Aris LaTham, 'The Sunfire Gourmet', has been a vegetarian for 35 years and a living 'raw' food vegan for the past 29 years. He was voted one of the top vegetarian chefs in the USA by Vegetarian Times Magazine. Essence, Vegetarian Gourmet, Health Quest, Upscale, UK's Balance, and Japan's Tarzan Fitness Magazines, as well as the Washington Post, Harlem's Amsterdam News, Jamaica's Gleaner and Observer, are just a few publications in which he has appeared. Aris was the featured chef at the Raw Food Masters Culinary Showcase at Swept Away Resort. He has served as an Executive Food Service Consultant to Island Outpost at The Caves in Negril and Strawberry Hill Resort, and catered to the Kingston Hilton Hotel. He is currently engaged in the training of vegan and raw food chefs for other major international resorts and hotels. 'Sunfire Edible Arts', education, nutrition, detox, catering, and consulting services are available through The VEGSOUL Retreats and 'Sunfire Spa' in St Ann, Jamaica.
Aris was born in the Panama Canal Zone, a direct descendant of an African-Caribbean family of Culinary Griots who has become a world renowned crusader in the area of wholesome foods. He completed graduate studies at the California State University at Fullerton with a major in Linguistics, was a former administrator in Bilingual Education, and a polyglot scholar in Swahili, Sanskrit, Ebonics, Arabic, and Spanish. Aris, who is self-learned in the Culinary Arts and Sciences through his private ten thousand volume library collection, is the originator of SUNFIRE

CUISINE and PARADISE PIES. SUNFIRED FOODS have been featured by Black Entertainment Television (BET), Temple University Medical School Forum, The Organic Food Producers Association of North America, The Family Channel's 'Body by Jake', CNBC: Alive and Wellness, ABC: Eye Witness News, CBS News, Jamaica's CVM and TVJ's Frontline with Ian Boyne, as well as numerous Worldwide Radio Magazines. Aris was the Master Chef at the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida.

SUNFIRE CUISINE delicacies have been catered to numerous celebrities and dignitaries including US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Barbara Streissand, Dennis Weaver, Dick Gregory, Dexter King, Marilyn and Harvey Diamond, Angela Bofill, Iyanla Vanzant, Victoras Kulvinskas, Erika Badu, Jessie Jackson, Demi Moore, Mutabaruka, Rita Marley, Sam Nujoma, Prince, Betty Shabazz, Depak Chopra, Aley Sheedi, Ben Vereen, Dr. Neil Barnard, Chris Blackwell, Philip Michael Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Cicely Tyson, Joe Piscopo, Senator Alcee Hastings, Sidney Potier, Eddie Albert, Susan Taylor, Jewel Diamond Taylor, Les Brown, and Ed Asner.

Aris has been sought after to participate in health seminars and catered to organizations such as:

· The United States Congress
· National Health Federation
· United Nation AIDS (UNAIDS)
· World Synergy Festival
· National Institute of Health
· Ohio Mental Health Commission
· International Vegetarian Union
· National Black Retreat
· National Medical Association Convention
· DC Commission of Public Health
· Washington Hospital Center - Cancer Institute
· Cancer Control Society Conventions
· Afro Synergy Wisdom Circle Retreat
· The Whole Life Expos
· Cottonwood Hot Spring
· The Discovery Channel

Aris La Tham was the President, co-founder and Master Chef of Green City Market and Café in Bethesda, Maryland, and managed the Queen of Sheba Restaurant at The Bob Marley Museum. He has done extensive product development consulting for Guest Services, Swept Away Resorts, The Unicorn Village - 21st Century Market Place, Mother's Market and Kitchen, The Beverley Hills Juice Club and Whole Foods Markets.