Adrianne Calvo

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Adrianne Calvo
Born1984 (age 3839)
Education Johnson & Wales University
Culinary career
Cooking style American
Current restaurant(s)
    • Chef Adrianne's Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar (2007–)
    • Cracked Eatery (2019–)
Website www.adriannecalvo.com

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

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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

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