Jennifer Ophir

Jennifer Ophir is a wonderfully talented and gorgeously funny human being. In the early aughts, she left her high-profile career in store design and branding, and jumped head first into new adventures in the culinary world.

She is a first generation native New Yorker who says “coffee” not “cawfee”, brings light and calm wherever she goes, and marvels when nature shows us what a sensory gift food can be; it’s a language that needs no words. Jennifer is fluent in that language as she styles, cooks, plates and develops food and recipes.

A graduate of the French Culinary Institute (now absorbed by the Institute of Culinary Education), Jennifer won the award for Best Final Project. She worked on the line at Perry St, taught cooking in Tuscany, gave food tours across the city, and was a “secret shopper” for restaurants. Jennifer lives in Manhattan with her cat Chloe.

 

SOME OF MY FAVE CHEFS

  • Dan Kluger

  • Ana Sortun

  • Yotam Ottolenghi

  • Michael Psilakis

SOME OF MY FAVE FOOD PLACES

  • Loring Place, NYC

  • Le Pigeon, Portland, OR

  • Paris Bakery & Cafe (for crepes!), West Palm Beach, FL

  • Fish Cheeks, NYC

  • Sugarfish, Los Angeles, CA

  • Canlis, Seattle, WA

  • Le Bernadin, NYC

  • Toloache, NYC

  • Court Street Grocers, NYC

  • SOS Chefs, NYC

  • Atwater Market, Montreal, CAN

SOME OF MY FAVE FOOD BOOKS

  • Cool Beans by Joe Yonan

  • Cook 90 by David Tamarkin

  • The Tao of Nutrition by Maoshing Ni & Cathy McNease

  • Bold Italian by Scott Conant

  • The Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison

  • The Cookie Bible by Maida Heatter

  • Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

  • Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl