Chef Andrew “Ellard” Resignato was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised on the Jersey Shore.  He is a chef, surfer, fisherman, writer, public health advocate, economist, musician, filmmaker, and part-time philosopher.

He has been the producer and host of the Culinary Edge TV since 2012. Ellard ran for Supervisor of District 5 in San Francisco in 2012 and came in 7th receiving 777 votes. 

As a Chef, Ellard has cooked in many different non-conventional settings with and for great people with great hearts.

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"I've cooked for the poor in San Francisco for Thanksgiving. I've made meatballs and eggplant parmesan with famous director Francis Ford Coppola for a local nonprofit helping the homeless in North Beach. I've cooked traditional Polynesian dishes  with Hawaiian Aunties in the jungles of the Big Island and of course with my Dad who taught me the recipes of my Italian and Ukranian heritage." 

"I love creating beautiful, healthy, idiosyncratic, delicious food in non-traditional settings. I've never been that into the 5-star restaurant thing. You are more likely to find me grilling Redondo's and locally caught fish on a gorgeous Hawaiian pali (cliff),  then at a contrived, stuffy 5-star restaurant. I like authentic food best."  
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- Chef Ellard

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Hugs and lau laus with Auntie Dottie

Grilling Redondo's and drinking Hinano in HI.

In a crayfish duel with the Director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now in San Francisco