Jeanie Roland | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Waterbury, Connecticut |
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chefjeanieroland |
Jeanie Roland (born c.1966), is an American chef and restaurateur.
Jeanie Kachergis was born to Alfred Kachergis, a Marine, and grew up in a Lithuanian neighborhood in Waterbury, Connecticut, developing an early interest in cooking. [1] [2] [3] She swam competitively starting at age 3. [4]
She started working in the restaurant industry at age 14, washing dishes. [1] [5] She received a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Southern Connecticut State University, where she was a competitive swimmer, and in 1992 graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. [5] [6] [3]
Roland's first professional position was at a private club in California, where she was verbally abused by her boss, whom she had considered a mentor but who made misogynistic comments to and about her in front of coworkers. [7] She and her husband then worked together as private chefs for a corporation. [4]
Roland became unemployed after a downsizing resulting from the September 11th terrorist attacks. [8] She and her husband moved to Florida and opened The Perfect Caper in Punta Gorda in 2001. [2] In 2012, she opened Ella's Food & Drink in Westerly, Rhode Island. [9] [10]
Roland has written two cookbooks, Butter, Love & Cream (2018) and The Perfect Caper Home Cooking (2022) [1] [11] [2] Salon said of The Perfect Caper that "with the same relaxed elegance she brings to her restaurants...Roland imbues her writing with approachable warmth". [12]
She defeated Bobby Flay in an episode of Beat Bobby Flay and competed on Iron Chef Gauntlet, Season 2. [13] [5] In 2020 she gave a private cooking lesson for Taylor Swift, a Westerly resident. [14] [15]
Roland is married to James Roland, a fellow chef; the two met in California. [3] They are co-owners of the restaurants. [1] [2]
Roland has been nominated seven times by the James Beard foundation as a semifinalist for Best Chef-South region. [16] [1] CBS Boston said, "Restaurants simply don't get much better than Ella's Food and Drink in Westerly, Rhode Island." [17]
Jeanie Roland | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Waterbury, Connecticut |
Website |
chefjeanieroland |
Jeanie Roland (born c.1966), is an American chef and restaurateur.
Jeanie Kachergis was born to Alfred Kachergis, a Marine, and grew up in a Lithuanian neighborhood in Waterbury, Connecticut, developing an early interest in cooking. [1] [2] [3] She swam competitively starting at age 3. [4]
She started working in the restaurant industry at age 14, washing dishes. [1] [5] She received a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Southern Connecticut State University, where she was a competitive swimmer, and in 1992 graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. [5] [6] [3]
Roland's first professional position was at a private club in California, where she was verbally abused by her boss, whom she had considered a mentor but who made misogynistic comments to and about her in front of coworkers. [7] She and her husband then worked together as private chefs for a corporation. [4]
Roland became unemployed after a downsizing resulting from the September 11th terrorist attacks. [8] She and her husband moved to Florida and opened The Perfect Caper in Punta Gorda in 2001. [2] In 2012, she opened Ella's Food & Drink in Westerly, Rhode Island. [9] [10]
Roland has written two cookbooks, Butter, Love & Cream (2018) and The Perfect Caper Home Cooking (2022) [1] [11] [2] Salon said of The Perfect Caper that "with the same relaxed elegance she brings to her restaurants...Roland imbues her writing with approachable warmth". [12]
She defeated Bobby Flay in an episode of Beat Bobby Flay and competed on Iron Chef Gauntlet, Season 2. [13] [5] In 2020 she gave a private cooking lesson for Taylor Swift, a Westerly resident. [14] [15]
Roland is married to James Roland, a fellow chef; the two met in California. [3] They are co-owners of the restaurants. [1] [2]
Roland has been nominated seven times by the James Beard foundation as a semifinalist for Best Chef-South region. [16] [1] CBS Boston said, "Restaurants simply don't get much better than Ella's Food and Drink in Westerly, Rhode Island." [17]