Donatella Arpaia Stewart (born September 15, 1971)[2] is an American restaurateur and a television personality who appears on The Food Network.

[13] In 2007, Arpaia and chef Michael Psilakis opened restaurant Kefi in the Upper West Side of New York City.

[15] Arpaia graduated from Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale, Long Island in 1989.

[16] Arpaia was raised in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island to Maria and chef Lello Arpaia (who began his career at Delmonico's under the ownership of Oscar Tucci), who immigrated to the US from Italy.

[17] In May 2011, Arpaia married Allan Stewart, a cardiac surgeon and graduate of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.