Jody Williams (chef)

Raised in California, Williams came to appreciate food service by assisting customers at her father's hot dog stand in Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco.

[1] After relocating to New York City at the age of 24, she set out at 25 to prepare American cuisine across Italy with chef Kathy Casey.

[3] Since September 2009, she has appeared several times as a judge on the Food Network's competition series show Chopped.

Alongside business partner and wife Rita Sodi, Williams runs Via Carota, an Italian restaurant in New York City's Greenwich Village.

[10] In 2013, opening Buvette in Paris led her to winning the French Le Fooding Award.