California native Shan-Shan Chen is an accomplished chef and has been a regular guest on the View of the Bay program, showing viewers how to prepare inexpensive and delicious Chinese dishes. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, she enjoys sharing the richness of Chinese culture with people of all backgrounds. She especially is passionate about sharing her family traditions with her husband and two young children.

Heidi Goodman has been a web designer and creative manager for such online companies as Excite, Inc. and Pottery Barn Kids.com, as well as for the nonprofit sector. As an artist, she specializes in watercolors and, of course, she loves books and cooking. She lives in California with her husband and two sons.