Daisy Martinez Biography

Daisy Maria Martinez was born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn New York to mainland Puerto Rican parents who shortly thereafter moved to her paternal grandmothers house until she was five years old. Between her mother Conchita and her grandmother Valentina Daisy quickly learned that the kitchen is the heart of the home filled with love family and delicious soul satisfying dishes. With an extended family of relatives from Central America Spain and other parts of Latin America Daisy grew up with an appreciation for the rich diverse flavors of the Spanish speaking world.
After college Daisy set her energies to raising a family and after the youngest of her children entered school Daisy attended the French Culinary Institute to study Culinary Arts where she received first prize for her final project The Passionate Palate. Upon graduation Daisy worked as a prep- kitchen chef on the set of PBS Lidias Italian American Table for her long time mentor chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich as well as a private chef in New York City and as the owner of a small boutique catering business also called The Passionate Palate.
In 2005 Daisy launched her new career with Daisy Cooks! On PBS and her cookbook Daisy Cooks! Latin Flavors That Will Rock Your World which was an IACP nominee and American cateogory Finalist as well as the winner of the Best Latino Cuisine Cookbook in the World by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

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