Andrew Carmellini

Andrew Carmellini is an American chef and restaurateur. Carmellini is responsible for the food and drink at the 15 restaurants, bars and food stands he owns with his partners at NoHo Hospitality. He has received a place on Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs list, James Beard Rising Star Chef and Best Chef New York awards, and a Michelin star. He is the author of two cookbooks.

Andrew Carmellini
Occupation(s)chef and restaurateur
Years active1996–present
Websiteandrewcarmellini.com

Career

Carmellini began his cooking career at age 14 in his hometown of Seven Hills, Ohio. After a stint at San Domenico in New York City, Carmellini honed worked at restaurants in Europe, including Valentino Marcatili's two-star Michelin restaurant San Domenico in Emilia–Romagna, Gualtiero Marchesi di San Pietro all'Orto in Milan and Arpège in Paris. In New York, Carmellini spent four years on Gray Kunz's New York Times four-star team at Lespinasse and served as sous chef at Le Cirque.[1]

Carmellini worked as chef de cuisine at Café Boulud, where he earned three stars from The New York Times, won The James Beard Foundation's Best New Chef and Best Chef: New York awards and was named to Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs roster. As chef at A Voce, he earned a three-star New York Times review and a Michelin star.[2] [3]

In 2009, Carmellini opened Locanda Verde, a Tribeca Italian taverna, in Robert de Niro’s Greenwich Hotel with partners Luke Ostrom and Josh Pickard.

Current restaurants
  • Carne Mare, a Nashville Italian chophouse
  • Locanda Verde, a Tribeca Italian taverna
  • The Dutch, an American bistro in SoHo, NYC, a New York Times Restaurant of the Year[4][5]
  • Lafayette, a French grand café in NoHo, NYC[6]
  • Joe’s Pub, a live music venue & The Library at the Public, a restaurant at The Public Theater in New York’s East Village
  • Bar Primi, a pasta-focused restaurant in New York’s East Village and a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
  • Leuca, a southern Italian restaurant in Brooklyn
  • Westlight, a rooftop bar on the 22nd floor of The William Vale in Brooklyn
  • Mister Dips, offering burgers at locations in NYC and Detroit
  • Rec Pier Chop House at the Sagamore Pendry Hotel in Baltimore
  • Rye Street Tavern, an American eatery in the Port Covington section of Baltimore
  • At the Shinola Hotel in Detroit: San Morello, a Southern Italian restaurant, the cocktail lounge Evening Bar, The Brakeman beer hall, and Penny, Red’s, a fried-chicken joint

Cookbooks

With his wife, Gwen Hyman, Carmellini is the author of two books of recipes and stories: Urban Italian, and American Flavor.

References
  1. Brady, Lois Smith (June 20, 1999). "WEDDINGS: VOWS; Gwen Hyman, Andrew Carmellini (Published 1999)". The New York Times.
  2. "FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE NAMES AMERICA'S BEST NEW CHEFS 2005". Food & Wine.
  3. "Andrew Carmellini — Chef, A Voce — Big Think". bigthink.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009.
  4. "Time Out New York | New York Events and Things to do All Year".
  5. "Andrew Carmellini on Opening His First American Restaurant in Soho - Fall Preview 2010 -- New York Magazine - Nymag". New York Magazine.
  6. "Andrew Carmellini's Noho French Restaurant Is Called Lafayette". Grub Street.
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