Personal chef on mission to improve health

BY COURTENAY EDELHART Californian staff writer cedelhart@bakersfield.com Jul 19, 2014 Updated Sep 7, 2016

Bakersfield chef Mayra Melgar, left, prepares a meal for Chisa Whelan, right, and her family in Bakersfield in Whelan's kitchen.

The first time personal chef Mayra Melgar was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, she didn't give it much thought. The illness would end when the baby was born, she figured, so she ignored it.

But it happened again with her second child, and then third daughter Sarah was born with a congenital heart defect.

Pastries were prepared by Bakersfield chef Mayra Melgar for the Whelan family in Bakersfield.

Bakersfield chef Mayra Melgar cooks up a nice meal for the Whelan family in Bakersfield.

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