About Chef Diane Bukatman
In addition to Diane's degree from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park, NY), she also holds degrees in Psychology and English. She has worked as both a Chef and Pastry Chef for over 20 years in some of the most critically acclaimed restaurants in New York City, New Jersey and Martha's Vineyard, including Le Cirque (NYC), Savoir Fare and the Beach Plum Inn (MVI).
Chef Diane thrives on sharing her Passion & Love of Food and cooking with others. She has taught at the French Culinary Institute and New York Restaurant School, both in NYC for 7 years, as well as L'Ecole de Cuisine, A Cook's Table, and Williams-Sonoma.
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ANNOUNCING THE GRAND OPENING OF OUR 2nd KITCHEN - Our 2nd professional kitchen designed to accommodate groups up to 45 aspiring chefs!
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Experience cooking in our Dream Kitchens - Equipped with a total of 16 burners, a flame grille, 2 griddles, 8 ovens, and 3 sinks to Feed your Passion!
TESTIMONIALS: Our Customers Love Us! -
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OUR OVERALL RATING IS:
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"Thank you so much Diane! Last night was a blast! I cannot wait to practice my new skills!(especially the grapefruit sectioning, fruit supreming, garlic smashing and of course the rocking cutting technique.) I'm so excited for the next 5 Thursdays!!!
See you next week!"
Rebeccah
"I always say that cooking is an act of love that I don't do for just anybody. The same could be said for teaching. You both cooked for and taught me last Wednesday. I am so grateful, have already put so much of what I learned into action." “You couldn’t even open the refrigerator and oven at the same time,” Bukatman said. Yet for years, she cooked Thanksgiving dinner for 40 people there. The lessons learned are ones she passes on to students at her Reisterstown cooking school, For the Love of Food.
Dusty L.
“I wanted to write to tell you how marvelous the food was. Truly, I have never been to a party where the people bragged so much on the food. It was divine, and I gave your card to several people!”
Lyn P.
IN THE NEWS -
Television Appearances
Chef Diane's Appearance on Maryland Living with Steve Rouse
Chef Diane's Appearance on Maryland Public Television's Your Money & Business Living
Articles featuring For the Love of Food
Choose one of the below articles from The Baltimore Sun, The Baltimore Examiner, Baltimore's Child, Jewish Times, Owings Mills Times, or even the #1 Italian Food Blog - about Chef Diane and For the Love of Food:
Utilizing a small kitchen shouldn’t be a big deal -as featured in the Baltimore Examiner
Chef Diane Bukatman today has more than 700 square feet of teaching kitchens in which to spread out. But the kitchen in her first solo apartment was a different beast. The room had a tiny oven, four small burners and just two cabinets above the sink.
12 Days of Christmas Cookies - Chef Diane's World’s Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (Click for Recipe) featured in the December 2008 Maryland Life Magazine Article - “This is truly, truly the world’s best chocolate chip cookie,” says Chef Diane Bukatman, owner of For the Love of Food in Reisterstown. “I worked and reworked the recipe for years. Enjoy!”
"I think all these appliances look nice and they're shiny and clean, and these advertising campaigns tell you how much more simple they make life," Bukatman said. "Then people think, `I can get a pasta machine - how romantic. I can make homemade pasta for the kids every night.' But it never happens that way."
A Cup of Flower(s) Chef Diane offers suggestions for cooking with edible flowers, especially with sauces and creamy desserts.
Lighten Up - Get rid of ‘tunnel vision’ for Passover foods – meal-making need not be restrictive
"Unplugged" - January 2008 Baltimore Sun Article - Sometimes the sparkling chrome and the promise of delicious homemade food can be too much for people to resist. Diane Bukatman, chef/owner of the catering business and cooking school For the Love of Food in Reisterstown, said she was almost kicked out of a Crate & Barrel store recently when she tried to talk a customer out of buying a panini press. She explained that if the woman had a waffle iron with reversible grates, she also had a panini press.
By Linda L. Esterson
In April 11, 2008 Cover Story of Jewish Times, Insider
GustoBlog (Italian Food Blog) - For The Love Of Food: la scuola di cucina di Diane Bukatman. pubblicato: martedì 11 dicembre 2007 da gianluca
By Linda L. Esterson
In Spring 2007 Edition of TRADITION MAGAZINE
Cooking School
By Pat Meisol, A student, who recently completed For the Love of Food’s How to Think Like a Chef Series.
Kids in the Kitchen: Recipe for Fun & Food
By Amy Landsman -
Baltimore's Child
Don't go hungry during your suburban outing 
By Teddy Durgin
Baltimore Sun
JT Eye For Our Own Girl and Guy
By Patricia A. Granata and Laurie Legum -
Jewish Times
Together even in the kitchen
Couples enjoy sharing culinary duties
By Christianna McCausland
Baltimore Sun
Branching Out from Latkes
By Sheliah Kaufman
Jewish Woman Magazine
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