Jeanie Roland Explained

Jeanie Roland
Birth Place:Waterbury, Connecticut

Jeanie Roland (born c.1966), is an American chef and restaurateur.

Early life and education

Jeanie Kachergis was born to Alfred Kachergis, a Marine, and grew up in a Lithuanian neighborhood in Waterbury, Connecticut, developing an early interest in cooking.[1] [2] [3] She swam competitively starting at age 3.[4]

She started working in the restaurant industry at age 14, washing dishes.[5] She received a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Southern Connecticut State University, where she was a competitive swimmer, and in 1992 graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.[6]

Career

Roland's first professional position was at a private club in California, where she was verbally abused by her boss, whom she had considered a mentor but who made misogynistic comments to and about her in front of coworkers.[7] She and her husband then worked together as private chefs for a corporation.

Roland became unemployed after a downsizing resulting from the September 11th terrorist attacks.[8] She and her husband moved to Florida and opened The Perfect Caper in Punta Gorda in 2001. In 2012, she opened Ella's Food & Drink in Westerly, Rhode Island.[9] [10]

Roland has written two cookbooks, Butter, Love & Cream (2018) and The Perfect Caper Home Cooking (2022)[11] Salon said of The Perfect Caper that "with the same relaxed elegance she brings to her restaurants...Roland imbues her writing with approachable warmth".[12]

She defeated Bobby Flay in an episode of Beat Bobby Flay and competed on Iron Chef Gauntlet, Season 2.[13] In 2020 she gave a private cooking lesson for Taylor Swift, a Westerly resident.[14] [15]

Personal life

Roland is married to James Roland, a fellow chef; the two met in California. They are co-owners of the restaurants.

Recognition

Roland has been nominated seven times by the James Beard foundation as a semifinalist for Best Chef-South region.[16] CBS Boston said, "Restaurants simply don't get much better than Ella's Food and Drink in Westerly, Rhode Island."[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gagosz . Alexa . 15 July 2022 . For the love of butter: Chef Jeanie Roland on pushing the culinary boundaries in a small New England town . 2023-03-11 . . en-US.
  2. Web site: Burns-Fusaro . Nancy . 23 July 2022 . Ella's Jeanie Roland is out with a new cookbook, 'The Perfect Caper' . 2023-03-11 . . en.
  3. Web site: Rodriguez . Johnette . 6 June 2017 . Chef and Restaurateur Jeanie Roland of Ella’s in Westerly . 2023-03-11 . . en.
  4. Web site: Gordon . Joan . 14 February 2017 . In the kitchen: Chef Jeanie Roland, Ella's . 2023-03-11 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: Barry . Amy . August 15, 2015 . Westerly chef Jeanie Roland beats Bobby Flay at his own game . May 5, 2022 . . en-US.
  6. Web site: Florida chef Jeanie Roland talks competing on 'Iron Chef Gauntlet' and the time she beat Bobby Flay . 2022-05-05 . . en.
  7. Web site: Greco . Karen . Women in the South County Food Industry: Taking the temperature of Southern Rhody’s women-run restaurants . 2023-03-11 . Providence Media . en.
  8. Web site: Ciampa . Gail . Chef shares recipes from family, friends and her restaurants in Florida and RI . 2023-03-11 . The Providence Journal . en-US.
  9. Web site: Pelletier . Jenna . The joy of cooking Valentine's Day dinner at home, with a little help from Westerly chef Jeanie Roland . 2022-05-05 . The Providence Journal . en-US.
  10. Web site: Baldelli . Ann . January 19, 2019 . Ella's in Westerly is an exemplary eatery . 2022-05-05 . . en-US.
  11. Web site: Bonnie . Bryden . 2022-04-19 . In the Kitchen: Fluffy Molded Pancakes . 2022-05-05 . WPRI.com . en-US.
  12. Web site: Williams . Mary Elizabeth . 2022-06-19 . I thought I didn't like hummus until I tried this lighter-than-air version . 2023-03-11 . Salon . en.
  13. Web site: Meet the Challengers Competing on Iron Chef Gauntlet, Season 2 . 2022-05-05 . Food Network . en.
  14. Web site: Taylor Swift & Lorde Take Cooking Class in Rhode Island . 2023-03-11 . . en.
  15. Web site: Muhammad . Latifah . 2022-05-24 . Want to Eat Like Taylor Swift? Here’s How to Make One of Her Favorite Restaurant Dishes at Home . 2023-03-11 . . en-US.
  16. Web site: Forbes . Paula . 2012-02-21 . JBF Announces 2012 Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists . 2022-05-05 . Eater . en.
  17. Web site: Phantom Gourmet: Ella's Food & Drink In Westerly, RI . 2023-03-11 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.

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