[3] While a student at the culinary school L’Ecole Ritz-Escoffier, she interned with top French chefs Guy Savoy and Michel Rostang.
[5] In 2000, Anita Lo and her business partner Jennifer Scism opened Annisa in New York's Greenwich Village.
Annisa received a two-star review from The New York Times, Lo was named to Food & Wine magazine's list of the ten “Best New Chefs in America”, and The Village Voice named her the “Best New Restaurant Chef.”[5] In 2006, Annisa was awarded a Michelin star in the first Michelin Guide for New York City.
[12] In 2015, Anita Lo was the first female guest chef to cook for a State dinner at the White House.
In May 2017, after 17 years of business, she closed the Annisa on financial grounds, blaming the continuous increase of real estate taxes and of minimum wages.