Anne Rosenzweig is an American retired chef and restaurateur[1] based in New York City, who was known as “the Greta Garbo of the food world.” [2] Her restaurants included Arcadia (executive chef and co-owner with Ken Aretsky),[3][4] the Lobster Club and Inside.[5][6]

Biography

In the late 1970s, Rosenzweig graduated from Columbia University with an anthropology degree. Afterwards, she did several years of field work in Africa add Nepal. When she returned to New York City, she became an unpaid apprentice at several NYC kitchens before becoming the brunch, pastry and head chef at the Greenwich Village restaurant Vanessa. It was there that she caught the attention of food critic Mimi Sheraton.[7]

Career

During the Clinton Administration she was she was a finalist to become the White House chef, and the only woman to be considered for the position.[2] In 1987, she “took over the running” of the 21 Club in New York.[8]

Mayukh Sen described her dishes as “at once stylized and freewheeling, gently upset the conventions framing New American cuisine.”[1]

Along with fellow chefs Monique Barbeau, Rozanne Gold and Susan Spicer, she was one of the four “Women Chefs of Peace.”[9]

Awards and honors

In the 1990s, Rosenzweig was nominated four times for "The Best Chefs in America" James Beard Foundation Award and in 1987, was a winner in their Who’s Who in Food and Beverage.[10]

Her Upper East Side restaurant Arcadia received a three star review from Ruth Reichl at The New York Times.[11]

Rosenzweig was the culinary director of the 1992 James Beard Aware Foundation as well as a nominee for Best Chef.[12]

Publications

  • The Arcadia Seasonal Mural and Cookbook, 1986

References

  1. 1 2 Sen, Mayukh (April 30, 2019). "Anne Rosenzweig Is Fine With Being Forgotten". Heated. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 Peltason, Ruth (June 9, 2021). "Miss en Place! Anne Rosenzweig broke into the old boys' club of Manhattan restaurants with aplomb". Air Mail. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Miller, Bryan (January 18, 1985). "RESTAURANTS". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, William L. (June 28, 1998). "Gently, Arcadia Slips Away". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Armato, Dominic (May 6, 2019). "James Beard Award results are in. Charleen Badman of FnB is this year's Best Chef Southwest". The Republic. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Hodgson, Moira (November 12, 2001). "A Cursed West Village Space Is Finally Blessed by Inside". The Observer. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Anne Rosenzweig – NYC, New York". Great Chefs. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Sax, Irene (May 19, 1988). "SHE'S GOT THE 21 CLUB BY THE REINS". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Monique Andree Barbeau & Sheraton Hotel & Towers". Great Chefs. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "ANNE ROSENZWEIG". James Beard Foundation. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  11. ↑ Reichl, Ruth (April 22, 1994). "Restaurants". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  12. ↑ Howe, Marvine (March 23, 1992). "Chronicle". The New York Times. The. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
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