Press

•  The Chew having me on their ‘You and the Chew’ Recipe Showdown. I was thrilled when my recipe won—watching Chef Michael Symon take a bite of my Carnitas Street Tacos and gush over their flavor was a pretty exciting moment!

• That same taco recipe was featured on a Good Morning America segment with Gordon Ramsay. Also incredible!

• My husband and I competed in a live cooking segment promoting Ayesha Curry’s show, Family Food Fight (Guess what? We won!!)

• I’m now on Season 13 of The Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, hosted by Tyler Florence. So much fun!

• Diablo Magazine’s “Diablo Dish” wrote about me joining The Great Food Truck Race.

• The Danville Patch wrote a story on me and my story as a personal chef and contestant on The Great Food Truck Race.

• SF Gate featured my story as a chef and how I found my way to The Food Network

• I was a guest on Tyler Florence’s podcast, Wolf it Down (it was his birthday episode!)

• Parade Magazine published my Lamb Stew recipe in honor of St. Patrick’s Day

• KKIQ Radio interviewed me about competing on The Great Food Truck Race in Alaska

• The Mercury News published some of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day recipes with a few of my cooking tips

• My Smoked Brisket and Brussels Sprout Hash recipe was featured in The Santa Cruz Sentinel

• More of my St. Patty’s Day recipes were printed up in The Monterey Herald

• I was a guest on KOFYTV with my fellow Meatball Mamas speaking about the experience of being on The Great Food Truck Race in Alaska!

• Good Morning America featured two of my favorite spring recipes on their website - one for a spring frittata and one for sugar roasted baby carrots!

• My spring recipes were also featured on Yahoo News!

• I gave an interview about my experience competing on Food Network on KKIQ

• My Za'atar Rack Of Lamb + Pistachio-Mint Sauce recipe was published in The Danville Patch

• I was interviewed by KCBS’ “Foodie Chap” Liam Mayclem about my experience on The Food Network, how I became a chef, and what I’m working on now — my first cookbook!!!

• Shoutout DFW interviewed me about my career as a private chef and what risk taking has meant along the way.

• Southlake Blvd. Magazine allowed me to share my culinary journey with their readers!

• Southlake Neighbors Magazine featured our family on the cover and interviewed me about my private chef business

• I was interviewed for an article about balancing family and work life in Society Life Magazine (pg.50)

• The Southlake Independent online newspaper featured me in an article about my culinary journey

• I was featured as a local inspiring story in an online article with Voyage Dallas Inspiring Conversations with Aly Romero

• CanvasRebel featured me in a story to share how I stared and have grown my private chef business https://canvasrebel.com/meet-aly-romero/

• Nominated in Southlake Style Magazine Reader’s Choice for “Best Chef” & “Caterer” as voted on by the community 2023 & 2024, voted a Runner-Up Finalist for “Best Chef” in 2024.

• ABC/WFAA segment for “Wednesday’s Child” filmed in my home kitchen to teach a recipe to a foster child in the DFW area hoping to find an adoptive home.

• Bold Journey online magazine article about what it takes to be an entrepreneur as a private chef https://boldjourney.com/news/meet-aly-romero/

• “Hungry for More” podcast with Trish Glose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC2EigbDhRw&t=19s

• I’ve been a guest on the “BBQ Nation” podcast with Jeff Tracy & Lee Ann Whippen twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWcS_2w0n1g

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• BBQ/Grilling & Outdoor Recipes segment on NBC’s Texas Today https://www.nbcdfw.com/texas-today/essential-recipes-by-private-chef-aly-romero/3560046/

• Feature article in Southlake Style Magazine about my private chef career & “Gas Fire Heat” https://www.southlakestyle.com/style/people/five-minutes-with-aly-romero/?utm_source=Southlake+Style&utm_campaign=2d55bb0654-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_StyleGuide_3.11_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_82d3e409f6-2d55bb0654-445302585

• Advanced to the quarter-finals (Top 24 out of 86,000 chefs) in Carla Hall’s “Favorite Chef” contest which raised $4.7M to benefit the James Beard Foundation.

See below: As a contestant on The Great Food Truck Race, Host Tyler Florence called out our team “The Meatball Mamas” for our cooking skills. The clips below highlight challenges where we were deemed the winners. Thanks, Tyler!

At the Smart Kitchen Summit in 2018, Tyler Florence took to the stage for a fireside chat with Michael Wolf and made this shout out to Aly Romero.

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