Chahinez Tabet Aoul is the recipe developer, photographer, and writer behind Lifestyle of a Foodie and Simple Copycat Recipes. Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Chahinez is known for creating approachable, high-reward recipes that feel like they came straight from your favorite restaurant. Only easier, more fun, and made right at home!
With a love for copycat recipes, small-batch baking, cozy coffee and tea drinks, and seasonal family recipes, she’s built a community of over 600K home cooks and bakers who trust her for recipes that actually work! If you ever searched for a Crumbl cookie copycat or the perfect small batch chocolate chip cookie recipe, there is a good chance you’ve landed on one of her pages.
Though she holds a degree in Marketing, Chahinez is a self-taught SEO pro. A skill she honed from years of building and scaling her own online brands. Her background also includes a hands-on pastry internship with the former Executive Pastry Chef of The Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, where she deepened her knowledge of baking techniques and flavor development.
Chahinez’s work has been featured across notable platforms, including Tastemade, Walmart, and World Market, where she created recipes like Marzipan-Stuffed Dates and No-Bake Gingersnap Truffles, and filmed this viral breakfast recipe with Tastemade and Walmart.
A little more about Chahinez…
- Born and raised in Algeria, Chahinez grew up cooking alongside her grandmother, learning to season food by instinct and smell at a very young age.
- She speaks three languages: Arabic, French, and English.
- When she’s not in the kitchen, you’ll find her lifting weights at the gym (5-6 times a week!!), traveling with her husband, or translating a whole comedy show from Arabic to English on the fly… True story!!
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