad” diets — were not only gaining strongholds among the fitness community, but also becoming more common among all populations, Sandra founded Austin, Naturally to make such lifestyles more attainable by those unable to do so on their own. In 2021, Sandra moved to Elfrida, Arizona where she worked as the Culinary Director at Seven Arrows Recovery. It was then that she became even more aware of the vital role that nutrition plays in mental health, substance abuse recovery, as well as overall general well-being. Wanting to share her knowledge with a larger population outside of Cochise County, Sandra started Naturally Arizona and now provides her services to the greater Tucson area and is active in both Pima and Cochise Counties. Sandra believes that nutritional success and longevity begins with introducing changes into clients’ diets that are realistic and best-suited for the individual and/or family. That is why she strives to incorporate wholesome, fresh, local, pastured, and organic meats and produce, in exciting combinations, into each client’s cooking experience. Sandra is also experienced with vegetarian and vegan diets and does not shy away from putting together delicious offerings for individuals established or interested in those diets.
Whether for work or for pleasure, Sandra enjoys traveling and is always eager to be able to experience great food and dining opportunities while away from home. She is also able to travel with clients if needed. Always looking for the chance to get outdoors with her favorite canine friend, Rosie, Sandra enjoys camping, hiking, running, and spending time upon the rivers and in the public lands of throughout the South West. Regular trips to Colorado, climbing 14ers and fly-fishing, are among her more favorite travels. Sandra is excited to call Arizona home and looks forward to new adventures- both in meeting and cooking for new clients, as well as exploring this beautiful state!