Ciara's culinary journey began at the age of 15 when she was helping the esteemed Evangeline Cajun Cafe get started in South Austin. At 16 she was a skilled Barista making macchiatos for the likes of infamous Austinites Leslie and Alex Jones, in addition to executing meals for the Kerrville Folk Festival. At 17 she was cooking at vegan sprouted & superfood cafe DaVine Foods in the Enchanted Forest, already churning out healthy meals for long lines of festival attendees at Texas’ most revered burn event - Art Outside. By 18 she became head chef for Sunday brunch at prestigious Macrobiotic establishment, Casa De Luz - cooking for 300 people per meal. At 19 she became head chef of Austin's first raw foods restaurant, The Daily Juice Cafe - which later exploded into massive chains like the well known Juiceland, and international company Rhythm Superfoods. For several years Ciara was GM of Austin's most renowned vegetarian hub Bouldin Creek Cafe, who has served the likes of Robert Plant and Radiohead.

At 22 she was catering the largest Burn event in Texas, Art Outside, and continued catering it (in addition to others) for 8 consecutive years - at its height busting out over 1000 healthy meals a day to the staff, artists, volunteers and attendees. She has extensive experience catering on Playa at Burning Man. Initially for "The Frabjous" at Center Camp, and also for liberal philanthropist Jean Pierre Conte’s “Y Knot Saloon”. Since the days of Kaya’s infancy in her early twenties, this festival catering company has taken off. With her portable kitchen Ciara travels the world setting up luxury dining experiences onsite for film makers, event creators, philanthropists, architects, designers, and more. Anywhere an esteemed hearth of a kitchen needs to be built, her crew can execute it.

Ciara’s festival catering experience includes Burning Man, Art Outside, Lightning in a Bottle, Kerrville Folk Festival, SoulPlay, Symbiosis, Texas Eclipse Festival, Electric Forest, Solarpunk Summit, The Rainbow Gathering, Flowstorm, Astronox, and more. She is also a revered and holistic personal chef who specifically cooked for people suffering from a variety of illnesses that desired to help their bodies heal with the power of ancient food medicine. She cooked for a multitude of people actively undergoing chemo treatments for cancer, and has several medical miracles under her belt. Her diverse skill set, competency, attitude, luscious flavor profiles, attunement, and in-depth experience make her one of the most qualified, capable & reputable kitchen mamas any event, film, or crew could aspire to have.