Ingrid Hoffmann (born April 10, 1965) is a Colombian-American television personality and restaurateur, who hosts the

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series ''Simply Delicioso'' and the Spanish-language cooking and lifestyle show ''Delicioso'' on

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. Her cookbook, ''Simply Delicioso: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist'', was published on February 8, 2008, by Clarkson Potter. The Spanish version is titled ''Delicioso: Una coleccion de mis recetas favoritas con un toque latino''.

Early life

Hoffmann was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and raised in Cali and Curaçao. Her father was Billy Hoffmann, a pilot. Her mother, Yolanda Ibarnegaray, was a Cordon Bleu-trained chef who worked in restaurants and catering. Ingrid began cooking at a young age with her mother.

Career

Hoffmann worked in modeling and acting, appearing in 16

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by age 20. She moved to

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in 1985, where she opened La Capricieuse, a high-fashion luxury boutique in Miami's Coconut Grove. Hoffmann opened a Miami restaurant with her mother and two business partners. Rocca, the first restaurant in Miami to feature tabletop cooking on heated lava rocks, opened in January 1993 and quickly became a local celebrity hot spot. After hosting a cooking segment on a Miami-area television show in 2002, Hoffmann was offered a biweekly segment on the

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morning show, ''

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''. Her own show, ''Delicioso'', launched on

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Para Todos in 2005. ''Delicioso'' now airs on

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's cable network, Galavision. The Food Network contacted her the day after her March 2006 appearance on ''

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'', and ''Simply Delicioso'' debuted on the Food Network in July 2007. Hoffmann contributes a monthly culinary column to ''

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''. She has her own cookware line, Simply Delicioso with Ingrid Hoffmann, by

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, and a cutlery and kitchen accessories line by

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on Home Shopping Network.Simply Delicious >> About Ingrid Hoffman
URL accessed on April 8, 2010. Hoffman participated in the Hispanic "

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" campaign in November 2009 as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. She is a board member of

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’s Food and Education Fund, and she supports Miami's Amigos For Kids (as a member of its board of directors), Believe for Colombia Foundations, and the Humane Society.

Works

Books

*Latin d'Lite: Delicious Latin Recipes with a Healthy Twist (2013) *Simply Delicioso: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist (2008)

Television

*Delicioso (2005–present) *Simply Delicioso (2007–2009)

References

External links

Simply DeliciosoIngrid Hoffmann
on

Interview (2011)
at TalkWithAudrey.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffmann, Ingrid 1965 births Living people American television chefs Colombian chefs Colombian telenovela actresses Food Network chefs Colombian emigrants to the United States Women cookbook writers American women chefs 21st-century American women American people of Colombian descent