'Checka Ciammaichelli - Simply Recipes'

Location: Jersey City, NJ

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Mass Media from La Salle University, Culinary Arts and Food Operations Program from Institute of Culinary Education

Expertise: Baking, Desserts, Italian and Mediterranean food, Grilling

10+ years experience in food media as a recipe developer, food stylist, and photographer.
Owner of Baby Cakes Bakery, a cake business in Jersey City.
Featured in Simply Recipes.

Experience

Checka Ciammaichelli is a freelance recipe developer and a producer at The TODAY Show. She's passionate about food and sharing her recipes to make cooking easy and accessible for everyone.

Checka has been in the food media field for over a decade. From being behind the camera, to food styling, to developing and editing the recipes being used, she has honed her skills in every part of the process. Checka owns her own cake business in Jersey City, and you can often find her awake in her kitchen at 2am putting the finishing touches on a customer's order.

Favorite solo meal: "Anything that includes chopping vegetables. There's nothing more relaxing for me than chopping veggies and practicing my knife skills!"

Education

Checka Ciammaichelli is a freelance recipe developer and a producer at The TODAY Show. Checka has been in the food media field for over a decade. From being behind the camera, to food styling, to developing and editing the recipes being used, she has honed her skills in every part of the process.

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