Amanda Cohen is the chef and owner of Dirt Candy restaurant[1] in New York City.
[5][6] She graduated from the Natural Gourmet Cookery School[7] and went on to work at (among other restaurants) Angelica Kitchen,[8] Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill,[9] and Blanche’s Organic Café.
[13][14] In 2018, she was profiled in Maya Gallus's documentary film The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution.
[15] In 2010, she competed against Masaharu Morimoto on Iron Chef America in "Battle Vegetable" and lost.
[17] Cohen is married to writer Grady Hendrix, a coauthor of her cookbook Dirt Candy, A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food From the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant.