Marisa Mangani

Marisa Mangani was born and raised in Hawaii. Finding her niche as a culinarian at a young age, she cooked her way to New Orleans and some of that city’s finest restaurants. A pivot put Marisa in the kitchen at World Expo ‘84, and from there she went on to manage high-volume international food concessions and restaurants at Expo ‘86 in Vancouver and Expo ‘88 in Brisbane. She is one of the eight featured chefs in Thrillist’s “Why 8 Top Chefs Quit the Kitchen.”