Aida Mollenkamp

Aida Marianne Mollenkamp (born April 15, 1980)^[1] is an American cook, television personality, and food writer from Manhattan Beach, California.

Aida Mollenkamp
Born	(1980-04-15) April 15, 1980 (age 45) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Cornell University Le Cordon Bleu
Culinary career
Television show(s) Ask Aida, foodCrafters

Early life

Mollenkamp grew up in Southern California and attended Rolling Hills Country Day and Chadwick School in Los Angeles.^[2]

Education and career

Mollenkamp attended the Cornell Hotel School and graduated with a B.S. in hospitality management from Cornell University.^[3] Following this, she worked in hospitality real estate consulting at Ernst & Young, then moved to Europe. She attended culinary school and received a Grand Diplôme from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris in 2004.^[3] She has worked at several restaurants and hotels in the United States, including Chez Melange, California Pizza Kitchen, and the Hotel Bel-Air, in Los Angeles, California.^[3] Following her return to the U.S. in 2005, Mollenkamp became an editor at the San Francisco, California-based CHOW.com online food magazine.^{[citation needed]}

Food Network and Cooking Channel

Mollenkamp's first Food Network series, the interactive cooking program Ask Aida, began airing on August 2, 2008 and filmed three seasons.^[4] Her second show, FoodCrafters for Food Network's new sister network, Cooking Channel, debuted May 31, 2010.^[5]

Keys To The Kitchen

Her first cookbook, Keys To The Kitchen: The Essential Reference for Becoming A More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook, was published by Chronicle Books in October 2012.^{[citation needed]}