Tamela A. Reed is the owner of La Soul Food Catering a small catering business that specializes in Soul food cuisine. Her career can best be described as “diversified”. Tamela has worked in the areas of law as a paralegal, in customer service and in mid to upper level business management in a food service environment. Tamela is a wife of 10 years to Major Reed and the mother of two beautiful daughters Parris Alexia Reed 6 years old and Sydnie Ileen Reed 20 months old. In the last year, Tamela has been through a life changing experience in which she was healed of Multiple Myeloma; a type of life threatening cancer. As a result of this, her life has taken a new direction in which she is starting a ministry dedicated to giving hope to people and their families who are facing a battle against a serious illness.

Tamela began her career at San Francisco State University in which she studied pre-law and African American Studies for 2 years. She then continued her studies at the University of Pittsburgh where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies and traveled to Europe to take some time away from studying to see the world. Also, during this time Tamela worked at the Allegheny courthouse in the Adult Probation division as a Court Liaison.

Tamela continued her education by obtaining her post-baccalaureate in general practice law as a paralegal at the University of San Diego, as a result of this she opened a paralegal business in which she focused on helping battered women obtain restraining orders and overall helped them to know how to stand up for their rights and legally protect themselves against their abusers.

After Tamela owned her Paralegal business, she worked for such companies as Hertz, Metro One Telecommunications, Chase Manhattan Bank and San Diego State’s Aztec Shops Catering as the Manager of Operations. These positions were very fulfilling because Tamela has always had a desire to help the success of companies by focusing on the customer’s needs and developing processes that would overall aid in the increased productivity of its employees.

Tamela then received her Masters Degree in Business Administration and a Masters Degree in Organizational Management. During this time Tamela wrote her two Master Thesis’s on how she would go about opening her own catering business, which today is known as La Soul Food Catering. Tamela’s interest in food began at an early age when she was always more than willing to help her grandmother cook authentic southern Soul food meals for the family. As a result of being the owner of La Soul Food Catering, Tamela has been able to captivate her customers with her gift for cooking, event planning and overall creating a magical, unforgettable Soul food dining experience.