Grace Ramirez Biography

Grace Ramirez is gregarious and beautiful, and she cooks with panache. The chef, who was born in Miami, blends comfortable Latin American soul cuisine with her own unique culinary style. When she's not whipping up delectable delicacies, the honorary Kiwi enjoys supporting the All Blacks, going hunting and fishing, and getting her hands dirty working for the Garden to Table program. Grace's function as a presenter, culinary instructor, or food tour guide is marked by warmth, honesty, and passion. She enjoys entertaining fellow foodies and preparing her delectable rendition of the Venezuelan national dish Pabellón, a hearty beef stew. You're free to lick your fingers — in fact, it's encouraged. Grace's cooking is influenced by a fusion of Latin American cuisines. Her family is from Venezuela, and she's traveled around Latin America sampling the culinary delights of many countries. Grace's family worked in the fashion and entertainment industries, but the food was also a serious business: on a normal weekend at home, Grace's grandmother would prepare Venezuelan delicacies for the 50 or so family members who came to visit. Anyone who didn't clean their plate - or help with the dishes - should be on the lookout. The former producer and director worked in television for a decade, first at Nickelodeon, then MTV, and lastly the Food Network. Grace took the life-changing choice to leave her hard-won career on the network's most popular show, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, and audition for the inaugural season of Masterchef USA. Grace made it to the second round of the Gordon Ramsey show after being chosen from 60,000 individuals, and Chef Ramsey encouraged her to seek formal training and return. Grace had received a scholarship to the famous French Culinary Institute in New York City, but when her husband was offered a position in New Zealand, Grace was eager to try something new. She had to take a more seasonal approach in New Zealand since she was used to having strawberries and fresh basil in the midst of winter as a New York City chef. Grace participates in the Garden to Table initiative, which attempts to teach children about the origins of their food. Grace confesses that the experience taught her not just about seasonal cuisine, but also about how plants develop. She's also learned to fish and hunt, as well as skin, preserve, and prepare a variety of game meats. And this metropolitan girl does it in style as she discovers her inner hunter-gatherer. Her hunting attire is all Burberry, and she's on the prowl for some hunting heels. She drives an Audi, but her ideal vehicle is a tough four-wheel-drive that she can get dirty in. Grace is passionate about giving back to her community, and in addition to volunteering for Garden to Table, she also serves as an ambassador for Nuestros Pequeos Hermanos (NPH), a non-profit organization based in New Zealand that assists orphaned, abandoned, and at-risk children in South America. She appreciates the simple pleasures in life, and her ideal day would involve a fishing excursion followed by lunch with friends and family before heading to a bar to watch the All Blacks or salsa dancing. She also nourishes her spiritual side by spending a month each year at a meditation center in Uruguay. Grace may be found riding to her neighborhood beach, entertaining friends, hunting for cafés to fuel her newfound taste for local coffee, or talking on the phone with her family when she's not planning or preparing delectable Latin feasts in her elegant kitchen. She hopes to publish a cookbook and host her own television show, as well as share her love of food and cooking with children.

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