About
Chef, television host, and digital food creator known for her cooking segments on NBC's TODAY Show where she hosts digital series such as Today's Table and Head of the Table and for hosting the Food Network digital series Breakfast with Besser. She is also known for posting cooking tutorials and entertaining content on her Instagram account @elenabesser, TikTok account @elenabesser, and YouTube channel along with sharing recipes, kitchen tips, and behind-the-scenes moments from her work as a professional chef and host.
Before fame
She attended Northwestern University where she studied theater and film. She decided to pursue cooking professionally after she graduated from Northwestern University and enrolled in the International Culinary Center in New York City where she completed her culinary training in 2016. She worked in professional restaurant kitchens in New York City after culinary school. She began sharing recipes, cooking videos, and kitchen content on Instagram around 2017. She began appearing on Food Network programming in the late 2010s.
Trivia
She has appeared on television shows including Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, and The Best Thing I Ever Ate. Her recipes and food writing have appeared in publications such as Bon Appétit, Epicurious, and TODAY. She is also known for being the founder The Lineup which is a culinary dinner series that brings together chefs and food lovers for collaborative dining events.
Family life
She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
Associated with
She had Bowen Yang and Chris Redd appear as guests on her series Breakfast with Besser.
