Alex Guarnaschelli
Birth Name:
Alexandra Guarnaschelli
Profession
Actress
Fast Facts
- 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