Founder & Executive Chef
MeetAlexandra Dettori
A law career traded for a French kitchen, and a belief that the best things in life are meant to be prolonged.
With love, Alexandra
A law career traded for a French kitchen, and a belief that the best things in life are meant to be prolonged.
To share my culinary journey and influences, all of it prepared with the best ingredients and, of course, Love.
Alexandra's first career was in law, in Belgium. But food had always lived at the center of her life, and eventually she followed it there. She grew up in a multicultural kitchen shaped by her mother's cooking, where traditional Italian technique met East African heritage (Ethiopian and Eritrean), European influence, and Belgian tradition. Food, to her, was always a language of belonging.
In 2013, she enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at the International Culinary Center, formerly the French Culinary Institute, to ground her craft in classic French fundamentals. Three years later, in 2016, she founded AD Catering + Events, a full-service culinary and hospitality company producing sophisticated weddings, private celebrations, corporate events, and brand experiences in New York City and beyond: a way to share her journey, her influences, and her table with New York.
Together with her team, Alexandra brings a distinctive culinary vision, thoughtful hospitality, and seamless execution to events of every scale.
Food is a source of pride and pleasure, a reason to gather, slow down, and make a memory worth keeping. There's a Belgian idea that the good things in life are meant to be prolonged. Alex builds every event around exactly that.
Trains at the International Culinary Center (formerly the French Culinary Institute).
Launches AD Catering + Events to share her culinary journey with New York.
Weddings, private celebrations, and brand activations, featured in Vogue, the NYT & more.
