Vanessa Lavorato

Vanessa Lavorato is a co-host and culinary producer on Viceland's premiere cannabis cooking show Bong Appétit where she combines her talent in the kitchen with her knowledge of cannabis. She is the founder of Marigold Sweets, a cannabis confiserie. Since 2010, she has hand-crafted gourmet chocolates in California, while covering the food scene for Paper, Monocle, Time Out, and Resy. She staged in Alice Waters' Rome Sustainable Food Project where she learned to cook regional Italian dishes. She lives in Los Angeles.