Ingrid Hoffmann is passionate about food and entertaining and spends each day sharing her enthusiasm and talent with an international
audience. In addition to hosting her own Spanish-language cooking and lifestyle show, Delicioso,
on Galavision/Univision, Ingrid recently launched her new Food Network show, Simply Delicioso
(www.simplydelicioso.com), to rave reviews.
Aside from her two shows, Ingrid is pulling together a compilation of her recipes and entertaining ideas, which will be showcased in
her first cookbook, SIMPLY DELICIOSO: A Collection of Everyday Recipes with a Latin Twist
(February 2008, Clarkson Potter/Random House).
Ingrid's fascination with food, cooking and style began as a little girl. She started cooking with her mother, a Cordon Bleu chef,
at such a young age that she needed a stool to reach the stove. With her mother she discovered not only a love of cooking, but
found a flair for entertaining, and in no time developed her own distinctive style.
Raised in Colombia, Ingrid moved to Miami where she opened La Capricieuse, a high fashion luxury boutique in Miami's Coconut Grove.
Soon after, the store grew into a chain of four boutiques with a flagship store on the island of Aruba, as well as a men's shop in Miami.
Her infatuation with food was so strong that Ingrid returned to her passion, and opened Rocca, the first restaurant to feature tabletop cooking
on heated lava rocks. Within weeks, Rocca was touted as the hot destination for Miami's movers and shakers — it was even featured on Robin
Leach's Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous. Ingrid also became one of Miami's premier live event planners with a client list that included
M&M's Mars, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Thomas Maier and Escada.
While both businesses thrived, she had the opportunity to host a cooking segment on a local Miami-area TV show. Executives at Univision were so
impressed that they offered her a bi-weekly cooking and style segment on Despierta America, the most popular morning show in the U.S. Hispanic
market, and the number two morning show in the U.S. (after the Today Show).
Ingrid launched her own show, Delicioso with Ingrid Hoffmann, on Latin America's Cosmopolitan Network in 2004 and soon premiered
on DirecTV in September 2005, which propelled her popularity to new heights. In November 2006, the show premiered in its second season on a new network
— Galavision, the highest rated among the Hispanic stations. Each episode centers around a theme that Ingrid uses to connect segments on menu planning,
shopping, cooking and decorating. The show's lighthearted, interactive style draws in viewers for both Ingrid's talents as well as her vibrant personality.
After Ingrid's March 2006 appearance on the Martha Stewart Show — her first national segment in the English market —
the Food Network called soon after. She is currently shooting in Miami, which will be the backdrop of the show.
Aside from hosting her English and Spanish-language shows, Ingrid frequently appears on Univision's Despierta America, contributes
her decorating and cooking expertise regularly to BuenHogar, the Spanish version of Good HouseKeeping.
