Chef Rossi -- The Raging Skillet
Dec 18, 2016
Chef Rossi, Author, and Owner & Executive Chef of The Raging Skillet catering company in NYC
Email: chefrossinyc@aol.com
Website: http://www.theragingskillet.com/
Book: The Raging Skillet, the true-life story of Chef Rossi is a memoir with recipes….and was recently featured at the Miami Book Fair; (published by The Feminist Press, on sale now)
Chef Rossi is the owner and executive chef of New York City’s TOP catering company, The Raging Skillet. She has been described as a “rebel anti-caterer” by the New York Times and “the wildest thing this side of the Mason-Dixon Line” by Zagat.
Chef Rossi grew up “orthodox light” (her family kept the meat and dairy dishes separate but ate McDonalds’ fish sandwiches). A rebellious daughter, she was shipped off from her Hungarian Yiddish family to live with a chasidic rabbi in Brooklyn. Feeling restless, Rossi broke free from religious and familial constraints to create a life of her own. What began as a revolt against the microwave turned into a quest to make food that is fearless, fun and, most importantly, delicious.
The Raging Skillet is one woman’s story of cooking her way through some of life’s biggest challenges in New York City’s most unlikely kitchens. Talking her way into any cooking job she could get, a self-taught and self-made Rossi ended up owning one of the most sought-after catering companies in the city.
The Raging Skillet was the official caterer of V Day- considered to be the biggest thing in the women’s movement since the burning of the bra…….at which celebrities from Glenn Close to Susan Sarandon to Whoopie Goldberg performed for thousands to end violence against women.
The Raging Skillet was chosen by New York Magazine for their “Hottest Caterers of New York Award,” has been featured on The Food Network… and was called “eclectic, ethnic and off the wall” by the Zagat Survey, who gave The Raging Skillet their very highest rating.
The Raging Skillet is also the top choice of thousands of brides throughout NYC and for years has been voted NYs Top Wedding Caterers by The Knot, The Wedding Wire and New York Wedding.
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