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Alex Guarnaschelli

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Alex Guarnaschelli is an American executive chef and television personality who serves as a judge on the Food Network cooking competition show Chopped. She is the executive chef at Butter restaurant in New York City. She won the culinary competition The Next Iron Chef in 2012, earning the title of Iron Chef. Her cooking style focuses on French and Italian influences using seasonal American ingredients.

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What cooking show is Alex Guarnaschelli best known for judging?

Guarnaschelli is a longtime judge on Food Network’s Chopped, where chefs compete through appetizer, entree, and dessert rounds. She is also associated with Iron Chef America and other Food Network competitions.

What restaurant does Alex Guarnaschelli run?

She became executive chef at Butter Restaurant in New York City in 2003. Butter is known for her American, seasonal, and green-market-influenced cooking. [Food Network biography](https://www.foodnetwork.com/profiles/talent/alex-guarnaschelli)

Did Alex Guarnaschelli win The Next Iron Chef?

Yes. She won The Next Iron Chef: Redemption in 2012 after defeating nine rival chefs, earning the Iron Chef title.

Where did Alex Guarnaschelli train before returning to New York?

She trained at La Varenne Culinary School in Burgundy, France, and worked at Guy Savoy in Paris for four years. She later returned to New York and worked at Daniel before becoming executive chef at Butter.