Murray Pedersen - Head Strength and Conditioning Coach BOP Steamers.

"Rachel is an integral part of our team and her service is crucial to our success. Without the right nutrition we would not have the fuel to train hard, get the physical results we require and perform on the field"

Dean Jennings - BOP Rugby Academy Manager

'It has been a very successful year for our age grade representative sides. The emphasis we have placed on nutrition through Rachel is definitely a contributing factor. The players have responded extremely well to Rachel's tuition.'

Murray Pederson - BOP Steamers Strength and Conditioning Coach

'Rachel has been working with the BOP Rugby (The Steamers) as the Sports Nutritionist since February 2007. We identified the necessity to have a continuum of nutritional advice from the Academy through to the Elite levels and asked Rachel to work for us. Rachel has proven to be a reliable, flexible and hard working member of the team.'

Tauranga Triathlon Club

Sandra Roy - Secretary for Triathlon Tauranga

'Rachel's knowledge of sports nutrition and her presentations are first class, with positive feedback from participants. Rachel is always very pleasant and cooperative to work with, and has an amazing in-depth knowledge of Sports Nutrition. She is a capable and accomplished public speaker.'

Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast and Surf - Life saving Masters Champion 2007 Simon Oldham

'I recently ended up in 45th place in the one day open men’s category in the 2007 Coast to Coast event - well above what I was expecting or even aiming for. I know that this would not have been possible without Rachel's help.'

Secondary Schools

Liz Van Welie - Secondary Schools coordinator

'Rachel was the guest presenter on Sports Nutrition at my "Chasing Your Dream" Seminars which were targeted towards elite secondary school Bay of Plenty Students. The seminars were held in Rotorua and Tauranga in August 2007, with 75 attendees.

Rachel is an approachable and friendly presenter who provided tons of real life examples for the students to relate to. We have had excellent feedback on Rachel's presentations.'

Aleisha O'Neill - PA for marketing manager

'Rachel presented at our National Sales Conference for all top and middle level management. We found her extremely informative and very professional. She had extensive knowledge about diet and nutrition and had great presentation skills. She related well with the group and put things into perspective and made it relative to their daily routines.'

Colleen Kendrik - Cancer Society Liaison Nurse - Tauranga

'Rachel is an extremely knowledgeable and compassionate speaker who clearly has the experience to deliver high quality informative, up to date nutritional seminars for cancer patients and their carers.'

Wendy MacKereth - Specialist Clinician Dental Therapy

'Thank you for the thoroughness and detail of your presentation. There was a lot of information that was really relevant and timely for therapists.'

Registered Dietitian and Accredited Sports Nutritionist

'Rachel is an extremely knowledgeable, thorough and reliable practitioner and her experience and skills in the areas of sport nutrition, dietetics and teaching. I am pleased that Rachel has returned to New Zealand to work as she will contribute valuable work as a Sports Dietitian.'

Registered Dietitian and Accredited Sports Nutritionist

'Rachel is an experienced Dietitian who has a lot of knowledge gained from working overseas as well as in New Zealand. Rachel has a great rapport with people, and has worked with a wide variety of athletes.'

Senior Clinical Dietitian - Waikato Hospital

'I am pleased to be a mentor for Rachel. Rachel has a passion for Sports Nutrition and is well suited to this area of practice. She is knowledgeable, experienced and competent practitioner who is very busy with consulting individual athletes, teams and providing presentations for a huge range of sporting codes and disciplines.'

Senior Clinical Dietitian - Waikato Hospital

'Rachel made an outstanding contribution to this project (Clinical guidelines for use of Oral Impact), which has led to a change in clinical practice at Waikato Hospital.

I am pleased to be able to confirm the excellent contribution she made in developing the Guidelines for use of Oral Impact to be used with general surgical and major surgical head and neck patients at Waikato Hospital.'

Peter Sommers - BOP Polytechnic Sport and Recreation tutor

'After viewing Rachel's impressive Curriculum Vitae and meeting her in person, it became quickly evident that she would be ideal for the type of individual we were seeking - to be a guest tutor on the Sport and Recreation course.

When inviting professionals to guest lecture on courses, we look for individuals who are going to offer that little 'extra' for the students - Rachel certainly did this and more, and the feedback from students about their time spent with her was 100% positive.'