Aida Mollenkamp

Aida Marianne Mollenkamp (born April 15, 1980) is an American cook, television personality, and food writer from Manhattan Beach, California. She grew up in Southern California and attended Rolling Hills Country Day and Chadwick School in Los Angeles. Before she got interested in cooking, she played soccer, tennis, did classical ballet, and other extracurricular activities including music and volunteering. In high school, a skiing accident rendered her temporarily unable to dance and she turned to cooking as a means of expressing herself creatively.