The Paleo Café Lifestyle & Cookbook offers the ultimate guide to living Paleo.

After the birth of her dairy-intolerant son Troy, Marlies Hobbs had a new outlook on life and a sincere appreciation for the effects of food on our physical (and mental) health. Her husband, Jai, first discovered the Paleo concept through CrossFit training, and after only a short time eating Paleo meals, the Hobbs family experienced remarkable improvements in their health and well-being.

The Paleo Café concept was born when former environmental lawyer, Marlies realised that it wasn’t social or convenient to maintain this lifestyle. The first Paleo Café opened its doors in Cairns on 3rd October 2012, launching as a franchise business in March 2013, and has since expanded Australia-wide.

Marlies’ passion for offering guidance to others when making the change to the Paleo Lifestyle, together with the amazing bank of recipes developed with the input of experienced Chefs in the Paleo Café kitchen, led to the creation of the Paleo Café Lifestyle & Cookbook. It provides practical information and advice on living Paleo along with 130 world-class Paleo recipes, all tried and tested in the Paleo Café kitchen.

This beautiful publication is filled with inspirational quotes and lifestyle images, mouth-watering food photos and engaging note sections throughout. This unique story of a young family passionate about making healthy living convenient for all is sure to motivate and uplift you to live your best life too!

About the Author

After the birth of Marlies and Jai’s first son, Troy, who suffered from severe reflux caused by a dairy intolerance, Marlies discovered it was the same intolerance that had caused her adult acne and digestive problems. Adopting the Paleo lifestyle not only resolved Marlie’s skin and digestion, but she also lost weight, slept better, and felt fit, healthy, and alive.

It was this discovery that fuelled her endless passion for sharing the Paleo lifestyle. Formerly a planning and environment lawyer, Marlies decided to pursue her dreams and left her career in law, risking everything to open the first Paleo Café in Cairns in October 2012. With an explosive response and demand for more Paleo Cafés, Marlies quickly established the business as a franchise and in 2014, accepted an offer to sell the flagship Cairns café to focus her energy on spreading the Paleo message in Paleo Café HQ.

As well as being a mother to two beautiful boys, Troy and Zac, she has a thriving family business and a successful cookbook to her name and can also add the title of 2014 Emerging AusMumpreneur of the Year award to her list of achievements. Today, Marlies plays a large role in the strategic direction and growth of the Paleo Café brand, as well as finalising menus and offering legal support. Her passion for Paleo living is infectious and she has big dreams of showing people there are alternative ways to live and to inspire them to find the right work/life balance.

In between dreaming up inspirational, follow-up cookbooks and continuing to create a world-class franchise support system, she’s also planning ways to give chefs a brighter future through Paleo training courses and inspiring other businesses to create ergonomic workspaces that promote balance and productivity.