Amanda Freitag

 Amanda Freitag, born May 11 1972 was an American famous chef and cookbook writer. She is known for her frequent guest on Food Network television programs and being a judge on the television cooking competitions. Freitag is located in New York City. She graduated in 1989 and took on a job with Vong New York under Jean-Georges Vongerichten. In 1994, she left Vong to work at Verbena under chef Diane Forley. Freitag declared that she was significant at Verbena and developed important connections and also learned how to use the local, organic products. After Verbena, Freitag traveled to France and Italy and Italy, where she worked for a short while at the L'Arpege restaurant with chef Alain Passard in 1999. Godfrey Polistina, a restaurateur established the Upper West Side restaurant Cesca Enoteca & Trattoria in 2003. [7] Freitag was chef de cuisine at Cesca, before moving to an executive chef position at The Harrison. [8][9] The New York Times reported on September 3, 2010 that Freitag was leaving The Harrison. Jimmy Bradley, the restaurant's founderand founder, will return as chef. From January 2014 until July 15, Freitag took over as executive chef of the Empire Diner in Manhattan, New York. In September of 2020, Freitag and Kevin Lillis' Hospitality Alliance opened the bistro Rise & Thyme in Dallas, Texas