Rozanne Gold

Residence : Brooklyn, NY

Biographical information

Rozanne Gold, award-winning chef, consultant and writer, is one of the most prominent women in the food world. At the age of 24, she was first chef to New York's Mayor Ed Koch. She is now Chef-Director of the internationally renowned restaurant consulting group, the Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman Co., best known for creating New York's magical Rainbow Room (where Ms. Gold was co-owner and consulting chef for 15 years), Windows on the World, and five of New York's three-star restaurants.

Author of eight cookbooks, Ms. Gold is the entertaining columnist for Bon Appetit magazine where her "Entertaining Made Easy" column is read by five million fans. She is a three-time winner of the prestigious James Beard Award and winner of the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award. With her best-selling "1-2-3 cookbook" series, Gold, affectionately known as the diva of simplicity, has inspired home cooks and professional chefs to keep-it-simple.

During her career, Ms. Gold has cooked for Presidents, Prime Ministers and many celebrities. Business Week named her a "Mover and Shaker"; Cooking Light deemed her one of "America s Top 5 Enlightened Chefs"; Chef magazine nominated her as "Innovator of the Year". The Food & Beverage Association of America honored her as Hospitality Professional of the Year, and in 2000, she was named Drexel University s Distinguished Visiting Professor.

She has written and produced stories for the New York Times (Op-Ed page, Food section, and Sunday Magazine), Gourmet magazine, Cooking Light, FoodArts, More, and Modern Maturity.

A frequent guest on national television, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, B. Smith with Style, Everyday Elegance with Colin Cowie, the Food Network and QVC, Ms. Gold appears regularly on WOR-Radio s "Food Talk with Arthur Schwartz" and fills in for Joan Hamburg on WOR's Weekend and Joan Hamburg Show.

A graduate of Tufts University, Ms. Gold studied cooking in Italy and France. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with her husband, Michael Whiteman.

Discussion topics

• Upstairs, Downstairs--25 years as a woman chef in New York's food world--from the basement of Gracie Mansion to the top of Windows of the World.
• Appetite for Life--Based on Gold's award-winning cookbook, voted best healthy cookbook of 2001, Gold shares her personal stories of weight issues (featured in More magazine), up-to-date nutrition info, and secrets for simple healthy cooking.
• He Said, She Said--New York's first couple of food, Rozanne Gold and Michael Whiteman, share their experiences of restaurant consulting all over the world, including the creation of five of New York's three-star restaurants.

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