ALLISON ROBICELLI
Known for her bold and fearless writing, boundless creativity in the kitchen, legendary ADD "idea factory" brain and entertaining-as-hell stage presence, Allison Robicelli is the lady-half of the dynamic Robicelli duo. She began baking as a teenager to prove one of her jerk friends wrong when he said she couldn’t bake a cheesecake (she could). After discovering her a natural talent in the kitchen, she spent much of her free time reading cookbooks, watching PBS, and screwing around in her parents kitchen. Having come from one of the most prestigious math and science high schools in the country, no one could fathom why she would consider going into the culinary field, which was normally reserved for drug addicts, petty criminals and clown college dropouts. She instead chose to persue something far more practical, and was accepted into the elite conservatory for the dramatic arts at Boston University.
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In 2001, five days before her 21st birthday, Allison was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which really, really, really sucked. She spent the next 8 months going through chemotherapy and becoming fat and bald from steroids, because cancer’s kinda an asshole like that. After a period of depression she opted to be proactive about her situation: instead of relinquishing a year of her life to cancer, she’d use the involuntary quarantine to better herself. She learned to crochet very poorly, became a psychotically obsessive hockey fan and, most importantly to this bio, seriously began teaching herself how to cook. She became entranced by the storytelling capabilities of cooking, the science behind it all the rich history that could be explored through food. A job in the culinary realm not only seemed less degrading, but also seemed to be the the career she’d been searching for her entire life. Her family, on the other hand, still thought it was degrading til about 2011.
She spent several years working in restaurants, catering, and helped a few places get off the ground. Then in 2005 she met Matt, got engaged six weeks later, and a power couple was born. It's really a remarkable story, one that can be read about in our critically-acclaimed cookbook/memoir Robicelli's: A Love Story, With Cupcakes. As we want you to buy the book, all information spanning from 2005-2013 has been redacted from this bio.
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She spent several years working in restaurants, catering, and helped a few places get off the ground. Then in 2005 she met Matt, got engaged six weeks later, and a power couple was born. It's really a remarkable story, one that can be read about in our critically-acclaimed cookbook/memoir Robicelli's: A Love Story, With Cupcakes. As we want you to buy the book, all information spanning from 2005-2013 has been redacted from this bio.
Before we go any further, let's meet......