Alexandra Stratou, an Athens native, attended the Luis Irizar Cooking School in San Sebastián, Spain, after graduating with a bachelor of arts from Brown University in 2006. Stratou has worked in restaurant kitchens both in Spain and Greece. She self-published the original edition of Cooking with Loula (then called Cooking to Share) through a Kickstarter campaign in 2013. Currently based in Athens, she travels the world as a chef, creating events large and small, in both public and private spheres under her brand, Cooking to Share.