Nancy Silverton, Executive Chef, Restaurateur and Cookbook Author Part 1

SoCal Restaurant Show

“Acclaimed Restaurateur and Chef (and James Beard Award recipient) Nancy Silverton is the co-owner of Pizzeria Mozza in Los Angeles and Newport Beach as well as Osteria Mozza, Mozza2Go, and chi SPACCA in Los Angeles. Silverton also founded the world-renowned La Brea Bakery as well as Campanile Restaurant, an institution that Angelenos cherished for decades.”

“Silverton has worked with some of the nation’s most notable and influential chefs including Jonathan Waxman at Michael’s Restaurant and Wolfgang Puck at Spago. She has served as a mentor to numerous others who have gone on to become award-winning chefs and restaurant owners themselves.”

Silverton’s newest cookbook (her 11th) is The Cookie That Changed My Life and More Than 100 Other Classic Cakes, Cookies, Muffins, and Pies That Will Change Yours. As the original pastry chef at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago (celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year,) she made us rethink how we make and eat bread. Now this “pastry doyenne” (Los Angeles Times) has not only returned to her roots, she has surpassed anything she has done before. Biting into a particularly delicious peanut butter cookie one day from Friends & Family’s Roxana Jullapat, she and had an epiphany: every single thing we bake should taste this good. And so she decided to return to her roots, and set to work perfecting the rest of the American baking canon.”

Nancy Silverton now invites all foodies to the C-CAP Los Angeles (Careers through Culinary Arts Program) Gala on Friday, May 17 at Jonathan Club DTLA!

Join her for a glittering evening of inspired food and drink to benefit C-CAP Los Angeles’ students and programming. Longtime C-CAP supporter and pioneering chef Nancy Silverton is creating a delicious multi-course menu along with Jonathan Club’s heralded Executive Chef Andreas Roller.

The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with a social hour on the rooftop’s Great Lawn. Guests will enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres and select premium wines and craft cocktails while overlooking the beautiful vista of downtown Los Angeles.

At 7:30 p.m. guests will then make their way to the Grand Ballroom for a spectacular, multi-course wine-paired seated dinner. The program includes remarks from Chef Silverton, C-CAP students and alumni and culminates with the C-CAP Live Auction and a decadent dessert finale.

Nancy Silverton is our guest previewing what’s on the May 17th menu.

Nancy gracious talks to us from the road as she is on her way driving to Ojai for her special Dinner with Chef Jonathan Waxman at The Farmhouse at the Ojai Valley Inn.