Alex Guarnaschelli

Guarnaschelli is the daughter the cookbook editor Maria and John Guarnaschelli. In 1991, she was a graduate of Barnard College with an art history degree. A year later, she was paid minimum salary at an American Place in 1991. Guarnaschelli began her career in the culinary field by helping her mother to try out a variety of recipes, and later making edits to books. Guarnaschelli's career began with Larry Forgione. Her son Marc Forgione was the Iron Chef. Guarnaschelli then went on to work at various restaurants in France as well as Los Angeles. Guy Savoy manages La Butte Chaillot. Before joining Butter She worked as executive chef in the Patina restaurant run by Daniel Boulud and at Joachim Splichal's Patina. In the years prior to its closure, she worked as the executive chef of The Darby. She is chair of the Food Museum's Culinary Council. Guarnaschelli released her first cookbook in the year 2013. "Old-School Comfort Food A Memoir of the Way I learned to Cook" includes autobiographical information and some of her favorite dishes in her professional work that she later adapted to her kitchen at home.