# Alex Guarnaschelli

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{{Short description|American chef (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox chef <!-- for more information see [:Template:Infobox chef/doc](/source/%3ATemplate%3AInfobox_chef%2Fdoc) -->
| name           = Alex Guarnaschelli
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1969|6|20}}
| birth_place    = [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis), Missouri, U.S.
| birth_name     = Alexandra Maria Guarnaschelli
|education=[Horace Mann School](/source/Horace_Mann_School), [Barnard College](/source/Barnard_College) (BA)| spouse         = Brandon Clark (2007–2015)
| children       = 1
|known_for=Chef, cookbook author, television personality| alma_mater     = [Barnard College](/source/Barnard_College)
| ratings        = <!-- {{Unbulleted list| [Michelin star](/source/Michelin_star)s {{Rating|0|3}} | [AAA Motor Club](/source/American_Automobile_Association) {{Rating|0|5}} | [Mobil](/source/Mobil) {{Rating|0|5}} | [Good Food Guide](/source/Good_Food_Guide) {{Rating|0|10}}-->
| restaurants    = {{Unbulleted list| Butter Midtown, New York City (2003–present)}}
| prevrests      = {{Unbulleted list| The Darby, New York City (?–2013)}}
| television     =  {{Unbulleted list|''[The Best Thing I Ever Ate](/source/The_Best_Thing_I_Ever_Ate)''|''[The Cooking Loft with Alex Guarnaschelli](/source/The_Cooking_Loft_with_Alex_Guarnaschelli)''|''[Food Network Challenge](/source/Food_Network_Challenge)''|''[Chopped](/source/Chopped_(TV_series))''|''[Iron Chef America](/source/Iron_Chef_America)''|''[Alex's Day Off](/source/Alex's_Day_Off)''|''[All-Star Academy](/source/All-Star_Academy)''|''[Supermarket Stakeout](/source/Supermarket_Stakeout)''|''[Worst Cooks in America](/source/Worst_Cooks_in_America)''|''[Alex vs. America](/source/Alex_vs._America)''|''[The Kitchen](/source/The_Kitchen_(talk_show))''}} 
| awards         = 
| website        = {{URL|www.alexguarnaschelli.com}}
}}

'''Alexandra Maria Guarnaschelli'''<ref name="ironchef">{{cite episode|title=Italian Holiday Battle|series=[Iron Chef Showdown](/source/Iron_Chef_Showdown)|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/iron-chef-showdown/episodes/italian-holiday-battle|network=[Food Network](/source/Food_Network)|time=36:39|airdate=December 6, 2017|accessdate=July 31, 2019}}</ref> (born June 20, 1969)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alex Guarnaschelli Bio|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/profiles/talent/alex-guarnaschelli/bio|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Food Network|language=en}}</ref> is an American chef, cookbook author, and television personality. She currently serves as an [executive chef](/source/Chef_de_cuisine) at [New York City](/source/New_York_City)'s [Butter restaurant](/source/Butter_Restaurant) and was executive chef at The Darby restaurant before its closing. Guarnaschelli studied cooking extensively in France.

She appears as a television personality on the [Food Network](/source/Food_Network) shows ''[The Kitchen](/source/The_Kitchen_(talk_show))'', ''[Chopped](/source/Chopped_(TV_series))'' (as a judge), ''[Iron Chef America](/source/Iron_Chef_America)'', ''All Star Family Cook-off'', ''[Guy's Grocery Games](/source/Guy's_Grocery_Games)'' (as both a judge and a competitor), and ''[The Best Thing I Ever Ate](/source/The_Best_Thing_I_Ever_Ate)''. She hosts ''Alex's Day Off'', ''The Cooking Loft'', and  ''[Supermarket Stakeout](/source/Supermarket_Stakeout)''.<ref name="cc">{{cite web|date=March 30, 2014|title=Alex Guarnaschelli|url=http://thechefsconnection.com/alex-guarnaschelli|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022112/http://thechefsconnection.com/alex-guarnaschelli/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2015|publisher=TheChefsConnection.com|quote=Born:1969}}</ref> In 2012, she won that season of ''[The Next Iron Chef](/source/The_Next_Iron_Chef): Redemption''. In January 2022, she premiered her newest show, ''Alex vs. America'', also on Food Network.  

In 2013, Guarnaschelli's first cookbook was published. ''Old-School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned to Cook'' mixes autobiographical details with favorite recipes from her professional life that she adapted for the home.<ref name=book>{{cite web |title=My Book |url=http://alexguarnaschelli.com/my-book/ |access-date=December 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103062432/http://alexguarnaschelli.com/my-book/ |archive-date=January 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==

Guarnaschelli was the [only child](/source/only_child) of cookbook editor, the late [Maria Guarnaschelli](/source/Maria_Guarnaschelli)<ref name= Advice>{{cite web | url= http://www.cookiemag.com/food/2008/05/chefpicks | title= Advice from a Chef: Alex Guarnaschelli| date= May 2007 |website = Cookiemag.com | first = Julie | last = Alvin | url-status = dead| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080630213202/http://www.cookiemag.com/food/2008/05/chefpicks |archivedate= June 30, 2008 | accessdate = August 6, 2022}}</ref> and John Guarnaschelli.<ref name= mebio>{{cite web |title=Me |url= http://alexguarnaschelli.com/me/ | first = Alex | last= Guarnaschelli | website = alexguarnaschelli.com |publisher= Alex Guarnaschelli | access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref> She was born in [St. Louis, Missouri](/source/St._Louis%2C_Missouri), but the  family moved to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) when she was just a few days old. 

Guarnaschelli's culinary experience started while watching her mother test numerous recipes at home while editing cookbooks.

She graduated from [Horace Mann School](/source/Horace_Mann_School) in 1987 and from [Barnard College](/source/Barnard_College) in 1991 with a degree in art history.<ref name="cc" />

==Career==

In 1991, she worked for [minimum wage](/source/minimum_wage) in a restaurant, ''An American Place'', for one year.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} 

Guarnaschelli worked under [Larry Forgione](/source/Larry_Forgione) (whose son is Iron Chef [Marc Forgione](/source/Marc_Forgione)), and then at a number of restaurants in France, New York and Los Angeles, including [Guy Savoy](/source/Guy_Savoy_(chef))'s ''La Butte Chaillot''. She also worked at [Daniel Boulud](/source/Daniel_Boulud)'s eponymous restaurant and [Joachim Splichal](/source/Joachim_Splichal)'s Patina, before becoming the executive chef at Butter Midtown in 2003.<ref name=mebio/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.butterrestaurant.com/ |title=Butter Midtown |last=Kirichik |first=Roman |publisher=Butter Restaurant| website = butterrestaurant.com |access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref> She was executive chef at The Darby restaurant before its closing in 2013.<ref name= darbyclosed>{{cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Andy |title=Darby supper club to close in a month | website= nypost.com |url= https://nypost.com/2013/06/29/darby-supper-club-to-close-in-a-month/ |access-date=December 16, 2014| date=2013-06-29 }}</ref> She chairs the [Museum of Food and Drink](/source/Museum_of_Food_and_Drink)'s Culinary Council.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.mofad.org/advisors/|title=Advisors| website = mofad.org | publisher=[Museum of Food and Drink](/source/Museum_of_Food_and_Drink)| access-date=May 29, 2019| archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200729231845/https://www.mofad.org/advisors/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, it was announced that Guarnaschelli became godmother of the ''[Discovery Princess](/source/Discovery_Princess)'' cruise ship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Princess Cruises Announces Godparents of Discovery Princess |url=https://crew-center.com/princess-cruises-announces-godparents-discovery-princess |access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>

==Television appearances==

Guarnaschelli was a competitor on The [Food Network](/source/Food_Network)'s ''[Iron Chef America](/source/Iron_Chef_America)'', taking on [Cat Cora](/source/Cat_Cora) in the 2007 "Farmers' Market Battle."  Cora won the challenge.  Guarnaschelli has since appeared as a judge on the program. In 2011, she competed in the fourth season of ''[The Next Iron Chef](/source/The_Next_Iron_Chef)'', where she placed as the third runner-up.  She also competed on the ''[Food Network Challenge](/source/Food_Network_Challenge)'' Ultimate Thanksgiving Feast episode and lost the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title= Ultimate Thanksgiving Feast : Food Network Challenge |website = FoodNetwork.com |url= http://www.foodnetwork.com/food-network-challenge/ultimate-thanksgiving-feast/index.html |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121019205151/http://www.foodnetwork.com/food-network-challenge/ultimate-thanksgiving-feast/index.html |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |url-status= dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> After competing in the fourth season of ''The Next Iron Chef'', Guarnaschelli became a sous chef to Iron Chef [Geoffrey Zakarian](/source/Geoffrey_Zakarian).{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In 2008, she became the host of The Food Network's ''The Cooking Loft with Alex Guarnaschelli'', in which the chef teaches a small group of students how to construct new variations of classic dishes.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cooking Loft |website = FoodNetwork.com |url= http://www.foodnetwork.com/the-cooking-loft/index.html |access-date= August 17, 2016}}</ref> Guarnaschelli has been a judge on Food Network's competition show ''[Food Network Challenge](/source/Food_Network_Challenge)'', and frequently appears as a judge on Food Network's cooking competition show ''[Chopped](/source/Chopped_(TV_series))'', ''Cooks Vs. Cons'', ''[Young and Hungry](/source/Young_and_Hungry)'', and ''[Guy's Grocery Games](/source/Guy's_Grocery_Games)'', as had appeared on the Food series ''[The Best Thing I Ever Ate](/source/The_Best_Thing_I_Ever_Ate)''.<ref name="cc" />

Guarnaschelli starred in the Food Network television show ''Alex's Day Off'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex's Day Off |website= FoodNetwork.com |url= http://www.foodnetwork.com/alexs-day-off/index.html |access-date= August 17, 2016}}</ref> which premiered in October 2009. It ran for three seasons and 32 episodes<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex's Day Off Episodes |url= https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/alexs-day-off/episodes/ |website= FoodNetwork.com |access-date= January 24, 2022}}</ref> She competed in season 5 of ''[The Next Iron Chef](/source/The_Next_Iron_Chef): Redemption'', winning in the final Kitchen Stadium showdown against chef [Amanda Freitag](/source/Amanda_Freitag). Her debut challenge as an Iron Chef on ''Iron Chef America'' aired on December 30, 2012.<ref name="cc" /><ref name="popsugarironchef">{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Susannah |title=Alex Guarnaschelli on Next Iron Chef |url= http://www.popsugar.com/food/Alex-Guarnaschelli-Interview-Next-Iron-Chef-Super-Chefs-20146025 |publisher= | website = [Popsugar](/source/Popsugar).com |access-date= December 16, 2014}}</ref> Guarnaschelli made guest appearances on the [Nickelodeon](/source/Nickelodeon) television show ''[Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn](/source/Nicky%2C_Ricky%2C_Dicky_%26_Dawn)'', on the one-hour special "Go Hollywood" on November 25, 2015 and later on the [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) television show ''[The Real O'Neals](/source/The_Real_O'Neals)'' in the episode "The Real Thanksgiving" on November 15, 2016.

She later made appearances as a judge in episode five of [Iron Chef Gauntlet](/source/Iron_Chef_Gauntlet), where chef [Sarah Gruenberg](/source/Sarah_Gruenberg) was eliminated before the final showdown in episode six "The Gauntlet",<ref>Brown, Alton (host) (May 14, 2017). "Five Ingredients". Iron Chef Gauntlet. Season 1. Episode 5. Food Network.</ref> and on the Food Network's ''[Beat Bobby Flay](/source/Beat_Bobby_Flay)'', in which she challenged Bobby with her signature lobster dish and also won that challenge. She made a guest appearance as herself in the season 5 finale of the [ABC Family](/source/Freeform_(TV_channel)) sitcom ''[Young and Hungry](/source/Young_and_Hungry)'', in which her job offer to [Emily Osment](/source/Emily_Osment)'s main protagonist Gabi serves as the crux to the episode's storyline, left unresolved due to cancellation of both the show and a planned film wrap-up.<ref name="younghungry">{{cite web |last1= Swift|first1=Andy |last2= Schwartz |first2=Ryan |title=Young & Hungry Series Finale Movie Scrapped; Emily Osment Reveals Answer to 'Obvious' Cliffhanger |url= https://tvline.com/2018/08/24/young-hungry-movie-cancelled-gabi-josh-ending-explained/ |publisher= | website = TVLine.com |date=August 24, 2018 |access-date= May 28, 2023}}</ref> She also appeared in the Showtime series ''[Billions](/source/Billions_(TV_series))'' and as a mentor on season 20 of ''[Worst Cooks in America](/source/Worst_Cooks_in_America)'' as the captain of the Blue Team, opposite [Anne Burrell](/source/Anne_Burrell). Alex ultimately became the winning mentor.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In 2022, she premiered ''[Alex vs. America](/source/Alex_vs._America)'', also on Food Network. <ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Guarnaschelli Battles Chefs From Across The Country In New Series Alex vs America |url= https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/shows/11/alex-vs-america |website=FoodNetwork.com |date= November 30, 2021| access-date= January 17, 2022 }}</ref>

==Personal life==

On April 29, 2007, Guarnaschelli married Brandon Clark.<ref name= married>{{cite news |last1=Sipher |first1=Devan |title=Alexandra Guarnaschelli and Brandon Clark |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/fashion/weddings/20vows.html |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |access-date= December 16, 2014| date=2007-05-20 }}</ref> The two met in 2006 at New York's [Institute of Culinary Education](/source/Institute_of_Culinary_Education) while Alex was teaching a fish class. Their daughter, Ava,<ref name= Advice /> was born in July 2007.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url= http://www.grubstreet.com/2007/09/butters_alex_guarnaschelli_is.html |title=Butter's Alex Guarnaschelli Is Her Baby's Personal Chef |magazine=Grub Street |access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref>

The couple's marriage eventually ended, and in June 2020, Guarnaschelli announced her engagement to chef Michael Castellon, a ''[Chopped](/source/Chopped_(TV_series))'' winner who had proposed to her on her birthday over the weekend of June 19–20.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Food Network Star Alex Guarnaschelli Is Engaged: 'I Want to Have a Blowout' Wedding, She Says|url=https://people.com/food/alex-guarnaschelli-engaged/|access-date=2020-06-23|magazine=People|language=EN}}</ref> In February 2022, it was announced that the couple ended their engagement.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 21, 2022|first=Greta |last=Bjornson|title=Alex Guarnaschelli and Fiancé Michael Castellon End Engagement After 5 Years Together|url=https://people.com/food/alex-guarnaschelli-and-fiance-michael-castellon-end-engagement-after-five-years-together/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television
|-
! Year
! Show
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2007–2018
| ''[Iron Chef America](/source/Iron_Chef_America)''
| Herself / Iron Chef<br/> Sous Chef / Judge
| Was a sous chef under [Geoffrey Zakarian](/source/Geoffrey_Zakarian) before becoming an Iron Chef
|-
| rowspan=2|2008
| ''The Cooking Loft''
| Host
|
|-
| ''Dear Food Network: Thanksgiving''
| Herself
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[Food Detectives](/source/Food_Detectives)''
| Herself
| Season 2 episode 1: "Tastes Like Chicken"
|-
| 2009–2011
| ''Alex's Day Off''
| Host
|
|-
| 2009–2018
| ''[Food Network Star](/source/Food_Network_Star)''
| Host / Judge
|
|-
| 2009–present
| ''[Chopped](/source/Chopped_(TV_series))''
| Herself / Judge / Competitor
| 216 episodes
|-
| 2009–2019
| ''[The Best Thing I Ever Ate](/source/The_Best_Thing_I_Ever_Ate)''
| Herself
| 45 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2010
| ''Dear Food Network''
| Herself
| Episode: "Thanksgiving Top Ten 2"
|-
| ''Chefography''
| Herself
| Episode: "Alex Guarnaschelli"
|-
| 2010–2020
| ''[Worst Cooks in America](/source/Worst_Cooks_in_America)''
| Herself / Mentor
| Blue Team mentor - Season 20<br/> Critic - Season 1 episode 6: "Final Test"
|-
| rowspan=2|2011–2012
| ''Thanksgiving Live!''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| ''The Perfect 3''
| Herself
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2011–2013
| ''[The Best Thing I Ever Made](/source/The_Best_Thing_I_Ever_Made)''
| Herself
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2012–2015
| ''[Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off](/source/Rachael_vs._Guy%3A_Celebrity_Cook-Off)''
| Herself / Judge
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''[Iron Chef America Countdown](/source/Iron_Chef_America)''
| Herself
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''[Unique Eats](/source/Unique_Eats)''
| Herself
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''Southern Fried Everything''
| Herself
| Episode 2: "Fair Fare"
|-
| 2013–present
| ''[Beat Bobby Flay](/source/Beat_Bobby_Flay)''
| Herself / Judge / Competitor
| 45 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2014
| ''[America's Best Cook](/source/America's_Best_Cook)''
|  Herself / Mentor
|
|-
| ''[Deadliest Catch: The Bait](/source/Deadliest_Catch)''
| Herself
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2014–2021, and since 2025
| ''[Guy's Grocery Games](/source/Guy's_Grocery_Games)''
| Herself / Judge / Mentor<br/> Competitor / Judge and Competitor
| 28 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4|2015
| ''Best. Ever.''
| Herself
| Episode 3: "Best. Burger. Ever."
|-
| ''Burgers, Brew and 'Que''
| Herself
| Season 1 episode 3: "Finger-Licking Good"
|-
| ''Thanksgiving at Bobby's''
| Herself
|
|-
| ''Christmas at Bobby's''
| Herself
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2015–2016
| ''[All-Star Academy](/source/All-Star_Academy)''
| Herself / Mentor / Judge
| 16 episodes
|-
| ''[Chopped After Hours](/source/Chopped_After_Hours)''
| Herself
| 14 episodes - 1 episode as host
|-
| ''[Guilty Pleasures](/source/Guilty_Pleasures_(TV_series))''
| Herself
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''[The Real O'Neals](/source/The_Real_O'Neals)''
| Herself
| Season 2 episode 5: "The Real Tradition"
|-
| 2016–2017
| ''[Cooks vs. Cons](/source/Cooks_vs._Cons)''
| Herself / Judge
| 15 episodes
|-
| 2016–2019
| ''[Chopped Junior](/source/Chopped_Junior)''
| Herself / Judge
| 11 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2017
| ''[Legend of Iron Chef](/source/Iron_Chef_Gauntlet)''
| Herself
|
|-
| ''[Iron Chef Eats](/source/Iron_Chef_Gauntlet)''
| Herself
|
|-
| 2017–2019
| ''Guy's Ranch Kitchen''
| Herself
| 15 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3|2018
| ''[Iron Chef Gauntlet](/source/Iron_Chef_Gauntlet)''
| Herself
| Season 2 episode 4: "Ingenuity"
|-
| ''[Ideal Home](/source/Ideal_Home_(film))''
| Alex
|
|-
| ''[Young & Hungry](/source/Young_%26_Hungry)''
| Herself
| Season 5 episode 20: "Young & Yacht'in"
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge''
| Herself / Judge
|
|-
| rowspan=5|2019
| ''Bottle Service''
| Herself
| Episode: "Sip, Savor, Spit with Alex Guarnaschelli"
|-
| ''Martha Bakes''
| Herself
| Season 11 episode 12: "Pantry Milks"
|-
| ''[Billions](/source/Billions_(TV_series))''
| Herself
| Season 4 episode 12: "Extreme Sandbox"
|-
| ''Family Restaurant Rivals''
| Herself / Judge
| Episode 8: "Family Freezer Burn"
|-
| ''[Good Eats](/source/Good_Eats)''
| Herself
| Season 15 was dubbed on screen as ''Good Eats: The Return''<br/> Season 15 episode 5: "My Shakshuka"
|-
| 2019–present
| ''[Supermarket Stakeout](/source/Supermarket_Stakeout)''
| Host
|-
| 2020
| ''[All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate](/source/The_Best_Thing_I_Ever_Ate)''
| Herself
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2020–2024
| ''[The Kitchen](/source/The_Kitchen_(talk_show))''
| Herself / co-host
|
|-
| 2022–present
| ''[Alex vs. America](/source/Alex_vs._America)''
| Herself
|
|-
| 2023–present
| ''[Ciao House](/source/Ciao_House)''
| Herself
|
|}

==Bibliography==

* ''Old School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned to Cook'' ([Clarkson Potter](/source/Crown_Publishing_Group), 2013) {{ISBN|9780307956552}}
* ''The Home Cook'' ([Clarkson Potter](/source/Crown_Publishing_Group), 2017) {{ISBN|9780307956583}}
* ''Cook With Me'' ([Clarkson Potter](/source/Crown_Publishing_Group), 2020) {{ISBN|9780593135082}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

* {{official website|http://www.alexguarnaschelli.com}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140101133728/http://www.foodnetwork.com/chefs/alexandra-guarnaschelli/index.html Alex Guarnaschelli] biography at Food Network. Archived from [http://www.foodnetwork.com/chefs/alexandra-guarnaschelli/index.html the original] on January 1, 2014. Note; Virtually same content as at TheChefsConnection.com, cited above.
* {{cite web|url=https://pursuethepassion.com/who-cares-if-youre-the-clown-as-long-as-you-can-dance-in-the-circus/| title=Alex Guarnaschelli – Executive Chef, Butter|date=October 18, 2007|publisher=PursueThePassion.com|access-date= July 29, 2020|archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200721072414/https://pursuethepassion.com/who-cares-if-youre-the-clown-as-long-as-you-can-dance-in-the-circus/|url-status=live}}

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