Chef Marcelle Marcelle

My story starts in a small town in the middle of nowhere in Virginia. Mountains, rivers, and more mountains are all my town had to offer. Growing up in a rural area meant there wasn't much to eat, much less creative restaurants showing all the new food trends in most cities. This meant, home-cooked meals prepared by my one inspiration, my mother. 

I grew up in a Latino household. My father is Cuban, and my mother is Puerto Rican. My mother cooked a homemade scratch meal almost nightly, recruiting me to be the one to chop the onions and peel the potatoes. This set the tone for my next 3 decades, food, food, food.