Melissa Hamilton (author)

Melissa Hamilton is a chef, cookbook author and was the head of Saveur’s test kitchen.

Biography
Hamilton comes from a culinary family. Her father owns Hamilton’s Grill Room in Erwinna, Pennsylvania and her sister Gabrielle owns a restaurant in NYC named Prune.

Career
Along with partner Christopher Hirsheimer, they founded Canal House Cooking magazine. In 2013, the team won a James Beard Award for the best book in the General Cooking category. The book was called Canal House Cooks Every Day.

They also openedCanal House Station in July 2019, a restaurant in Milford, New Jersey which was nominated for a 2022 James Beard Award.