Adrianne Calvo
Encyclopedia
Adrianne Calvo is an American chef
, author
, and television personality.
Calvo was voted one of the top 10 up-and-coming chefs in the state of Florida and was the youngest president of FCCLA. She competed in a National Pastry Competition held by Johnson & Wales University
and received the bronze medal without any formal training. She enrolled at Johnson & Wales College of Culinary Arts in North Miami in 2002, and entered more than forty national competitions, receiving first place in ten of the competitions and runner-up in all the rest. In 2003, Calvo won Taste Down Under, an Australian culinary competition. Her winning dish was served at a dinner for the United Nations
and its ambassadors, making her the youngest person to cook for the United Nations. She also catered the 2003 World Series
for the champion Florida Marlins
. In 2004, she won Taste Down Under again, and her dish was served to CNN
correspondents and representatives from Gourmet
, Food Network
, and Bon Appétit
. After graduating from Johnson & Wales, Calvo became the youngest chef to work at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a five-diamond restaurant. She has appeared on NBC
and The Montel Williams Show
. In 2006, after the death of her younger sister to cancer, Calvo partnered with St. Jude's Children's Hospital to set up "Young Chefs Cooking for a Cure."
In April 2007, Calvo opened her restaurant "Chef Adrianne's Vineyard and Wine Bar" in Miami, Florida
. She is also the author of a cookbook collection called Maximum Flavor, and has created an accompanying culinary product line, Maximum Flavor Essentials, through her company, Terra Dolci Corporation.
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, and television personality.
Calvo was voted one of the top 10 up-and-coming chefs in the state of Florida and was the youngest president of FCCLA. She competed in a National Pastry Competition held by Johnson & Wales University
Johnson & Wales University
Johnson & Wales University is a private, nonprofit, co-educational, career-oriented university with four campuses located throughout the United States. Providence, Rhode Island, USA, is home to JWU's first and largest of four currently operating campuses. Founded as a business school in 1914, by...
and received the bronze medal without any formal training. She enrolled at Johnson & Wales College of Culinary Arts in North Miami in 2002, and entered more than forty national competitions, receiving first place in ten of the competitions and runner-up in all the rest. In 2003, Calvo won Taste Down Under, an Australian culinary competition. Her winning dish was served at a dinner for the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
and its ambassadors, making her the youngest person to cook for the United Nations. She also catered the 2003 World Series
2003 World Series
The 2003 World Series marked the 99th baseball World Series event. The Florida Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in six games, 4–2.-Background:...
for the champion Florida Marlins
Florida Marlins
The Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...
. In 2004, she won Taste Down Under again, and her dish was served to CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
correspondents and representatives from Gourmet
Gourmet (magazine)
Gourmet magazine was a monthly publication of Condé Nast and the first U.S. magazine devoted to food and wine. Founded by Earle R. MacAusland and first published in 1941, Gourmet also covered "good living" on a wider scale....
, Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
, and Bon Appétit
Bon Appétit
Bon Appétit describes itself as "a food and entertaining magazine" and is published monthly. Named after the French phrase for "Enjoy your meal", it was started by M. Frank Jones in Kansas City in 1956...
. After graduating from Johnson & Wales, Calvo became the youngest chef to work at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a five-diamond restaurant. She has appeared on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
and The Montel Williams Show
The Montel Williams Show
The Montel Williams Show is a syndicated talk show hosted by Montel Williams. On January 30, 2008 it was announced that The Montel Williams Show would stop production on new episodes at the end of the 2007-2008 television season after seventeen years...
. In 2006, after the death of her younger sister to cancer, Calvo partnered with St. Jude's Children's Hospital to set up "Young Chefs Cooking for a Cure."
In April 2007, Calvo opened her restaurant "Chef Adrianne's Vineyard and Wine Bar" in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
. She is also the author of a cookbook collection called Maximum Flavor, and has created an accompanying culinary product line, Maximum Flavor Essentials, through her company, Terra Dolci Corporation.