jamie chung

Guarnaschelli Maria Guarnaschelli's child, works as a cookbook editor. She graduated from Barnard College in 1991 with a degree in art history. She worked in 1991 for minimal wage at a bar named an American Place for one year. Guarnaschelli's experience in the kitchen began after watching her mother try out a range of recipes in her kitchen while editing cookbooks. Guarnaschelli was a chef under Larry Forgione (whose son is Iron Chef Marc Forgione), and after that, at numerous establishments in France, New York and Los Angeles, including Guy Savoy's La Butte Chaillot. Prior to joining Butter the restaurant, she served as an executive chef at the Patina restaurant run by Daniel Boulud and at Joachim Splichal's Patina. She was executive chef at the Darby restaurant until its closure. Chairperson of the Museum of Food and Drink's Culinary Council. Guarnaschelli wrote her first cookbook in the year 2013. "Old-School Comfort Food The Way I learned to Cook" mixes autobiographical details with favourite recipes of her professional career that she made for the kitchen at home.