Meet the Mavens

Jamika is known for her bold flavors and sassy style. After graduating from the Art Institute of Atlanta, she paired her love for cooking and entertaining by starting her personal chef business, Life of the Party. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, her business and client list quickly expanded maintaining a full roster of celebrities and professional athletes. As a nutritionist and advocate in the fight against childhood obesity, Jamika has been honored as the guest chef at several prominent events around the country. She made her national television debut during her impressive run on the reality series, The Next Food Network Star, season 5. Jamika took the competition down to the final rounds and won the hearts of millions of viewers. When she is not in the kitchen, she enjoys spending time with her family and traveling with her husband sampling local cuisines for inspiration.

Wanda has a natural eye for design. She began developing her sense of aesthetics as a set designer for theatre productions in New York, Philadelphia, and Europe.

Wanda’s eye for décor soon earned her a job with Interior Motives, a prestigious Los Angeles interior design firm. After a few years, she moved on to start her own successful business, The Piper Decorative Artisans. Her stunning work is currently featured in many Hollywood celebrity homes and on the HGTV shows, Designer’s Challenge, Designing for the Sexes and 24 Hour Design.

Patrick loves to help people create the homes they love to live in. A handyman in every sense, he shows viewers common sense solutions to some common home problems. His favorite job, however, is showing people that they’re capable of doing more in their homes than they may think they can.

He graduated from East Carolina University with a bachelor of arts in sociology, where he also studied percussion and was a trained drummer. He started working in sales and corporate branding for a general contractor in Raleigh, North Carolina before launching his own general contracting company.