Adrianne Calvo

American chef and television personality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adrianne Calvo (born 1984)[1] is an American chef and television personality.

Born1984 (age 4041)
Cooking styleAmerican
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Adrianne Calvo
Born1984 (age 4041)
EducationJohnson & Wales University
Culinary career
Cooking styleAmerican
Current restaurant(s)
    • Chef Adrianne's Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar (2007–)
    • Cracked Eatery (2019–)
Websitewww.adriannecalvo.com
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Early life

Calvo was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1984.[2]

Career

In 2002, Calvo enrolled at the culinary school Johnson & Wales University. Receiving first place in some culinary competitions gave her the opportunity to cater the 2003 World Series for the champions Florida Marlins.[3]

In 2004, Calvo started to work at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami, where she worked with chef Patrick Lassaque. After working at Mandarin Oriental,[4] Calvo worked with Thomas Keller and Cindy Pawlcyn.

Calvo has participated in the Food Network's South Beach Wine and Food Festival[5] for the past four years as well as events such as Dali Miami[6] and Miami Beach International Fashion Week.[7]

Restaurants

In April 2007, Calvo opened her restaurant, Chef Adrianne's Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar in Miami.[8] In August 2019, Calvo turned her food truck into a brick-and-mortar restaurant called the Cracked Eatery in Miami.[9]

Awards

In 2013, Calvo won the Master Holiday Chef Challenge[10]

In 2015 "Chef Adrianne's Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar" was selected as one of the 17 most important restaurants in Miami by Thrillist.[11] It was also named one of the U.S.'s 15 most unique restaurants by Zagat in 2016[12]

In 2018, Calvo was named Miami's Best Chef by the New Times.[13]

Books

  • Maximum Flavor (2005)[14]
  • Chef Adrianne: Driven by Flavor, Fueled by Fire (2008)[15]
  • MaximumFlavorSocial (2014)[16]
  • Play With Fire (2015)[17]
  • The A-List (2018)[18]

References

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