Alex Guarnaschelli

Guarnaschelli Maria Guarnaschelli's daughter works as a cookbook editor. Barnard College awarded her a diploma in art history in 1991. She worked at the American Place restaurant for one year at an hourly wage of minimum from the year 1991 through 1991. Guarnaschelli began her career in the culinary field by helping her mother to experiment with various recipes before making edits to the books. Guarnaschelli first learned to cook in the kitchen of Larry Forgione, whose son Marc Forgione is Iron Chef Marc Forgione. She then worked in various restaurants across France, New York, and Los Angeles including Guy Savoy's La Butte Chaillot. She was also employed at Daniel Boulud's famous restaurant as well as Joachim Splichal's Patina before she became the executive chef of Butter. Prior to its closing, she was the chef-in-chief of The Darby. She was chairperson of the museum of Food and Drink's Culinary Council. Guarnaschelli wrote her first cookbook in 2013. "Old-School Comfort Food": The Way I learned to cook" includes autobiographical information and favorite recipes of her professional career that she later adapted to her family home.