Michelle Bommarito

Chef Michelle Bommarito Event Emcee

Michelle Bommarito is founder of Michelle Bommarito, LLC based in Ferndale, Michigan.
She has a B.S.A in Marketing Management with a Minor in Psychology from the University of Michigan and received accreditation in Culinary and Pastry Arts at The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), achieving Blue Ribbon status.

Growing up in an Italian family who owned an Italian wholesale market, it seemed appropriate that Bommarito would develop a passion for the culinary arts. After attending college, she ex-plored her culinary curiosity by registering for a two-week bread-making class in New York
City. When she arrived, she discovered the class had been extended to a 1 month course,
so she chose to stay in New York for the summer. The summer course led to a job providing in-class assistance to chefs for various hands-on courses. It was during that time that Bom-marito found her true passion and enrolled at ICE.

While attending and working at ICE, Bommarito had the privilege of also working at the world-renowned Waldorf Astoria. Her responsibilities included support of the hotel’s Executive Pas-try Chef in preparing cakes, fine pastries and plated desserts.

Working as a freelance artist by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Bommarito developed, tested and produced recipes used in Living magazine and on The Martha Stewart Show. She earned the privilege of being a guest on the show in 2000 and prepared her incredible Spring Garden Cake.

Bommarito’s trip to New York for a two-week bread-making course was the start to a four and
a half year relocation and with a repertoire of recipes under her belt, she returned home to Michigan to “blossom where she was planted.”

Specializing in cake designs that explore the imagination and excite the taste buds, Bommar-ito’s focus is on creating unique wedding and celebration cakes that express her client’s ulti-mate dreams. Her expertise, passion and vivacious personality all mix together creating a
one-of-a-kind experience. The appearance of her designs is extremely important, yet her primary intentions are for each to be of excellent taste. She also offers fine pastries, petit fours and elegantly decorated sugar cookies.

Since 2004, Bommarito has been featured on cable television’s popular Food Network six times in culinary competitions, taking home a gold medal in 2006. The distinctiveness and uniqueness of her designs have been the subject of numerous magazine features including Martha Stewart Living, Oakland STYLE, Modern Bride Michigan and Bride’s.

Michelle Bommarito has generously donated her time and talent to the Chefs Challenge
since its inception. For more information, visit www.michellebommarito.com.