@BravoTopChef All Star | Partnerships | IRL & Virtual Classes | Private Dinners | Carroll Couture Cuisine | Media Inquiries | 📧 [email protected]

Philadelphia, PA
Joined September 2009
That’s why 🧈 🧁
2
359
Berbere jerky has entered the plane snacks chat ✈️ 💬 . Get yours in Philadelphia’s Terminal B and C before wheels up, and safe travels!
3
462
Chef Chad Livingston of Burlingame brought New England vibes to last year’s Amelia Island Cookout! 🦐🔥 Local shrimp salad on a potato roll with scallion-seasoned chips. A delicious nod to Fernandina Beach’s shrimp history! Can’t wait for this year! 🤤
232
Octopus, Spanish chorizo, and white bean mole! 🐙🔥 Chef Craig Hunt from Oaxaca Club brought some serious flavor to last year’s Amelia Island Cookout! 🤤 We’re heading back for 2026, and I can’t wait to see what’s cooking this year! ❤️
2
501
Oxtail in an arepa? Now you have my attention! 🇨🇴🔥 Chef David Echeverri brought a taste of his Colombian roots to last year’s Amelia Island Cookout at the Ritz-Carlton. If this is what we ate last year, I can’t wait to see what’s cooking in 2026! 🤤
2
309
What do you get a chef for his birthday? A new fire pit and oysters! 🦪🔥🎂 Chef Garrett Gooch served fire-roasted oysters with champagne-cucumber and raspberry mignonettes at last year’s Amelia Island Cookout. 🤤 We’re heading back this week, and I can’t wait! ❤️
1
6
493
Braised pork, spicy shrimp, and serious flavor! 🍖🦐🔥 Chef Phil Waddell of espanafernandina brought Picadinho and Shrimp Mozambique to last year’s Amelia Island Cookout. 🤤 We’re heading back this year, and I can’t wait to see what’s cooking! ❤️ #AmeliaIslandCookout
4
367
Ginger-cured salmon, Brussels sprouts, tarragon, and caviar. Chef @deanjamesmax wasn’t playing around! 🤤🔥 One of our favorite bites from last year’s Amelia Island Cookout at @ritzcarltonameliaisland. Can’t wait to see what the chefs cook up this year! ❤️ #AmeliaIslandCookout
1
363
Chef Adrienne had me at roasted fennel. 😂❤️ Her tuna crudo at last year’s Amelia Island Cookout featured Calabrian chili vinaigrette, Castelvetrano olives, and roasted fennel. 🐟🌶️🫒 Turns out, we’re both obsessed with fennel! Can’t wait to see what’s cooking this year!
1
390
🦀🔥 Smoked potato crab salad, Japanese-style! Last year at the Amelia Island Cookout, I got to cook alongside @chef_barry_honan for a secret Gilligan’s Island lunch! 🌴 Barry brought his izakaya inspiration from Japan to this incredible dish. 🇯🇵 Can’t wait to head back! ❤️
4
400
Duck carnitas, homemade black mole, avocado mousse, and pickled onions on a fresh tortilla! 🌮🦆🔥 One of the incredible bites from @lagniappe_restaurant at last year’s Amelia Island Cookout! Heading back this week, and I can’t wait to see what’s cooking! ❤️
5
561
I LOVE dessert! 😂🥧 Last year at the Amelia Island Cookout, Chef Daniel from JW Marriott Nashville brought Southern-inspired pies in mason jars. Banana cream, chocolate Oreo, apple pie! ❤️ Can’t wait to see what’s cooking this year! 🌴 #AmeliaIsland #DessertLovers #Foodie
3
356
90-day dry-aged New York strip seared on a Himalayan salt block? 🥩🔥 Yes, please! @gillesschreiper from @ritzcarltonlascolinas brought some serious Texas flavor to the 2025 Amelia Island Cookout.
2
354
I missed Chef Bernard Guillas’ dinner at last year’s Amelia Island Cookout, but caught up with him at the airport! ✈️👨‍🍳 From his French roots to the dishes he created with his “brother from another mother,” Chef Philippe, what a story! ❤️ Back to Amelia Island on Monday! 🌴
270
Leave it to a chef from Texas to put lobster in street corn! 🦞🌽🔥 Chef Sean Blanchette of The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, made these incredible spring rolls at last year’s event. We’re heading back to Amelia Island, and I can’t wait to see what they cook up this year! ❤️
228
Tlali Restaurante means a little more to me ❤️ Family-run, rooted in Puebla, with al pastor on the trompo, nixtamalized tortillas, and a story behind every plate. Make the drive to Upper Darby. Get the tacos, then keep going 🌮🔥
3
542
How long are you holding A? 🎮😂 . Dinner at Jen’s prep mode: ACTIVATED. . Hold A: make Jen work harder Press Y: let her rest Tap B twice: give her a tip 💰 . Choose wisely.
1
552
I was so excited for @james.matty’s @formosa.philly pop-up that I showed up a week early 😂🥐 It was worth the wait. Find Formosa at @picnicphilly, 2421 Martha St., Saturdays + Sundays through Oct. 25, 8 AM to noon or sold out. Go while you can 🔥
1
503
Hi, I’m Jen, and I brought… a LOT of food 😂🍽️ . One course. Then another. Then another. . That’s the fun of a private event at the CCC Studio Kitchen. Every dish hits the table, and somehow we just keep going. . And yes, we ate all of it ❤️
7
725
Everyone at @CarrollCoutureCuisine has a job. Some of those jobs just look a little more relaxing than others 😂 . Billy’s cooking. . Jen’s prepping. . Sunny is getting the table ready. . And somehow, it all comes together ❤️
2
502