Adrianne Calvo

Adrianne Calvo, chef, author, television personality, and restaurateur has been in the business of reinvigorating taste buds since 2007. With four cook books under her belt: Maximum Flavor (2005), Chef Adrianne: Driven by Flavor Fueled by Fire (2008), #MaximumFlavorSocial (2014) and Play with Fire (2015), Calvo has cooked up an extensive inventory of recipes reflecting tastes from across her experiences as a chef and worldwide travels. Her restaurant, Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar, located in Kendall, Florida dazzles the surrounding area with its sophistication and rotating menu. Suitably so, Adrianne is passionate about ensuring Maximum Flavor and truly evoking the sense of taste. Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar offers "Dark Dining" once a month where guests are blindfolded for a sensual experience eliminating one sense in order to enhance another. Throughout her career Calvo has had the honor of being the youngest person to cook for the United Nations and its ambassadors. Also bearing her craft to CNN correspondents, representatives from Gourmet, Food Network, Bon Appetite, and Saveur. When Adrianne isn't in her kitchen, she's in NBC's kitchen for "6 in the Mix" offering up delicious recipes or some way finding herself in the kitchens of charities like St. Jude's Hospital where her and her foundation "Make it Count", cook for the families and patients. True to her craft, Chef Adrianne develops a relationship with her guests all the way from the kitchen to the table. Throughout the years, Chef Adrianne's has staggered a number of accolades including Best Chef Miami, Best Chef Florida, Best Restaurant Miami.