Marcela valladolid biography definition

American chef and author (born 1978)

Marcela Luz Valladolid (born July 19, 1978) is an American chef and author. She was the host of the Food Network television series Mexican Made Easy, and a judge on the Food Network series Best Baker in America.^[7]

Early life

Valladolid was born in San Diego, California.^[8][9] Her interest in pursuing a career as a chef was sparked when she began working at her Aunt Marcela's cooking school in Tijuana, Mexico.

Valladolid graduated from the Los Angeles Culinary Institute as a "Certified cook"^[10] and then moved to Paris, France, where she graduated as a classically trained pastry chef at the Ritz-Escoffier Cooking School.^[11][12]

She then returned to Tijuana and started her own catering company and taught cooking techniques to classes of 40 students out of her home there.^[10]

Career

Valladolid joined the staff of Bon Appétit magazine as an