Alex Guarnaschelli

Alexandra Maria Guarnaschelli is a chef and executive chef at New York City's Butter restaurant and was executive chef at The Darby restaurant before its closing. She appears as a television personality on the Food Network shows The Kitchen, Chopped, Iron Chef America, All Star Family Cook-off, Guy's Grocery Games, and The Best Thing I Ever Ate. She hosts "Alex's Day Off," "The Cooking Loft," and "Supermarket Stakeout" on Food Network and Cooking Channel. In 2012, she won that season of "The Next Iron Chef: Redemption." Guarnaschelli is the daughter of cookbook editor Maria and John Guarnaschelli. She graduated from Barnard College in 1991 with a degree in art history. In 1991 she worked for minimum wage in a restaurant called an American Place for one year. Guarnaschelli's culinary experience started while watching her mother test numerous recipes at home while editing cookbooks. Guarnaschelli worked under Larry Forgione (whose son is Iron Chef Marc Forgione), and then at a number of