Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez

Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez is the Executive Pastry Chef of PRINT. Restaurant located in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen.  Celebrated for her 3-star desserts, she attended the Restaurant School in Philadelphia before traveling to France to complete her education in Burgundy and Paris.

In 1989, Carlucci-Rodriguez served in a pastry position at Tom Colicchio’s Mondrian and as pastry chef at Union Square Café. Over the next 15 years she created desserts at L’Impero, Veritas and Judson Grill-each receiving 3 stars from The New York Times – as well as working for a consultant for France’s Michel Cluizel Chocolat and Domori Chocolate in Bologna, Italy.

For her first personal venture, Carlucci-Rodriguez opened Lassi, a tiny take-out restaurant featuring Northern Indian home cooking. “Even though she is an unlikely Indian restaurant owner, she’s a passionate one”, wrote Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld of New York Magazine, adding “Her food tastes unlike any other Indian restaurant in town – fresher, cleaner but undiluted in its intricately spiced essence.” In March 2006, New York Magazine named Lassi Best Take-Out in New York City.

Now, with her husband and Executive Chef Charles Rodriguez, she has opened PRINT. Restaurant, a seasonally sourced restaurant situated Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen. The menu incorporates sustainable ingredients from New York area local farms and regional vendors sourced by the restaurant’s full-time in-house forager. The cuisine appeals to locavores, evoking original flavors honed from around the world.