Gabrielle Hamilton is an American chef and author. She is the chef/owner of Prune, a restaurant in New York City, and the author of Blood, Bones, and Butter, a memoir. Michiko Kakutani, reviewing Hamilton's book in the New York Times in February 2011 calls it "brilliantly written."[1] Anthony Bourdain describes it as "Simply the best memoir by a chef ever."[2] Hamilton received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and received the James Beard award for best chef.