Eat Well Tampa

eat well.

A Tampa food community built around good food, moving together, and the people at the table.

The idea

Eating well is about who's at the table as much as what's on it.

Eat Well Tampa brings people together around real food. We run with neighbors, share a chef-made brunch, and leave knowing a few more people than when we arrived.

It starts small and stays welcoming. Community events are free or low-cost, built with local run clubs, studios and Tampa chefs who care about the same things.

The same idea runs through everything we do, from a Saturday run club brunch to a weekly meal program cooked in your kitchen.

Ways to eat well

Find your place at the table

Come to an event, bring us into your home, or build something with us.

Move + Eat

Community

A run club followed by a chef-made brunch. Free or low-cost, all paces welcome. Yoga, pilates and guest Tampa chefs are on the way.

See how it works →

Private Chef

Homes & events

Weekly family meals, dinner parties, wellness programs and estate chef service from Chef John Baldesmo.

Explore private chef →

Events & Partners

Collaborate

Run clubs, studios, venues and local chefs who want to host or cook with us. Let's build something together.

events@eatwelltampa.com →

Consulting

Operators

For cafés, restaurants and caterers: menus, recipe costing, SOPs and kitchen systems from someone who has run them.

Start a conversation →
Move + Eat

Move together. Eat together. Stay a while.

Our first community event pairs a Tampa run club with a chef-made brunch afterward. Come for the miles, stay for the food and the people.

First date and run club partner announced soon
  1. Move
    Run with the groupEvery pace welcome. Walkers too.
  2. Eat
    Brunch by a chefSeasonal, scratch-made and built to refuel.
  3. Meet
    Stay a whileLong tables, new faces, a few new friends.
Chef
& Host
Behind Eat Well Tampa

Hi, I'm John.

I've spent more than ten years running kitchens in Tampa and beyond as a chef-operator, general manager and culinary director. I started Eat Well Tampa to bring that cooking out of the restaurant and into the community.

Classically trained at the Culinary Institute of Virginia, with a business degree from Johnson & Wales. These days I cook in private homes, host Move + Eat, and help other food businesses run better.

Say hello

Reach the right person

General & communityhello@eatwelltampa.com
Private chef & cateringchef@eatwelltampa.com
Move + Eat, partners & venuesevents@eatwelltampa.com
Instagram@eatwelltpa