
Meet The Team

Ellen Payne
Accredited Practising Dietitian
After completing her Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Ellen has worked in some of the more remote areas of the Central West NSW. From these experiences, Ellen understands the value in facilitating strong community connections for individual health and wellbeing.
Ellen’s vision for The Dietitian Collective is for it to be a safe space where rural communities can access non-judgemental nutrition support. Ellen loves running group workshops, as these are a great format to have open discussions about nutrition, ask questions and get hands on with activities that build nutrition knowledge and skills.
Ellen’s focus is around working with her clients to facilitate realistic and sustainable lifestyle changes. An exercise enthusiast herself, Ellen is an Accredited Sports Dietitian and enjoys working with athletes to support them in achieving their performance goals.
Special interests:
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Sports and performance
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Women’s health
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Group education

Jaimee Herbert
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Having grown up on the black soil of the North West, Jaimee is a dietitian with a country heart. After completing her Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics in Newcastle, Jaimee is excited to bring her knowledge and skills back to her home region of Tamworth NSW.
For Jaimee, the purpose of starting The Dietitian Collective was to provide regional communities with a space to prioritise nutrition within the broader context of health and well-being. She believes nutrition is an integral part of not only our health, but our social and cultural connections and wants The Dietitian Collective to be hub where these connections can thrive.
Jaimee prioritises collaboration in her consults, working with her clients to help them identify their health goals, and the steps they can take to achieve them. She has a key interest in how relationships with food develop over time and how we can foster healthy and balanced relationships with food and our bodies. She wants to help her clients eat in a way that promotes enjoyment, satisfaction and connection as well as health.
Special interests:
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Womens health
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Gut health
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Intuitive eating principles
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Group education