Alex Guarnaschelli, Hosting a Local Chef Competition

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March 11, 2019

HOSTED BY CELEBRITY CHEF The Competition Alex The New Hampshire Food Bank's Steel Chef Challenge will feature Food Network Guarnaschelli celebrity chef, Alex Guarnaschelli, hosting a local chef competition. The Food Bank will transform the Armory Ballroom at the Doubletree by Hilton Manchester Michelin-starred restaurants. Chef Alex- andra Guarnaschelli can boast indeed — Downtown in downtown Manchester into a grand dining room, seating approximately she embarked on a culinary journey in 650 guests. Attendees will watch live as the competition between chefs heats up, and France and ended up working in some of the country’s top restaurants, including enjoy a fabulous dinner created by Chef Guarnaschelli and her staff. esteemed chef Guy Savoy’s eponymous three-star kitchen. The VIP portion of the event will take place before the competition, where VIPs can meet and greet the celebrity chefs and get autographs. Not surprising for the daughter of esteemed cookbook editor Maria This will be an exciting evening to support a worthy cause! Guarnaschelli, she spent her childhood surrounded by food. Alex learned to eat according to whatever book her mother was working on at the time. This early emphasis on her palate truly shaped her future in food. VIP Meet-and-Greet 5:00 p.m. After seven successful years in France, Alex returned stateside, joining the Cocktail Hour 6:00 p.m. venerable Daniel Boulud at restaurant Competition Begins 6:30 p.m. Daniel, where she quickly rose through the ranks to become sous chef at the Dinner Served 7:15 p.m. Manhattan standard. She then moved to Los Angeles to join Joachim Splichal’s Steel Chef Winner Named 8:45 p.m. Patina Group, where she worked at Pa- tina restaurant in West Hollywood before moving to New York to open Splichal's frst New York City venture. In 2003, Alex became the executive chef SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE at Butter Restaurant, where she creates her own eclectic American and green Contact Nancy Mellitt at 603-669-9725 or [email protected]. market-inspired menu. Additionally, she spent a few years inspiring budding chefs as a Chef-Instructor at New York City’s Institute of Culinary Education. She also helmed the kitchen of the NYC modern dining and cabaret concept, The Darby. In Fall of 2015, Alex opened Driftwood Room at Nautilus South Beach in Miami, Florida. She also premiered her one- woman live comedy show, Busting My Chops at Carolines on Broadway in 2016. 700 EAST INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE | MANCHESTER NH 03109 NHFOODBANK.ORG | 603-669-9725 Chef Alex Guarnaschelli

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Alex was named the Head of Twitter’s Food Council, and is a recurring judge on several Food Network prime- time series such as Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, Cooks vs. Cons and Bakers vs. Fakers.

Alex has also appeared as a judge on Food Network’s series Iron Chef Gauntlet and as both a challenger and a judge on Food Network’s Iron Chef America where she went on to compete on season 4 of The Next Iron Chef. In 2012, Alex won The Next Iron Chef: Redemption and joined the ranks of Kitchen Stadium Iron Chefs. In 2016, she won Food Network’s Guy’s Superstar Grocery Games and was a mentor on the second season of Food Network’s All-Star Academy. Alex also hosted her own shows, The Cooking Loft and Alex’s Day Off.

Most recently, she has appeared on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, NBC’s TODAY, The Dr. Oz Show, ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC’s Live! with Kelly. She has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Food & Wine, Food Network Magazine and Every Day with Rachael Ray. In 2018, Food Network launched Alex’s digital series Fix Me a Plate, in which the New York Native takes audiences on an insider’s tour of the city’s best no-frills food spots. The second season was released in fall of 2018 and has been green lit for season 3. Alex released her first cookbook, “Old-School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned to Cook”, in spring 2013. In fall 2017, Alex’s second cookbook, “The Home Cook: Recipes to Know by Heart,” won praise from Publisher’s Weekly.