Meet our Chef

Trainers who dabble in nutrition are nothing new. But it’s not often that you encounter an experienced fitness professional who is also a trained chef with the skills to prepare healthy and tasty meals. That’s what Chef Eric Tonips offers you.

Eric is a highly sought-after chef and trainer who has worked in the fitness and culinary fields for more than 15 years.

Eric is a personal trainer with multiple certifications: NASM, Cooper Institute: Physical Fitness Specialist, Biomechanics of Resistance Training, PTPT1 and Muscle Activation Technique (Seminar Certification). All that mumbo-jumbo sounds impressive, but what’s important for you to know is that Eric has a long track record of helping people from all walks of life achieve their personal fitness and dietary goals.

Eric’s Fitness Fare meals are not your typical boring diet food. With certifications from the American Culinary Federation and the Texas Chefs Association, working as an Executive Chef, Corporate Chef and a Team Chef, Eric has honed his kitchen skills with a wide variety of tastes and flavors sure to please the most selective customers. In all, he has 15 years of kitchen experience.

Eric has a loyal following of people who have benefited from his unique expertise in the fitness and culinary fields. In addition to lots of everyday people who are seeking to improve their lives, clients have included top corporate executives, stay at home mom's and dad's, and professional athletes from the Olympics, MLB, NFL, PGA, NHL and UFC.

In 2009, Eric became Team Chef for the Texas Rangers major league baseball club. During every home stand, he and his assistants prepared nutritious pre- and post-game meals for top-flight athletes. The Rangers players and staff consistently commented about how tasty and filling the meals are, and how they experienced renewed vigor and energy after eating Fitness Fare meals.

Get ready to Reshape Your Appetite!