Kelly, Melissa

Chef Melissa Kelly named her restaurant Primo, located in Maine, after her grandfather, Primo Magnani, a local butcher. Primo has two satellites in Marriott hotels in Orlando and Tucson. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Kelly is a 1999 James Beard Foundation Award winner and the 2002 recipient of the Golden Whisk Award from Women Chefs and Restaurateurs. Primo and Chef Kelly have been featured in "Esquire; Gourmet; Wine Spectator; Travel and Leisure; O, The Oprah Magazine; " and many other publications.