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Marisa Churchill

Top Chef, Cookbook Author and Food Network Challenger

Former Top Chef competitor Marisa Churchill grew up in the kitchen, cooking with her Greek grandmother. In 1999 Marisa turned her life-long passion for cooking into a career. She graduated from the California Culinary Academy, and later continued her culinary education at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. She has worked at such notable San Francisco restaurants as Rubicon, The Slanted Door, LuLu, Yoshi's and Ame. San Francisco Chronicle's head food critic, Michael Bauer, has ...  

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Former Top Chef competitor Marisa Churchill grew up in the kitchen, cooking with her Greek grandmother. In 1999 Marisa turned her life-long passion for cooking into a career. She graduated from the California Culinary Academy, and later continued her culinary education at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. She has worked at such notable San Francisco restaurants as Rubicon, The Slanted Door, LuLu, Yoshi’s and Ame. San Francisco Chronicle’s head food critic, Michael Bauer, has called her “one of the city’s top pastry chefs.” In addition Marisa has consulted for various restaurants and corporations, where her culinary expertise has been used for menu and product development.

In additon to being a renowned chef, Marisa is passionate about health and nutrition. She received her certification in plant based nutrition from Cornell University, and is the author of Sweet & Skinny, How to Enjoy Life’s Sweeter Side Without Tipping The Scales.

Her work has been featured in numerous magazines, including: Food & Wine, People, Details, Shape, Bon Appetit, Food Arts, as well as Internationally in Elle, Real Taste, Olive, and GLOW. In 2007 she was chosen as one of the top 40 pastry chefs in the country for the Food Arts “Top 40” retreat. Marisa has appeared on Bravo’s Top Chef, Food Network, View from the Bay, NBC, PBS, Good Day New York, Better t.v., Fox & Friends, Comcast, Tokyo tv, and ALTER (in Greece).

Career Highlights:

Author Sweet & Skinny (Random House/Clarkson Potter Spring 2011)
Spokesperson Truvia natural sweetener (Cargill/Coca-Cola owned product, 2009-current)
Contestant on Top Chef season 2
Regularly featured chef on the show Food Network Challenge
Winner Food Network Challenge Ice Cream Clash – sundaes
Winner Food Network Challenge Mystery Cookies – plated desserts
Winner Food Network Challenge Mystery Cookies – chocolate chip with a twist
Guest chef on PBS The Cooking Odyssey (episodes to air Feb & March 2012)
Featured chef in Food & Wine 2009 cookbook (low-fat desserts)
Featured chef Top Chef cookbook
Host of the hit 2007, 2008 & 2009 Battle of the Chefs series in San Francisco (featured on Comcast)
Chosen chef for the Macy’s “Go Red” campaign (2008-2011)
Frequent guest chef on View from the Bay

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Health & Nutrition, Fit for Life
Culinary Education & History, Chocolate 101
Health & Nutrition, The “Skinny” on Sweets

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