Priscilla A. Martel

Priscilla Martel honed her cooking skills as chef of Restaurant du Village in Chester, Connecticut. Today, she and her partner Charles van Over operate All About Food™. Their company creates innovative recipes, products, menus and marketing programs for its clients. Martel’s expertise in artisan baking, confectionery, healthful and spa cooking techniques reflects her broad experience. One consulting assignment lead to her 4-year tenure as President of American Almond Products Company, an ingredient manufacturer for whom she continues to serve as culinary director.

Martel teaches cooking and baking classes for both home and professional cooks. She is co-author of the award-winning culinary textbooks On Baking: A Textbook of Baking and Pastry Fundamentals and On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals. She writes frequently about specialty food, housewares and flavor trends for trade magazines. All About Food™ holds several baking patents, which it administers nationally.