Melba Wilson
Melba Wilson | |
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| Born | Harlem, New York, USA |
| Relatives | Sylvia Woods (aunt) |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Soul food |
Current restaurant
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Melba Wilson is a Harlem-based restaurateur (Melba's[1]), caterer, cookbook author and a Food Network personality.[2][3]
Wilson has been called both the queen of soul food and comfort food.[4][5]
Bill de Blasio appointed Wilson to the COVID-19 Small Business Advisory Council and she is president of the board of directors for The NYC Hospitality Alliance.[6]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Wilson is the niece of Sylvia Woods, the founder of Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem. She was hired to organize the restaurant's 25th anniversary celebration in 1987.[3] Wilson is credited with starting their popular Sunday gospel brunch. She went on to work at Windows on the World and Rosa Mexicano before opening Melba's in 2005.[3]
TV appearances
[edit | edit source]As well as appearing on the Food Network shows Beat Bobby Flay, Worst Cooks in America, and Throwdown! with Bobby Flay (the latter in which her chicken and waffles dish beat Flay's in season 4),[7] Wilson has appeared on shows such as 60 Minutes and The View.[6]
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Melba's American Comfort: 100 Recipes From My Heart to Your Kitchen (2016)[3]
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- Living people
- 20th-century births
- People from Harlem
- 21st-century African-American people
- American chefs
- African-American non-fiction writers
- American women restaurateurs
- American restaurateurs
- American cookbook writers
- Restaurant founders
- American women chefs
- American women founders
- American founders
- Writers from Manhattan