- Ingrid Hoffmann
Infobox Chef
name = Ingrid Hoffmann
caption =
birthdate = c. 1965
birthplace =Colombia
deathdate =
deathplace =
style =Latin American cuisine
education =
restaurants = Rocca (1993-)
footnotes =Ingrid Hoffmann (born September 9, 1965) is an American television personality and restaurateur, currently hosting the
Food Network series "Simply Delicioso" and the Spanish-language cooking and lifestyle show, "Delicioso", on Galavisión. Her cookbook, "Simply Delicioso: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist" is scheduled for publication on February 8, 2008 by Clarkson Potter. [cite web | url=http://www.amazon.com/Simply-Delicioso-Collection-Everyday-Recipes/dp/0307347346/ | title=Amazon.com: Simply Delicioso: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist | publisher=Amazon.com | accessdate=2007-07-28]Biography
Ingrid is the daughter of pilot Billy Hoffmann. Raised in
Cali ,Colombia , andCuraçao , Netherlands Antilles, Hoffmann began cooking at a young age with her mother, Yolanda Ibarnegaray, a Cordon Bleu-trained chef who worked in restaurants and catering. She also worked in modeling and acting, appearing in 16telenovela s by age 20. Hoffmann moved to Miami in 1985, where she opened La Capricieuse, a high fashion luxury boutique in Miami's Coconut Grove.After her mother moved to Miami in 1992, Ingrid opened a restaurant with her and two business partners. Rocca, the first restaurant in Miami to feature tabletop cooking on heated lava rocks, opened in January 1993 and quickly became a local celebrity hotspot. [cite news |first=Jen |last=Karetnick |title=Get Stoned for Dinner |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1993-02-17/dining/get-stoned-for-dinner/ |work=Miami New Times |publisher=Village Voice Media |date=1993-02-17 |accessdate=2007-08-16 ] [cite news |title=Hoffmann to star in Food Network series |url=http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2007/07/09/daily39.html |work=South Florida Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals, Inc. |date=2070-07-13 |accessdate=2007-08-16 ]
After hosting a cooking segment on a Miami-area TV show in 2002, Hoffmann was offered a biweekly segment on the Spanish-language morning show "
Despierta America ". Her own show, "Delicioso", launched on DirecTV Para Todos in 2005 and she was subsequently picked up. The Food Network contacted her the day after her March 2006 appearance on Martha Stewart. [cite news |first=Wendy |last=Doscher-Smith |title=Latin Spice |url=http://miamimonthlymagazine.com/spice.html |work=Miami Monthly |publisher=Mass Media Enterprises |date=August 2007 |accessdate=2007-08-16 ] "Simply Delicioso" debuted on the Food Network in July 2007.Works
Books
* "Simply Delicioso: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist" (2008)
Television
*"Delicioso" (2005-present)
*"Simply Delicioso" (2007)References
External links
* [http://www.delicioso.com/ "Simply Delicioso" website]
* [http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/ingrid_hoffmann Ingrid Hoffmann] on Food Network website
* [http://www.ingridhoffman.com/ Fan Site]
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