Carla Lalli Music facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carla Lalli Music
Music in the Bon Appetit test kitchen in 2019
Born	(1972-08-15) August 15, 1972 (age 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Chef, cookbook author, Youtube personality Culinary career
Education	Brown University French Culinary Institute
Television show(s) Back-to-Back Chef Making Perfect Carla’s Cooking Show You Got Snack'd
Spouse(s)	Fernando Music (divorced)
Children	2
Relatives	Lorenzo Music (father-in-law)

Carla Lalli Music (born August 15, 1972) is an American chef, a writer of cookbooks, and a popular YouTube personality. She used to be a big part of Bon Appétit magazine, where she was known for her fun videos on their YouTube channel. Her most famous show was Back-to-Back Chef. Carla left the magazine in 2020 because of concerns about fairness and how people were treated at Bon Appétit and Condé Nast Entertainment.

About Carla Lalli Music

Carla was born into an Italian-American family. Her mother was a food critic and edited cookbooks. Carla went to Brown University and later studied cooking at the French Culinary Institute.

Carla's Early Career

Carla worked in food service for more than ten years. She was a line chef, which means she cooked on the main cooking line in a restaurant. She also managed kitchens for famous chefs like Rocco DiSpirito. Carla was even the first general manager for the popular restaurant Shake Shack. She also taught cooking management at the Institute for Culinary Education.

In 2009, Carla started writing about food. She worked as an editor for Everyday Food magazine. In 2011, she joined Bon Appétit magazine as an editor. She later became the magazine's food director. In 2020, she changed her role to focus on writing her second cookbook.

YouTube Star

Carla first appeared in videos on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel in 2015. She quickly became a regular in their cooking videos. In 2018, Carla became the host of Back-to-Back Chef. This web series showed her teaching a celebrity how to cook a dish. The funny part was that they faced away from each other and only used spoken instructions!

Famous guests on Back-to-Back Chef included Natalie Portman, Michael Shannon, and Elizabeth Olsen. People loved the show for its humor and Carla's hosting style. Vulture magazine called Back-to-Back Chef "simple, elegant, and absolutely genius." Carla also appeared in other Bon Appétit series like Test Kitchen Talks and Making Perfect.

In August 2020, Carla and other chefs decided to stop filming videos for the Bon Appétit YouTube channel. This happened after some issues came up about fair treatment and pay for staff. They felt there wasn't enough progress in solving these problems at Condé Nast Entertainment.

Cookbooks and New Shows

Carla's first cookbook, Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook, came out in March 2019. In May 2020, this book won a James Beard Foundation Book Award. This is a very important award in the food world. Carla announced she was working on a second cookbook in October 2019.

In November 2020, Carla started her own video series called Carla’s Cooking Show. This show is available to her fans who support her on Patreon. In December 2020, she launched a new show with fellow Bon Appétit chef Molly Baz called You Got Snack'd. They do this show live on Instagram Live.

Carla's second cookbook, That Sounds So Good: 100 Real-Life Recipes for Every Day of the Week, was released in October 2021. She also started a new weekly YouTube series where she cooks recipes from this book.

Personal Life

Carla lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and has two children. She is divorced. Her former father-in-law was the actor Lorenzo Music. He was famous for being the original voice of the cartoon cat Garfield.

Carla's Web Shows and Series