Ryan Corvaia
Founder & Owner
Jennifer Cole-Ruiz
Executive Chef
A former Broadway stage manager, advertising executive and event planner, Ryan followed his true passion of food and hospitality and founded Dish Food & Events in 2007. With the hopes of creating a company that focused on good simple food at affordable prices, Dish has grown to become a full service event catering firm--serving private and corporate clients all over New York City. Ryan's passion and expertise on food and entertaining have been featured on BizBash.com, Time Out New York and in New York Magazine. Ryan would like to thank his mom (for letting him make a mess in the kitchen when he was a kid), Martha Stewart, Julia Child, Ina Garten and Danny Meyer for their influence and inspiration.
Chef Cole-Ruiz most recently served as Executive Chef at Taberna on the Upper West Side and at the Fat Goose in Williamsburg, where she was awarded with the Open Table Diner’s Choice Award 2012. Chef Cole-Ruiz also appeared on season eight of Food Network’s television series Chopped, and was named the winner. Prior to moving to NYC, Chef Cole-Ruiz spent time New Orleans working with James Beard winner Susan Spicer followed by a move to Spain where she became chef/owner of Cornucopia in Madrid. She then traveled around Spain learning regional cuisines with Spanish greats, such as Michelin star winners Juan Mari Arzak and Frances Paniego. In Paris, she worked as sous-chef in Le Truffiere. Returning to Madrid, she became chef de cuisine for Andres Madrigal (winner of two Michelin stars) at Balzac. Most recently, she was mentioned as "Best Female Chef" in Madrid for her work at Ene and was the opening chef for the gastronomic restaurant in the long awaited five star hotel Eurostars Madrid Tower.
