About me
A Los Angeles native who began her professional career as a visual merchandiser
designer for Saks Fifth Avenue Beverly Hills,moving into T.V. and film production, working from wardrobe to postproduction on several television shows and films. Not yet satisfied Alisa decided to devote herself full-time, to her culinary passion of becoming a chef.
As an innately gifted cook, Alisa began her passionate journey toward chefdom. It
began 1997 in New York City under the reigns of Celebrity Chef David Burke of Park
Avenue Café, Donatella and Bloomingdales. Chef Reynolds then went on to work with
some of L.A.’s top chefs including Chef Hans Rockenwagner of Rockenwagner,
Joachim Splichal of Patina andFred Erich of Vida and Tiara.
Chef Reynolds eventually opened her first, the critically celebrated Paio restaurant, in
Los Angeles’s hip eastside Silver Lake Ca. Followed by, east coast collaboration with
New York’s Chef Dennis Foy in the Summer 2001, where Poolside was opened, a
seasonal summer restaurant in the prestigious Bay head, New Jersey. In 2013, Chef
Reynolds opened My 2 Cents – which is in the cultural epi-center of Mid-City, Los
Angeles. With My 2 Cents, Chef Alisa has curated a sumptuous menu of traditional soul food favorites, showing us what soul food is and what it can be in an organic and
healthy environment.
Her reputation precedes her in the world of entertainment; having catered distinguished events including Golden Globes CAA Party, the IFF Awards, and Sundance Festival. In the past years, she has continued to delight her vast client list which includes Joaquin Phoenix, FlauntMagazine, Levi’s, Nike, Gwen Stefani, Oprah Winfrey, Macy Gray and Undefeated, Kobe Bryant to name a few.
