On her first day working as Mario Batali’s assistant in 1999, Laurie Woolever, then 25, got in a cab with the famous chef to go to a TV shoot. “Slide those thighs on over,” he told her.

Food Network says. "Spring Baking Championship ... and jobs in the New York City kitchens of Danny Meyer and Mario Batali. The pandemic brought Klein back home to Freehold Township, and she ...