She is a James Beard Foundation Award recipient and cooks in a Latin American style.
[1] The daughter of an Argentine-Jewish mother and a father with Russian-Jewish heritage,[2] Bernstein graduated from high school at 16 and moved to New York City to study dance at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
[4] She was a co-host of the Food Network series Melting Pot and was once won a battle on Iron Chef America versus Bobby Flay.
In 2005, Bernstein and her husband, David Martinez, became business partners and left Azul to open Michy's in Miami.
[8] In 2011, Bernstein opened Crumb on Parchment, a café in the Miami Design District.