Sophia Marchesi

Sophia Marchesi is a chef and food enthusiast born in Long Island, New York. She has devoted her entire life to cooking and exploring cuisines from all around the world.

Food has always played a central role in Sophia’s life, most of her early memories are of her Nan cooking Sunday dinners - lasagna and cannelloni to share with the whole family.

At 17, Sophia moved to France and apprenticed under various renewed chefs to learn their secrets. At just 23 years old, she started her own career as a master chef.

Sophia ran her own restaurant in Arezzo, Italy, for more than 10 years winning various local awards for her ability to combine American French and Italian influences in a single menu.

After a successful career in Europe, Sophia Marchesi came back to the US, with the idea to share her culinary knowledge and, spend more time with her family.

Since then, she opened two restaurants in New York; the last one in memory of her grandmother, Gianna.

Today Sophia is a professionally made woman, the wife of a wonderful man, and a proud mother of 2 fantastic guys.