Westchester chefs on season two of Roku's 'Martha Cooks'

Jeanne Muchnick, Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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Four local businesses are featured in season two of "Martha Cooks," the Martha Stewart show on the Roku channel.

Airing April 3, viewers will get to see Stewart, the doyenne of food and home decor (and Northern Westchester resident), making croissants with Baker David Chiappinelli at Bella's Bake Shop in Mount Kisco. Their mission: round croissants.

Another episode features Stewart learning how to perfect Anne Mayhew's perfect sourdough starter and technique. Mayhew owns LMNOP Bakery in Katonah.

David Chiappinelli, the owner and baker of Bella’s Bake Shop in Mount Kisco, baking croissants with Martha Stewart for her new Roku show, "Martha Cooks."
David Chiappinelli, the owner and baker of Bella’s Bake Shop in Mount Kisco, baking croissants with Martha Stewart for her new Roku show, "Martha Cooks."

Stewart also explores the art of chocolate making with a visit to Mast Market in Mount Kisco where she learns, among other things, how they make their famous chocolate, from roasting cacao to stone grinding to tempering and forming bars and chips.

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And, in a show titled "Pizza Perfection: Sicilian and Neapolitan-Style Pizza," Stewart heads to Port Chester where she learns how to make Christian Petroni's famous garlic bread alongside his marinara sauce. Petroni, the former chef/owner behind the Fortina Restaurant Group and a 2018 Food Network Star, now has his cheesy garlic bread served at Yankee Stadium.

For Chiappinelli of Bella's, the encounter was an opportunity of a lifetime. "What a surreal experience, making croissants with Martha Stewart at our own Mount Kisco bakery," he said. "I was so honored to have her recognize all that we had been through opening a business during the heart of COVID-19. She expressed such appreciation for hard working entrepreneurship.

"She's also very nice and extremely skilled, a true master at her craft and really a pro on camera."

Anne Mayhew, the owner and baker behind LMNOP in Katonah. Mayhew is featured alongside Martha Stewart in an April 3 episode of the Roku Channel show, "Martha Cooks." Photographed Nov. 9, 2022.
Anne Mayhew, the owner and baker behind LMNOP in Katonah. Mayhew is featured alongside Martha Stewart in an April 3 episode of the Roku Channel show, "Martha Cooks." Photographed Nov. 9, 2022.

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This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Martha Stewart has four Westchester businesses season 2 of Roku show