Kate Manchester is an accomplished chef, publisher, author, and cooking teacher whose assignments have taken her on international adventures studded with Hollywood glitterati, world leaders, and renowned chefs. Born and raised on the beaches of Narragansett, Rhode Island, she started cooking at age 6. Manchester went on to apprentice in a private kitchen under a French schooled chef in one of the famous houses on Newports “Million Dollar Mile” where she received a solid grounding in the classics. She eventually opened a successful catering business in Rhode Island before making East Hampton her home. Upon settling in East Hampton, Manchester worked for many years with Ina Garten of “The Barefoot Contessa” fame. Kate is also a graduate of Living Light Culinary Institute, where she studied and received chef and teacher certification in Raw and Living Foods.

In addition to magazine writing and authoring two books, Manchester cooked privately in the Hamptons for 22 years. Among the devoted coterie of international clientele she has cultivated are the legendary director Steven Spielberg, and award winning Broadway producer Stewart Lane. She once traveled to Poland and lived with Spielberg and his extended family for 6 months during the filming of Schindlers List. During her career as a private chef, Manchester has cooked for some very high profile palates, including Martha Stewart, President and Mrs. Clinton, Vice President and Mrs. Gore, Courtney Sale Ross, Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Rob Lowe, Holly Hunter, Donna Karan, Ed Bradley, and director Bob Zemeckis. Like many chefs, she has cooked and eaten her way through Europe, gaining a wealth of knowledge and colorful stories of her escapades. Kate lived and cooked in Paris, France for 4 years in the historic and beautiful Montmartre neighborhood in the 18th arrondissement.

Kate has recently moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico from Sag Harbor, New York. She is a frequent guest on TV and radio, and has appeared on the Sara Moulton show, as well as the Today show and Fox News. Author of “The Perfect Wedding Cake”; and co-author of “Sweet Celebrations” written with Sylvia Weinstock, Kate has written for Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Modern Bride, and a variety of contemporary magazines. Kate is the Publisher of “Edible Santa Fe”, a quarterly publication that celebrates the abundance of local foods, season by season, due out in September 2006.

Welcome to Kate Manchester’s Kitchen Sync podcast

Here at Kitchen Sync, we will be talking to chefs, foodies, activists, farmers - anybody who has something to say about food and the way it is produced, perceived, marketed, eaten, distributed.

We will explore everything from books, products, services, equipment, food trends, themes and ideas. There will be conversations and recipes shared. We’ll cover the delicious and fun aspects of food, as well as try to navigate through the troubling information on things that threaten our food and health. With that in mind, my goal is to broaden my community of friends in food by sharing information, ideas, inspiration, and news that affects our food supply, foodshed, and the health of our local as well as global community.

Along the way, I will invite you to participate in some of my projects, ask you for feedback, and will welcome your comments and ideas. If there is anything you would like to see discussed, or anyone you would like to see me interview, let me know and I will do my best to contact him or her. In the next few months, I invite you to stop back often and see whom we’re talking to and what we’re talking about.