An evening with Chef Anna Boiardi’s
Cucina Academy
Anna was born in Piacenza, Italy. Piacenza is located in the North of Italy in Emilia Romagna region known for such Italian delicacies as tortelli, ParmigianoReggiano cheese, prosciutto and pasta e fagioli , just to name a few. Anna is granddaughter of Mario Boiardi and niece of Hector Boiardi, both Italian immigrants who moved to the US in the early 1900s and began working at the famed Plaza Hotel in NY. Later the brothers co-founded Chef Boy-ar-dee with their older brother Paul Boiardi. Growing up in an Italian family of chefs was bound to have an inf luence on Anna. She spent many hours in the kitchen with her mother and grandmother learning how to cook.Out of college and living in LA, Anna realized that many women her age did not know how to cook. While time was always an issue for working girls, most did not have the benefit of growing up in a family where cooking was not only a family business but it was a way of life. When not
Chef Anna Boiardi continues an American meal time legacy. . .
working as a television producer, Anna began to teach some of her friends simple dishes and encouraged them to turn on their own ovens and give it a whirl. Now living in NY, Anna continues to share her love of cooking with her friends through her dinner parties and her informal cooking class Cucina Academy.
Great food, great friends, great wine. . . the continuation of an American legacy.
Cucina Academy