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Join classmates for happy hour before we join in on the Friday Night Fun Night with all alum classes.  Recipes for tonght's event can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fVNcl9QcvMlCWhAjFi034owxPg0QhkTp/view?usp=sharing

Abigail Hitchcock

Abigail L. Hitchcock
Chef, Restaurateur, Instructor, Sommelier

(917) 575-4396
abigailhitchcock@gmail.com
BIOGRAPHY

Abby Hitchcock grew up on Long Island’s rural East End, known for its fishing and farming (fresh bay
scallops, stripers, flounder, bluefish, farm-stands, and pick-your-own strawberries/pumpkins/apples). From her
mother she learned to love simple fresh local foods and from her father, an amateur chef who enjoys preparing
American and ethnic feasts, a love of reading menus and preparing exotic fare.
But it wasn’t until she attended university in England, where she was placed in a "self-catering" flat (shop, cook
and feed yourself) that Abby found that food was her passion: shopping for it, cooking it, eating it, researching
it. Abby began poking about in the greengrocer’s and butcher’s shops and preparing amazing repasts for her
English flat mates—a New York brunch or an American Thanksgiving for 12— in her tiny kitchenette. After
she earned her degree in Botany, she returned to the States and enrolled in Peter Kump’s New York Cooking
School (now The Institute of Culinary Education).
With her Peter Kump diploma in hand, Abby went on to work at The Tea Box at Takashimaya in New York,
Vong in London and at the BBC’s Vegetarian Good Food Magazine. She has been a private chef, worked at
Martha Stewart Living television and run her own catering company. She finally settled down as part owner,
then sole owner, of CAMAJE Bistro in Greenwich Village. It has been open since 1997, something of a record
in Manhattan.
In addition to being its chef/owner, Abby began a small cooking school at CAMAJE in 2000. The classes offer
the unique experience of learning in a working restaurant kitchen. (If there’s a sudden rush, students stand
back!) She also leads tours of various New York City neighborhoods—Chinatown Shop and Cook is a
perennially sold-out favorite. In another popular cooking-class experience, One Night Stand, the student/chef
works with Abby to plan, cook and serve family and friends a meal at the restaurant. Applause for the blushing
chef!
A certified sommelier, Abby also conducts wine tastings, in which wines are paired with complementary foods.
Abby hosts Dinners in the Dark—sensory feasts served to blindfolded diners—twice a week. Featured in New
York and national media, Dinners in the Dark feature Abby’s secret menus and other sensory “happenings” and
have lured countless diners in search of an eating adventure. Valentine’s Day events are always sold out.
Abby was a contestant on Food Network’s Chopped! as well as several appearances as a judge on Beat Bobby
Flay.
In April 2019, Abby rebranded CAMAJE as Abigail’s Kitchen with a focus on the popular cooking classes she
loves to teach, the Dinners in the Dark and private events. Prior to the pandemic, the restaurant was open with a
pared down NY State-centric menu offering local cheese, charcuterie and a raw bar. Events for now are all

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