Meet The Chefs!


Blondee

Celebrity Comedy Chef



Photo by Steven Santana
"Glamour is an attitude and being able to cook is a luxury ... Blondee"

     Blondee, a nationally known chef and personality for more than 20 years, is a mix of Marilyn and Lucy with a look that is just Blondee!

Her extensive background includes appearances on television, cable, radio, entertainment reporting, commercials, time in the modeling industry, in publishing, and on the internet. She has also been an executive chef, private and a demo chef, an interior decorator, fashion coordinator, top seller in cosmetics and involved in real estate acquisitions. Her press coverage includes the New York Daily News, Chocolatier Magazine, Food Arts, Mr. Foods, Gourmet Magazine, and Spotlight Magazine, and international press coverage as well.

In addition to appearances on CBS's Better Connecticut, she has been a celebrity chef at events and generously supports her favorite charities involving seniors and children. Blondee has appeared on television affiliates throughout the country, for local and national TV, on such networks as the Food Network and Discovery Channel and had her own show, Blondee Live! on EYada in New York. She was the sidekick on National Sports Radio, a radio personality in California and Las Vegas, and the guest chef on the Payoff Years radio show and NPR's Everybody's Cooking Show out of Cincinnati.

Blondee has been a hotel and restaurant critic for the better part of a decade, profiling more than 200 chefs, hotels, and inns on her successful web sites in the 90's and the 2000's: Cooking and Traveling with Blondee and Blondee Lifestyle. She has continued her traveling and reviews, now featured on BlondeeCulinaryLifestyle.com on Blondee Buzz!.

Blondee is now extending her expertise to new ventures and explorations - she is designing several products to sell exclusively on Shopping With Blondee. She's cooking up a sauce and rub line, ready-to-eat food items, penning a series of books and a creating new ways to share her love and fun with cooking with her fans and fellow chefs at BlondeeCulinaryLifestyle.com.

Her first book, Blondee Glamour in the Kitchen is complete, available online at her new website, Blondee Culinary Lifestyle through Lulu.com. The book highlights Blondee’s one-of-a-kind recipes and her unique ability to fuse cooking with glamour & humor (which she says is truly the best recipe!)

Blondee and her daughter, Briana (pictured left), are collaborating on a second cookbook, focused on working out and preparing healthy food. Briana, a very successful personal trainer, joins Blondee in her goal to bring all women together who love to cook in pearls and diamonds, folding in a splash of style and fashion, infused with their infectious cooking comedy!

Andrew

Andrew Cavalotto, Executive Chef, The Diplomat Luxury Golf Resort & Spa

Born in Connecticut and graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in New York, Andrew decided to head to Hawaii to launch his professional career. While in Hawaii, he was recognized for his appearance on NBC's Today Show and Hawaii's Kitchen Cooking Show. He also enjoys entertaining culinary competitions; he's won numerous awards and top honors in National and International Competitions.

Andrew completed his internship at The Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth Texas, and also has held chef positions at the Maui Marriot, Philadelphia Marriot, Kauai Sheraton, and the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, Marriot Harbor Beach. Finally settling down in South Florida at the Westin Diplomat, he was most recently appointed as Executive Chef of the Diplomat Golf Resort & Spa.

Chef Cavalotto has a passion for cooking and enjoys being creative and innovative with his dishes. He also likes to teach others, sharing with them his passion for food, mentoring the people he works with. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, boating, and spending time in and around the ocean. While he enjoys trying a variety of ethnic foods, he most enjoys creating, sharing, and eating fresh fish delights.

   

Photo by Steven Santana



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