Gabriella Baldwin is enjoying her success in the culinary business; thanks to her supportive husband and family.
Baldwin is appearing on the first season of the Food Network’s reality show Last Bite Hotel. She is one of the eight most talented chefs in the country and receives a mysterious invitation to stay and cook at a spooky, isolated hotel.
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Each night, a new VIP guest checks in and challenges the chefs with demanding requests, and the chef who impresses the VIPs the least is eliminated. The winner of the show will receive a cash prize of $25,000.
Baldwin has appeared on several Food Network shows such as Guys Grocery Games, Family Restaurant Rivals, and Beat Bobby Flay.
Besides her appearance on the show, she is already a renowned face in the culinary business; the Executive Chef and Branding Ambassador at Testa Barra with her husband Mike.
Likewise, she heads up the catering division for Baldwin Restaurant Group. She is also a food columnist for the Macomb Now magazine edition, Local Pour.
Gabriella Baldwin’s Married Life With Mike Baldwin
Gabriella is relishing more than six years of matrimony with her husband Michael Baldwin.
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The couple tied the wedding knot on September 8, 2018, and has been inseparable since then.
It was the year 2013 when Gabriella first met her future husband Mike at a friend’s apartment and their love story begins. She was a college fresher whereas he was returning from an externship.
The duo share the same passion for course cooking and skateboarding. They dated for four years and got engaged in July 2017.
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Gabriella and Mike have journeyed overseas, across the country, and everywhere in between sharing their love for lifestyle, culture, and culinary wanderlust.
Collaboration On Family Business
Gabriella and Mike began working together after meeting at their alma mater, the Culinary Institute of America.
Soon after, they decided to expand their family business into a second-generation powerhouse. Their first joint venture was Sk8orpie which later became a part of their biggest venture, Testa Barra Kitchen and Cocktails.
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Testa was opened in 2017, led by Mike as an executive co-chef. In addition, he has appeared on Food Network with his family, where they won their episode of Valerie Bertinelli’s Family Food Showdown.
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A native of Michigan, he graduated from the Culinary Institute of America with a Bachelor’s degree in Culinary Science and Hospitality. He is a second-generation graduate of the CIA, in succession to his father, Jeff Baldwin.
Named Their Son After Their First Meeting Location
After more than a year of their wedding, Gabriella shared a picture showing her baby bump on her Instagram. It was January 2020 when she was 8 months pregnant.
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On 11 February 2020, the Baldwins welcomed a new member of their family; a son named Hudson Baldwin.
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Well, there is an interesting story on the naming of their son. They named their son after the Hudson Valley in New York State, where they first met.
Gabriella Baldwin Is Originally From New York
Gabriella Rodriguez was born in the October of 1992 in Flushing, New York. Regarding her age, she is 32 years old now.
As per her social media post, her father worked as a police officer. Her family consists of her parents and a brother.
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Gabriella grew up in a mixed family background. She is of Italian and Puerto Rican descent from her parent’s side.
For education, she went to Long Island University where she graduated with a major in Mass Communication and a minor in Broadcast Journalism.
With an immense passion for cooking, she was her curriculum at their Italian Restaurant “Catarina Di Medici” and their French fine dining restaurant “Bocus.” Moreover, she is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.
