A product of the Great Migration and Caribbean diaspora, Lana was born and raised in the Bronx and currently calls Harlem home. A Northeastern University and the Culinary Institute of America alumna, Lana served as a chef at Michelin and James Beard honorees Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Gramercy Tavern, Daniel, Charlie Bird and Momofuku Ko. Since the pandemic she has been running her own private chef business, Lana Cooks, as a pivot in response to the shutdown of normal restaurant life. Her events have been covered by Eater and the Infatuation, and most recently was featured in Netflix’s “Pressure Cooker” reality chef competition series and on the Food Network’s latest season of “Chopped”.
I photographed Lana in the Hamptons, NY as she prepared for a private event.
