Melissa Kelly (chef)

Melissa Kelly is an American chef in Rockland, Maine in the United States. She received the 1999 and 2013 Best Chef in the Northeast honors in a James Beard Award. She co-founded Primo restaurant and is its executive chef preparing Italian cuisine and Mediterranean cuisine with a focus on local ingredients. She graduated first in class from the Culinary Institute of America and worked with Larry Forgione at An American Place and Alice Waters at Chez Panisse.[1][2]

Chef Kelly owns and operates PRIMO Restaurants in Rockland, ME and in the JW Marriott Resort Grand Lakes in Orlando, FL.[3] She re-opened her Orlando location in the fall of 2021 after an extensive renovation tracing back to her family roots in Puglia, Italy.[4][2]

References

  1. ^ Melissa Kelly Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine About.com
  2. ^ a b Appétit, Bon (2021-11-15). "Maine Meets the Mediterranean in Chef Melissa Kelly's Culinary Story". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  3. ^ "Stirring the Pot | The Maine Mag". www.themainemag.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, Alissa. "First Look: Farm-To-Table Founder Melissa Kelly To Open Second Primo Outpost". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
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