Supporter of several non-profit organizations, including Share Our Strength, City Harvest and Alex's Lemonade Stand
Graduated from New York's Barnard College in 1991 and decided to pursue a career as a chef on the day of her graduation
Trained with American chef and restaurateur Larry Forgione and studied at the La Varenne Culinary School in France
Is the daughter of renowned cookbook editor Maria Guarnaschelli
Began her culinary career at the Guy Savoy in Paris and later worked as a sous chef at La Butte Chaillot
Quote: "[on cooking] "I love taking something bitter and inedible in raw form and watching it transform on the stove with spices and sugar and orange into something that's so delicious․""
Besides her work on television, she has served as head chef at New York's Butter Restaurant and The Darby
Best known as a celebrity chef who has hosted and appeared in several Food Network series, including "Chopped," "Iron Chef America" and "Alex's Day Off․"
Published her first cookbook, "Old-School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned to Cook," in 2013