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| Born | April 15, 1980 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Cornell University Le Cordon Bleu |
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Aida Marianne Mollenkamp (born April 15, 1980) [1] is an American cook, television personality, and food writer from Manhattan Beach, California.
Mollenkamp grew up in Southern California and attended Rolling Hills Country Day and Chadwick School in Los Angeles. [2]
Mollenkamp attended the Cornell Hotel School and graduated with a B.S. in hospitality management from Cornell University. [3] Following this, she worked in hospitality real estate consulting at Ernst & Young, then moved to Europe. She attended culinary school and received a Grand Diplôme from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris in 2004. [3] She has worked at several restaurants and hotels in the United States, including Chez Melange, California Pizza Kitchen, and the Hotel Bel-Air, in Los Angeles, California. [3] Following her return to the U.S. in 2005, Mollenkamp became an editor at the San Francisco, California-based CHOW.com online food magazine.[ citation needed ]
Mollenkamp's first Food Network series, the interactive cooking program Ask Aida , began airing on August 2, 2008 and filmed three seasons. [4] Her second show, FoodCrafters for Food Network's new sister network, Cooking Channel, debuted May 31, 2010. [5]
Her first cookbook, Keys To The Kitchen: The Essential Reference for Becoming A More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook, was published by Chronicle Books in October 2012.[ citation needed ]