Carissa Chesanek

• Carissa has worked one-on-one with many chefs in the kitchen and helped judged multiple food contests.
• During her time with the Food Network, Carissa helped create and maintain the recipe and cooking class subscription app, Food Network Kitchen, dedicated to at-home cooks.
• While living in Miami, Carissa was the local editor for Zagat for two years where she started the Miami edition from the ground up.

Experience

Carissa Chesanek has worked as a food writer for many years, writing for publications that include Gayot, Dining Out, Miami Herald, Forbes Travel Guide, and Zagat. She has touched on everything from uncovering the best strip club food to mastering the best cocktails in a crockpot. While serving as a digital producer for the Food Network, she also wrote for the Food Network Dish blog on topics that included celebrity chef recipes and must-try at-home meals. Her work as a food writer has also appeared in publications such as Mashed and Tasting Table.

Education

Carissa has a bachelor's degree from Central Connecticut State University and a master's degree from the New School.