Lauren Braun Costello: Biography and Background

Lauren Braun Costello (born in New York, NY on October 19, 1976) is a chef, author, and culinary personality.

Lauren's culinary career began in 2002 when she enrolled at The French Culinary Institute (now The International Culinary Center). She launched Gotham Caterers that same year as Executive Chef and owner. She simultaneously ventured into food styling and has styled for some of the biggest names in the culinary world. Her creations have been featured on ABC's The View, The Early Show on CBS, and Fox & Friends. She was the author of a weekly cooking column called "The Competent Cook," on CDKitchen.com, and served as a recipe tester and developer for the 75th Anniversary edition of the Joy of Cooking cookbook.

In 2010, Lauren was tapped to host 45 episodes of a new AOL cooking series called Pantry Challenge. The series became one of the most popular on AOL's cooking channel, KitchenDaily.com, logging more than 5 million views in its first three months. Lauren's recipes and party-planning advice have appeared in The Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, and she has made numerous television appearances on WNBC's Today in New York. Lauren also appeared as a guest on ABC's The View with Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, and Nora Ephron to showcase some of Julia Child's favorite recipes for the release of the movie “Julie & Julia.”

Over the past ten years, Lauren has raised her two sons with her husband in New York and Westport, Connecticut. After her sons were older, she resumed her culinary career. "Through her "It's Lauren, of Course" segments, she presents culinary techniques intended to make home cooking more approachable, covering boxed lunches, weeknight family dinners, and client catering.

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