Michèle Gentille

Michèle Gentille

I attended LaVarenne Culinary School in Paris and Burgundy and completed a year-long editorial and cooking program there. After remaining in Europe another two years cooking on a boat and at resorts, restaurants and embassies in France, Italy, Greece, London, and Budapest, I returned to Los Angeles, kicking and screaming. I escaped to another boat in Alaska as soon as possible, to spend a season as a sous-chef 'midst the whales.

Back in California, I continued to pursue a career as a professional cook, and worked for a while as an editor for a wine newsletter called "First Sip".

I now live in New York where I'm a freelance food writer with a small obsession with Food Art. I've been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times T-Living. Currently I'm writing a book based on my 3 years as a traveling food worker in Europe.

I also cater, consult, cooking instruct, and recipe develop/edit/test, most recently for Laurent Tourondel's Bistro cookbook, co-authored with Michele Scicolone, due for release in Autumn 2007. I'll be deploying for the South Pole in October 2007 to spend the vernal Antarctic season as sous-chef at the Amundson Scott science station.

The adorable Harriett clutching that prize tomato to her bosom was painted by my dear friend, the very talented artist Christopher Collard. He also co-directed, shot and edited the espresso video, and edited the potato galette video which was shot by another very talented dear friend, the filmmaker Phoebe Sudrow.