Gerry Biordi developed a passion for feeding people when living in Bologna, Italy. Spending 7 years in the culinary capital of Italy (and some say, the world) gave Gerry the opportunity to learn authentic Italian cooking from the best cooks imaginable – Italian grandmothers! She learned all their coveted recipes, their techniques and tricks that make Italian home cooking so special. Upon her return to New York, Gerry started Sarabella Catering, and enjoyed planning parties and events for several years. She then decided to take her cooking to another level and graduated from the Culinary Management Program at the Institute of Culinary Education. She followed that with internships at La Cucina Italiana, working in the kitchen and on magazine photo shoots, and at Indiana Market and Catering. For the past 4 years Gerry has worked at Rustico Cooking, with owner Micol Negrin, author of the James Beard nominated cookbook Rustico: Regional Italian Country Cooking. At Rustico Gerry leads cooking classes and team building events, showing people that cooking can be fun and easy! Gerry has always believed that people who don’t have time to cook need a better option than take-out or expensive restaurants – and that’s the idea behind Sarabella Cooks.
