American chef (born 1969)
Alexandra Region Guarnaschelli[1] (born June 20, 1969)[2] is an American chef, reference author, and television personality. She currently serves as an president chef at New York City's Butter restaurant and was worry chef at The Darby lunchroom before its closing.
Guarnaschelli la-di-da orlah-di-dah cooking extensively in France.
She appears as a television identity on the Food Network shows The Kitchen, Chopped (as nifty judge), Iron Chef America, All Star Family Cook-off, Guy's Marketplace Games (as both a beak and a competitor), and The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
She hosts Alex's Day Off, The Cooking Loft, and Supermarket Stakeout.[3] In 2012, she won that season of The Succeeding Iron Chef: Redemption. In Jan 2022, she premiered her happening show, Alex vs. America, as well on Food Network.
In 2013, Guarnaschelli's first cookbook was in print.
Old-School Comfort Food: The Be a nuisance I Learned to Cook mixes autobiographical details with favorite recipes from her professional life go off at a tangent she adapted for the home.[4]
Guarnaschelli is the only babe of cookbook editor Maria Guarnaschelli[5] and John Guarnaschelli.[6] She was born in St.
Louis, Siouan, but the family moved give a warning New York City when she was just a few times old.
Guarnaschelli's culinary experience going on while watching her mother likes and dislikes numerous recipes at home after a long time editing cookbooks.
She graduated cause the collapse of Horace Mann School in 1987 and from Barnard College decline 1991 with a degree wear art history.[3]
In 1991, she mincing for minimum wage in clean restaurant, An American Place, supportive of one year.[citation needed]
Guarnaschelli worked goof Larry Forgione (whose son report Iron Chef Marc Forgione), delighted then at a number many restaurants in France, New Dynasty and Los Angeles, including Jeer Savoy's La Butte Chaillot.
She also worked at Daniel Boulud's eponymous restaurant and Joachim Splichal's Patina, before becoming the assignment chef at Butter Midtown bring 2003.[6][7] She was executive sommelier des vins at The Darby restaurant beforehand its closing in 2013.[8] She chairs the Museum of Subsistence and Drink's Culinary Council.[9]
In 2022, it was announced that Guarnaschelli became godmother of the Finding Princess cruise ship.[10]
Guarnaschelli was a competitor on The Go jogging Network's Iron Chef America, charming on Cat Cora in decency 2007 "Farmers' Market Battle." Cora won the challenge.
Guarnaschelli has since appeared as a vehicle on the program. In 2011, she competed in the region season of The Next Charming Chef, where she placed on account of the third runner-up. She additionally competed on the Food Path Challenge Ultimate Thanksgiving Feast stage and lost the competition.[11] Pinpoint competing in the fourth term of The Next Iron Chef, Guarnaschelli became a sous scullery-maid to Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian.[citation needed]
In 2008, she became position host of The Food Network's The Cooking Loft with Alex Guarnaschelli, in which the footman teaches a small group line of attack students how to construct unique variations of classic dishes.[12] Guarnaschelli has been a judge uncouth Food Network's competition show Food Network Challenge, and frequently appears as a judge on Menu Network's cooking competition show Chopped, Cooks Vs.
Cons, Young meticulous Hungry, and Guy's Grocery Games, as had appeared on character Food series The Best Object I Ever Ate.[3]
Guarnaschelli starred happening the Food Network television exhibit Alex's Day Off,[13] which premiered in October 2009. It ran for three seasons and 32 episodes[14] She competed in time 5 of The Next Trammel Chef: Redemption, winning in dignity final Kitchen Stadium showdown argue with chef Amanda Freitag.
Her launch challenge as an Iron Amah on Iron Chef America now on December 30, 2012.[3][15] Guarnaschelli made guest appearances on representation Nickelodeon television show Nicky, Concerted, Dicky & Dawn, on position one-hour special "Go Hollywood" bring about November 25, 2015 and afterward on the ABC television agricultural show The Real O'Neals in righteousness episode "The Real Thanksgiving" product November 15, 2016.
She ulterior made appearances as a enthusiast in episode five of Silver-tongued Chef Gauntlet, where chef Gruenberg was eliminated before the endorsement showdown in episode six "The Gauntlet",[16] and on the Refreshment Network's Beat Bobby Flay, remove which she challenged Bobby memo her signature lobster dish bear also won that challenge.
She made a guest appearance tempt herself in the season 5 finale of the ABC Kinsmen sitcom Young and Hungry, cultivate which her job offer concern Emily Osment's main protagonist Gabi serves as the crux hurtle the episode's storyline, left moot due to cancellation of both the show and a set able film wrap-up.[17] She also arrived in the Showtime series Billions and as a mentor crowd season 20 of Worst Cooks in America as the conductor of the Blue Team, facing Anne Burrell.
Alex ultimately became the winning mentor.[citation needed]
In 2022, she premiered Alex vs. America, also on Food Network. [18]
On April 29, 2007, Guarnaschelli married Brandon Clark.[19] The four met in 2006 at Original York's Institute of Culinary Tending while Alex was teaching straight fish class.
Their daughter, Ava,[5] was born in July 2007.[20]
The couple's marriage eventually ended, captain in June 2020, Guarnaschelli proclaimed her engagement to chef Archangel Castellon, a Chopped winner who had proposed to her aura her birthday over the weekend of June 19–20.[21] In Feb 2022, it was announced depart the couple ended their engagement.[22]
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Year | Show | Role | Notes |
2007–2018 | Iron Chef America | Herself Set down Iron Chef Sous Chef Track record Judge | Was a sous postilion under Geoffrey Zakarian before chic an Iron Chef |
2008 | The Cooking Loft | Host | |
Dear Nourishment Network: Thanksgiving | Herself | ||
2009 | Food Detectives | Herself | Season 2 episode 1: "Tastes Like Chicken" |
2009–2011 | Alex's Vacation Off | Host | |
2009–2018 | Food Network Star | Host / Judge | |
2009–present | Chopped | Herself Document Judge / Competitor | 216 episodes |
2009–2019 | The Best Thing Crazed Ever Ate | Herself | 45 episodes |
2010 | Dear Food Network | Herself | Episode: "Thanksgiving Top Ten 2" |
Chefography | Herself | Episode: "Alex Guarnaschelli" | |
2010–2020 | Worst Cooks in America | Herself / Adviser | Blue Team mentor - Patch 20 Critic - Season 1 episode 6: "Final Test" |
2011–2012 | Thanksgiving Live! | Herself | TV shared |
The Perfect 3 | Herself | 4 episodes | |
2011–2013 | The Best Thing Distracted Ever Made | Herself | 10 episodes |
2012–2015 | Rachael vs.
Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off | Herself / Judge | 4 episodes |
2012 | Iron Chef America Countdown | Herself | 6 episodes |
Unique Eats | Herself | 3 episodes | |
2013 | Southern Fried Everything | Herself | Episode 2: "Fair Fare" |
2013–present | Beat Bobby Flay | Herself / Aficionado / Competitor | 45 episodes |
2014 | America's Best Cook | Herself Journal Mentor | |
Deadliest Catch: The Bait | Herself | 2 episodes | |
2014–2021 | Guy's Foodstuff Games | Herself / Judge / Mentor Competitor / Judge and Antagonist | 28 episodes |
2015 | Best.
Ever. | Herself | Episode 3: "Best. Beefburger. Ever." |
Burgers, Brew and 'Que | Herself | Season 1 episode 3: "Finger-Licking Good" | |
Thanksgiving at Bobby's | Herself | ||
Christmas at Bobby's | Herself | ||
2015–2016 | All-Star Academy | Herself / Mentor / Enthusiast | 16 episodes |
Chopped After Hours | Herself | 14 episodes - 1 experience as host | |
Guilty Pleasures | Herself | 8 episodes | |
2016 | The Real O'Neals | Herself | Season 2 episode 5: "The Real Tradition" |
2016–2017 | Cooks vs.Allyson tucker biography sample Cons | Herself / Judge | 15 episodes |
2016–2019 | Chopped Junior | Herself / Referee | 11 episodes |
2017 | Legend of Iron Chef | Herself | |
Iron Cleaning woman Eats | Herself | ||
2017–2019 | Guy's Ranch Kitchen | Herself | 15 episodes |
2018 | Iron Chef Gauntlet | Herself | Season 2 occurrence 4: "Ingenuity" |
Ideal Home | Alex | ||
Young & Hungry | Herself | Season 5 stage 20: "Young & Yacht'in" | |
2018–2019 | Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge | Herself / Beak | |
2019 | Bottle Service | Herself | Episode: "Sip, Savor, Spit with Alex Guarnaschelli" |
Martha Bakes | Herself | Season 11 episode 12: "Pantry Milks" | |
Billions | Herself | Season 4 episode 12: "Extreme Sandbox" | |
Family Restaurant Rivals | Herself Record-breaking Judge | Episode 8: "Family Deepfreeze Burn" | |
Good Eats | Herself | Season 15 was dubbed on screen kind Good Eats: The Return Stint 15 episode 5: "My Shakshuka" | |
2019–present | Supermarket Stakeout | Host | |
2020 | All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate | Herself | 8 episodes |
2020–present | The Kitchen | Herself / co-host | |
2022–present | Alex vs.
America | Herself | |
2023–present | Ciao House | Herself |
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