Photo: Food NetworkAlex Guarnaschelliequates the way she recently dealt withpersonal traumato eating a burrito.In February 2022, while still grieving the loss of her mother, cookbook editorMaria Guarnaschelli, who died the previous year at age 79, the chef announced she hadsplit from her fiancé, Michael Castellon, after five years together.“I made a burrito out of everything, and I needed to open it up and pick it apart,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I tried to just look at the rice and the beans and the meat and the salsa and not consume it all at once.“Guarnaschelli, 53, who met Castellon in 2016 while she was visiting the restaurant where he worked as a chef, found support in anAustralian shepherd named Leon.Alex Guarnaschelli and Michael Castellon.Cindy Ord/Getty"I didn’t know what to do with the loss—so I got a dog,” she says. “At first I was like, ‘How is this going to make what happened okay?’ And then he picked up a piece of bubble wrap, came over to me, peed a little on my foot, and I was like, ‘This is going to work. This and a donut. I’m good.’ “Alex GuarnaschellILife is about donutsand love in equal measureGuarnaschelli also dived into work. The restaurateur has become one of Food Network’s biggest stars. In addition to regular appearances onChoppedandThe Kitchen, she headlines three shows, including her latest,Ciao House,a culinary competition where the chefs live together in Tuscany.Alex Guarnaschelli and Ciao House cohost Gabe Bertaccini.Food Network"We had so much fun. What happens is wild,” says the star, who cohosts alongside Italian nativeGabe Bertaccini. “We got all these contestants together in this beautiful house, gave them a prize, set the timer and were like, go.“Now she is ready for her professional success to carry over into her personal life. She’s “100 percent” open to a new relationship. She has just two requirements: “Loyalty and foot rubs. I think loyalty is a big act of love.““I want the joy of love,” adds Guarnaschelli, who shares daughter Ava, 15, with her ex-husband Brandon Clark.Just don’t expect to find her on the dating apps. “I’m into organic life,” she says. “I think you meet people in the universe. I watch too many rom-coms.“Ciao Housepremieres April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on Food Network.
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Alex Guarnaschelliequates the way she recently dealt withpersonal traumato eating a burrito.In February 2022, while still grieving the loss of her mother, cookbook editorMaria Guarnaschelli, who died the previous year at age 79, the chef announced she hadsplit from her fiancé, Michael Castellon, after five years together.“I made a burrito out of everything, and I needed to open it up and pick it apart,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I tried to just look at the rice and the beans and the meat and the salsa and not consume it all at once.“Guarnaschelli, 53, who met Castellon in 2016 while she was visiting the restaurant where he worked as a chef, found support in anAustralian shepherd named Leon.Alex Guarnaschelli and Michael Castellon.Cindy Ord/Getty"I didn’t know what to do with the loss—so I got a dog,” she says. “At first I was like, ‘How is this going to make what happened okay?’ And then he picked up a piece of bubble wrap, came over to me, peed a little on my foot, and I was like, ‘This is going to work. This and a donut. I’m good.’ “Alex GuarnaschellILife is about donutsand love in equal measureGuarnaschelli also dived into work. The restaurateur has become one of Food Network’s biggest stars. In addition to regular appearances onChoppedandThe Kitchen, she headlines three shows, including her latest,Ciao House,a culinary competition where the chefs live together in Tuscany.Alex Guarnaschelli and Ciao House cohost Gabe Bertaccini.Food Network"We had so much fun. What happens is wild,” says the star, who cohosts alongside Italian nativeGabe Bertaccini. “We got all these contestants together in this beautiful house, gave them a prize, set the timer and were like, go.“Now she is ready for her professional success to carry over into her personal life. She’s “100 percent” open to a new relationship. She has just two requirements: “Loyalty and foot rubs. I think loyalty is a big act of love.““I want the joy of love,” adds Guarnaschelli, who shares daughter Ava, 15, with her ex-husband Brandon Clark.Just don’t expect to find her on the dating apps. “I’m into organic life,” she says. “I think you meet people in the universe. I watch too many rom-coms.“Ciao Housepremieres April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on Food Network.
Alex Guarnaschelliequates the way she recently dealt withpersonal traumato eating a burrito.
In February 2022, while still grieving the loss of her mother, cookbook editorMaria Guarnaschelli, who died the previous year at age 79, the chef announced she hadsplit from her fiancé, Michael Castellon, after five years together.
“I made a burrito out of everything, and I needed to open it up and pick it apart,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I tried to just look at the rice and the beans and the meat and the salsa and not consume it all at once.”
Guarnaschelli, 53, who met Castellon in 2016 while she was visiting the restaurant where he worked as a chef, found support in anAustralian shepherd named Leon.
Alex Guarnaschelli and Michael Castellon.Cindy Ord/Getty
“I didn’t know what to do with the loss—so I got a dog,” she says. “At first I was like, ‘How is this going to make what happened okay?’ And then he picked up a piece of bubble wrap, came over to me, peed a little on my foot, and I was like, ‘This is going to work. This and a donut. I’m good.’ "
Alex GuarnaschellILife is about donutsand love in equal measure
Alex GuarnaschellI
Life is about donutsand love in equal measure
Life is about donuts
and love in equal measure
Guarnaschelli also dived into work. The restaurateur has become one of Food Network’s biggest stars. In addition to regular appearances onChoppedandThe Kitchen, she headlines three shows, including her latest,Ciao House,a culinary competition where the chefs live together in Tuscany.
Alex Guarnaschelli and Ciao House cohost Gabe Bertaccini.Food Network
“We had so much fun. What happens is wild,” says the star, who cohosts alongside Italian nativeGabe Bertaccini. “We got all these contestants together in this beautiful house, gave them a prize, set the timer and were like, go.”
Now she is ready for her professional success to carry over into her personal life. She’s “100 percent” open to a new relationship. She has just two requirements: “Loyalty and foot rubs. I think loyalty is a big act of love.”
“I want the joy of love,” adds Guarnaschelli, who shares daughter Ava, 15, with her ex-husband Brandon Clark.
Just don’t expect to find her on the dating apps. “I’m into organic life,” she says. “I think you meet people in the universe. I watch too many rom-coms.”
Ciao Housepremieres April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on Food Network.
source: people.com
