Anne Rosenzweig is an American retired chef and restaurateur[1] based in New York City, who was known as “the Greta Garbo of the food world.” [2] Her restaurants included Arcadia (executive chef and co-owner with Ken Aretsky),[3][4] the Lobster Club and Inside.
When she returned to New York City, she became an unpaid apprentice at several NYC kitchens before becoming the brunch, pastry and head chef at the Greenwich Village restaurant Vanessa.
[7] During the Clinton Administration she was she was a finalist to become the White House chef, and the only woman to be considered for the position.
[10] Her Upper East Side restaurant Arcadia received a three star review from Ruth Reichl at The New York Times.
[11] Rosenzweig was the culinary director of the 1992 James Beard Aware Foundation as well as a nominee for Best Chef.