Melissa Rodriguez started as a line cook at Daniel Boulud’s flagship restaurant, Daniel, where she quickly rose the ranks to Sous Chef. After five years at Daniel, Melissa joined the team at Del Posto, in 2011, where she was promoted to Chef de Cuisine in 2015. Two years later, she became the Executive Chef and Partner - making her the first woman at the helm of a restaurant awarded four stars by the New York Times. Melissa recently purchased the restaurant with a group of investors, to open a similarly ambitious fine-dining Italian spot.
Fried artichoke with caramel, candied lemon, pickled onion, and mint; Culurgiones with caviar butter and razor clams; a fanelle with mascarpone, caviar, and garbanzo gremolata and black sea bass stuffed with mushroom duxelle and set atop a king trumpet mushroom.
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