{{Short description|Israeli chef and businesswoman}} {{Infobox youtuber | name = Jamie Geller | image = Jamie Geller at the White House.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Jamie Geller at the White House | native_name = ג'יימי גלר | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|5|29}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | citizenship = United States (birthplace), Israel (naturalized){{fact|date=August 2024}} | native_name_lang = he | other_names = | alma_mater = New York University | occupation = Cookbook Author, Marketing Executive, Entrepreneur, Television Producer | years_active = 2007–present | known_for = Jewish cuisine | notable_works = ''Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller'' | website = {{URL|http://jamiegeller.com/}} | youtube_handle = jamiegeller | youtube_display_name = Jamie Geller
| youtube_years_active = 2010–present | youtube_genre = Cooking | youtube_subscribers = 46 thousand<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 8.4 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = September 1, 2024{{nu|date=October 2025}} }} '''Jamie Geller''' ({{langx|he|ג'יימי גלר}}; born May 29, 1978) is an American best-selling cookbook author,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/food/recipes/379245/how-jewish-rachael-ray-love-story-became-an-israeli-cooking-adventure/|title= 'Jewish Rachael Ray' Love Story Led To Israeli Recipes|date= 7 August 2017|publisher=Forward|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> celebrity chef, television producer and businesswoman who is the Chief Media and Marketing Officer at Aish.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Aish and Jewlish enter into a strategic partnership, making Aish the #1 global Jewish food media brand |url=https://www.jns.org/wire/aish-and-jewlish-enter-into-a-strategic-partnership-making-aish-the-1-global-jewish-food-media-brand/ |access-date=7 August 2022 |publisher=JNS}}</ref> She is an author of 8 cookbooks<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/podcast-come-for-the-cabbage-stay-for-the-fennel-says-cooking-maven-jamie-geller/|publisher=Times of Israel|access-date=7 August 2022|title=Podcast: Come for the cabbage, stay for the fennel, says cooking maven Jamie Geller }}</ref> and the founder of Kosher Media Network (now called Kosher Network International).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://about.aish.com/leadership/|title=Aish Leadership |publisher=Aish|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 2010, the network launched the ''Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller'' online cooking show, print magazine and PBS Chanukah special.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wcny.org/jamiegellerchanukkahspecial/|title=Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller: Chanukkah Special airs Nov. 24 on WCNY|date=22 November 2013 |publisher=WCNY|access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref> She has been called "The Kosher Rachael Ray" by the Miami Herald,<ref>Ellen Kanner. "Who Knew Kosher Was Easy?" ''The Miami Herald'' (November 29, 2007): 7E.</ref> and the ''Queen of Kosher''.<ref name=autogenerated4>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/queen-of-kosher-im-a-jewish-person-and-its-the-jewish-homeland-and-i-want-to-go-home/2012/08/02/|title=US Queen of Kosher: "I'm a Jewish Person and it's the Jewish Homeland, and I Want to Go Home!"|first=Malkah|last=Fleisher|date=2 August 2012 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/kosher-queen-cooks-up-new-life-in-israel-1.5288323|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302004755/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/kosher-queen-cooks-up-new-life-in-israel-1.5288323|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2021|title=The Queen of Kosher Cuisine Cooks Up a New Life in Israel|first=Judy|last=Maltz|date=August 21, 2012|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref> Geller has sold close to 100,000 cookbooks.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/food/articles/jamie-geller-joy-of-kosher|title=Jamie Geller, the 'Kosher Rachael Ray,' Dresses Up Simple Family Meals |date=9 October 2013 |publisher=Tablet Mag|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2" />
==Biography== thumb|left|Jamie Geller at IDF Base Jamie Geller was born in Philadelphia and raised in a Jewish home in Abington, Pennsylvania. She attended Akiba Hebrew Academy High School. At New York University Geller studied broadcast journalism and Hebrew language and literature and graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in May 1999. Geller is a baalat teshuva, having embraced Orthodox Judaism and traditional Jewish religious practice in her early 20s.<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewocity.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi|title=Account Suspended|website=www.jewocity.com}}</ref> In August 2012, Geller immigrated to Israel and settled in Beit Shemesh.<ref name=autogenerated4 /><ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rahelsjewishindia.com/page5/blog/articles.php/?p=230 | title=A New Beginning for Kosher Chef Jamie Geller | date=9 December 2012| accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Rahel Musleah}}</ref>
==Media and food-writing career== Before writing her first cookbook, Geller was a writer and television producer for CNN, Entertainment News, the Food Network, and a senior writer/producer and marketing executive for HBO.<ref name=autogenerated4 /><ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite news|url=https://jamiegeller.com/blogs/jamie-geller-to-make-aliyah-follow-jamie-to-israel/|title=Jamie Geller To Make Aliyah - Follow Jamie to Israel|first=Jamie|last=Geller|website=Jamie Geller|date=25 June 2012 }}</ref>
In 2007, Geller published ''Quick and Kosher Recipes from the Bride Who Knew Nothing'' ({{ISBN|978-1-60094-053-8}}) (Feldheim Publishers). The book chronicles her experience of choosing Orthodox Judaism, her marriage and learning to cook. In 2010 Geller published ''Quick & Kosher: Meals in Minutes'' (Feldheim Publishers). She didn't know how to cook before she got married but learned out of necessity. In over 15 years of experience, she's published 8 books, a website with over 10,000 recipes and videos with over 1 billion views.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chefknives.expert/jamie-geller-interview/|title=Jamie Geller Interview: the Joy of Kosher and Culinary Beginnings|first=Daniel|last=Nyblom|date=August 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://theus.tv/heads-up-with-jamie-geller|title= Heads Up with Jamie Geller|date= 9 September 2021|publisher=TheUS.TV|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref>
In 2021, Geller launched a product line that included spices, honey, and pilaf.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.juf.org/news/arts.aspx?id=450831|title=Jewish Chicago: The JUF Magazine |publisher=JUF|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> That same year, Geller partnered with Aish to create a media network. Geller was named as Aish’s new Chief Media and Marketing Officer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jns.org/spotlight/queen-of-kosher-jamie-geller-to-spearhead-global-jewish-media-initiative/|title='Queen of Kosher' Jamie Geller to spearhead Global Jewish Media Initiative |publisher=JNS|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> She also writes recipes for kosher.com.<ref name="Kosher.comNYT2010">{{cite news |author=Joan Nathan |date=November 23, 2010 |title=To Revive Jewish Dishes, Some Cooks Look to the Shtetl |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/dining/24hanukkah.html}}</ref> Kosher Network International which includes JamieGeller.com, @jamiegeller, and @jewlishbyjamie, was named the No. 1 global kosher food media company and Jewish food network. The Jewish food and lifestyle brands have over 2 million followers across social media.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/aishs-jamie-geller-makes-shavuot-meals-quick-and-easy/|title=Aish's Jamie Geller makes Shavuot meals quick and easy |date=26 May 2022 |publisher=Jewish Standard|access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
==Published works== *''Quick & Kosher Recipes from the Bride Who Knew Nothing'' (2007, Feldheim Publishers)<ref name=Kosher.comNYT2010/> *''Quick & Kosher: Meals in Minutes'' (2010, Feldheim Publishers) *''Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller'' (a magazine) *''Joy of Kosher: Fast, Fresh Family Recipes'' (2013, William Morrow) *''No Mistaking Baking: 85+ foolproof, fail proof, perfect every time recipes'' (2018) *''Jamie Geller's Brisket 101'' (2018) *''Jewlish by Jamie'' (2020, Feldheim Publishers) *''28 Day Joy of Kosher Challenge'' (2020, Blurb) *''Farmer’s Kitchen: 50 Recipes Celebrating Israel’s Veggies and Their Growers'' (2022)
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==External links== * {{official website|http://jamiegeller.com/}}
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