About Chef Rosie
Rosie O’Connor is the award-winning Chef-Owner of Provecho Grill, a two-time winner of the SoCal Chef Open and Harrah’s Casino Hell’s Kitchen competition 1st place winner in 2018, where she served over 400 VIP guests.
As a chef and TV personality, she has appeared on Food Network’s Supermarket Stakeout (2019) and Cooking Channel’s Farmer’s Market Flip (2017). Chef Rosie has also been featured in TV spots and commercials for Let’s Dine Out and SoCal Gas.
In 2019, she participated in The Chef Latinos Guanajuato Festival Gastronomico, held in the home of the former president, Vicente Fox’s hometown, Hacienda San Cristóbal de León in Guanajuato, Mexico. The event featured 18 standout chefs from across Latin America and California and included Chef Rosie O’Connor.
In 2015, she became the first chef to be honored with both the Pinnacle Award and People’s Choice Award. She was later invited back as a judge of the 2019 SoCal Chef Open.
As a contributing columnist, she has written stories for Menifee Buzz and Valley News, recounting her culinary adventures to thousands of readers each week.
A graduate of the Art Institute of San Diego, Chef Rosie has a strong connection to her SoCal roots and is committed to volunteer efforts in her local community. She has served as a mentor to young culinary students and uses her restaurant as a platform to help others. In 2015, she was presented with the Volunteer Service Award by President Barack Obama, one of her proudest achievements yet.
Here on ChefRosie.com, she publishes food stories, recipes, and hosts private events for local foodies. Through her culinary tours of Mexico, and food & wine events, Chef Rosie shares her passion for SoCal and Baja Cuisine. Joined by chefs and enthusiasts who love great food and delicious wines, she leads her guests on an exploration of Mexican cuisine and culture.
Services & Offerings
Speaking
Chef Rosie is available for public appearances and speaking opportunities on topics related to food, mentorship, and restaurant ownership. Whether at a conference, corporate meeting, or fundraiser, Chef Rosie is always looking for new opportunities to share her experiences as a chef and restaurateur with food enthusiasts and business owners.
Mentoring
Chef Rosie believes in sharing her knowledge and expertise with young chefs who are aspiring to enter the culinary industry and individuals who want to enter the restaurant business. Throughout her years as a restaurateur, she has dedicated many hours to educating and mentoring aspiring culinary students. Her hope is that through guided mentorship, the industry will become enriched by the diverse opinions, backgrounds, and skillsets of the next generation.
Consulting
As an award-winning chef and restaurateur, Chef Rosie has consulted with many companies and restaurant owners over the years to share her expertise in the restaurant industry. Chef Rosie consults with restaurant owners on everything from design coordination (furnishing, fixtures, and equipment technology selection), menu and recipe development, menu costing, operational planning, staff training, and POS selection. Let Chef Rosie analyze your operation, menu, recipes, and staff functions to provide recommendations that can improve your restaurant’s best practices.
- Restaurant Consulting
- Restaurant Development
- Restaurant Menu Development
- Recipe Development
- Food Styling
TV Personality and On-Camera Host
Chef Rosie has appeared on Food Network, Cooking Channel and through local media outlets as an on-camera TV personality, competitor, and host. Whether you’re looking for an upcoming news segment, promotional campaign, or on-air recipe demo, Chef Rosie will create a fun and inviting atmosphere for your audience.
Brand Spokesperson and Ambassador
Chef Rosie will represent your brand in a variety of ways, including presentations at conferences, cooking demos, hosting events, social media, blogging, and video.
Cooking Demos and Company Events
Chef Rosie will demo your product or recipe in front of a live audience. Whether at a conference or brand event, Chef Rosie is ready to teach culinary tips and techniques that will showcase your product and entertain an audience.
Recipe Development and Sponsored Recipes
Chef Rosie offers recipe development and food styling to brands, publishers and restaurateurs.
Travel and Food Tours
Chef Rosie frequently travels throughout the country, to Mexico, and abroad to discover the latest food trends, hot spots, and destinations. If you have a food event, restaurant, or destination that you would like Chef Rosie to document and/or share with her audience, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Recommendations
“Words that come to mind when you think of Chef Rosie are humble, real, and charismatic. Aside from her culinary talents, she has an amazing giving heart that allow her to connect with people and inspire them. She is well versed in the kitchen, philanthropy work, and motivational speaking. Our 70+ workforce professional staff are forever grateful for her words of wisdom and energy that she brought to our San Diego County EDD Meeting. She brought us along her journey from start to present with all the emotions. From modest beginnings to the dynamo that she is today, you couldn’t ask for a better ambassador of resilience and passion.”
Tracy Fuerte
Alternate San Diego County Manager
Employment Development Department
State of California
“Chef Rosie isn’t just an amazing chef and a savvy business woman, she’s also an incredible asset to the community. Whether it’s teaching kids to cook at the Menifee Valley Boys & Girls Club or donating her time for fundraising events for the Rotary Club to offering herself up to promote the value natural gas provides restaurateurs from an efficiency and cost perspective, she is always there to try to make things better. I applaud her for her drive and commitment to her craft!”
Sue Kristjansson
Manager, Codes & Standards
SoCalGas
“Chef Rosie O’Connor is one of a kind. Her initiative and talent in the kitchen treat cooking as an art, and her comprehension of that art is highly talked about amongst our company. Everything from menu development to her original creations is so meticulously prepared and of the highest quality. Her reputation amongst the Inland Empire and beyond is built on hard work, high energy and passion for her culinary craft. Chef Rosie O’Connor will expertly and confidently represent your business by creating delicious recipes to increase popularity and brand awareness.”
Jason Winans
Account Executive
Shamrock Foods Company