Jody Williams
Chef and Owner of Buvette NYC, as well as the Co-Chef/Owner of The Commerce Inn, Via Carota and Bar Pisellino
Jody Williams is the chef and owner of Buvette NYC, as well as the co-chef/owner of The Commerce Inn, Via Carota and Bar Pisellino with her partner, Rita Sodi. She is also the owner of Buvette Paris, opened in 2013, followed by Buvette Tokyo in 2018, Buvette London in 2020, and soon-to-be Buvette Mexico City. Over the course of her career, Williams’ cooking and unique sense of hospitality has been praised in such publications as Vogue, Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit, Martha Stewart Living, Le Fooding, Travel and Leisure, Gourmet, Glamour, Elle, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, the 2020 Michelin Guide, French Elle and Libération. Williams is also the author of Buvette: The Pleasure of Good Food, released in April 2014, and has written for publications including Saveur and Esopus.
