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Marcela Valladolid

Marcela Luz Valladolid(born July 19, 1978) is an American chef and author. She was the host of theFood Networktelevision seriesMexican Made Easy,and a judge on the Food Network seriesBest Baker in America.[7]

Marcela Valladolid
Valladolid at a 2010Sauza TequilaChicago cooking night
Born
Marcela Luz Valladolid[1][2]

(1978-07-19)July 19, 1978(age 46)[3][4][5]
San Diego, California,[6]U.S.
EducationRitz Escoffier Cooking School
Los Angeles Culinary Institute
Children3
Culinary career
Cooking styleMexican
Television show(s)

Early life

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Valladolid was born inSan 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 inTijuana,Mexico.Valladolid graduated from the Los Angeles Culinary Institute as a "Certified cook"[10]and then moved toParis,France,where she graduated as a classically trainedpastry chefat theRitz-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

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Valladolid joined the staff ofBon Appétitmagazine as an editor and recipe stylist. She also competed on the 2005 seriesThe Apprentice: Martha Stewart,in which she came in fourth place.[13]

Valladolid's first cooking show wasRelatos con SaboronDiscovery en Españolwhich aired in the United States and Latin America. In the series, she showed viewers how local Hispanic homes preserve and revive traditional recipes.[14]

Valladolid's first cookbook,Fresh Mexico: 100 Simple Recipes for True Mexican Flavor,debuted in August 2009[15]and has since received positive reviews.[16]

Valladolid's second cooking show,Mexican Made Easy,debuted in January 2010 on the Food Network. Her second cookbook,Mexican Made Easy,was released in September 2011 as a companion book to the show.[17]Both Valladolid's book and the show, filmed inSan Diego,were designed to show the world there is no "yellow cheese" in traditional Mexican cooking and that her Mexican culinary style can be done with "fresh flavor that fits all."[18]

Valladolid has also appeared in other Food Network shows. OnThrowdown! with Bobby Flayshe was a judge for a fish taco-themed competition. She and Flay teamed up to defeatMasaharu Morimotoand teammateAndrew Zimmernon a New Year's edition ofIron Chef Americain 2012. Also in 2012, she competed in a celebrity version ofChoppedin which she advanced to the final round and finished second (out of four competitors). In 2013, she served as a judge onGuy's Grocery Games.

Valladolid was one of two judges on theCBSreality TV cooking competition seriesThe American Baking Competition.

On November 27, 2013, Valladolid was a guest model on the Thanksgiving episode ofThe Price Is Right,and long before that was a contestant in 2004 playing "That's Too Much", winning a car.[19]

In January 2014, Valladolid debuted as one of the co-hosts on Food Network's showThe Kitchen.[20]and left the show in October 2017.

Personal life

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She has a son named Fausto Gallardo (2004) with her ex-husband Fausto Gallardo, son David Button-Valladolid (2015) and daughter Anna Carina Button-Valladolid (2016) with her current husband Philip Button.[21]

In 2013, Valladolid had a brief affair with herThe American Baking Competitionco-hostPaul Hollywood.Both Valladolid's and Hollywood's spouses subsequently divorced them due to this affair. Hollywood and his wife separated temporarily because of the affair before reconciling, but it was cited in news of their second separation in 2017.[22][23][24]

References

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  1. ^J-Dobbs [@jeffreydobson] (8 January 2014)."@chefmarcela @middlenamegame nope. It's LUZ. Luz is her middle name"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
  2. ^Valladolid, M. (2010).Fresh Mexico: 100 Simple Recipes for True Mexican Flavor.Crown Publishing Group.ISBN9780307885531.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  3. ^marcela valladolid [@chefmarcela] (20 July 2013)."@djrey05 gracias!"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
  4. ^marcela valladolid [@chefmarcela] (20 July 2013)."@PerryGorrell thank you!"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
  5. ^marcela valladolid [@chefmarcela] (20 July 2013)."@dannpp gracias oscar!"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
  6. ^"California Birth Index".californiabirthindex.org.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  7. ^Personal site postingArchived2010-01-15 at theWayback Machine
  8. ^"San Diego News, Local, California and National News | UTSanDiego | Personal interview with San Diego Union Tribute".weblog.signonsandiego. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-25.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  9. ^"Marcela Valladolid".chefmarcela. Archived fromthe originalon 2017-09-22.Retrieved2017-05-22.
  10. ^ab"Marcela Valladolid - The Apprentice: Martha Stewart - Contestant Information - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs".realitytvworld.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  11. ^"Personal bio".Archived fromthe originalon 12 March 2010.Retrieved25 December2018.
  12. ^"Amazon: Marcela Valladolid: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle".Amazon.Archived fromthe originalon 2009-10-04.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  13. ^"Blippitt biography".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-01-25.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  14. ^"Relatos con Sabor".Archived fromthe originalon 10 February 2010.Retrieved25 December2018.
  15. ^"Fresh Mexico: 100 Simple Recipes for True Mexican Flavor by Marcela Valladolid | 9780307451101 | Paperback | Barnes & Noble".search.barnesandnoble.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  16. ^"Chef Marcela Mexican Food Cookbook, Mexican Kids Recipe Cookbook, Healthy Mexican Cookbook".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-08.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  17. ^"Personal Website".Archived fromthe originalon 12 March 2010.Retrieved25 December2018.
  18. ^Mexican Made Easy personal homepageArchived2010-01-15 at theWayback Machine
  19. ^"Food Network Gossip: Watch Marcela Valladolid Win A Car on 'The Price Is Right' in 2004".foodnetworkgossip.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  20. ^"Food Network Gossip: Food Network's 'The Kitchen' - More Information About The Show".foodnetworkgossip.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  21. ^"Casamarcela".
  22. ^"Paul Hollywood splits from his wife after 20 years".BBC News.November 20, 2017.RetrievedNovember 30,2017.
  23. ^Ruby, Jennifer (November 20, 2017)."Paul Hollywood announces split from wife Alexandra after nearly 20 years of marriage".Evening Standard.
  24. ^"Great British Bake Off host Paul Hollywood and wife separate".Daily Telegraph.November 20, 2017.



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