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Tamala Edwards is a known news anchor who gained fame during her time on ABC news.
Throughout her career, Tamala has interviewed diversified persons, from high-profile politicians to controversial personalities.
In 2005, she moved to ABC owned and operated station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in 2006, found love with Chef Rocco Lugrine.
If you are curious about who Chef Rocco Lugrine, take a read.
Who is Chef Rocco Lugrine?
Tamala Edwards husband, Chef Rocco Lugrine is an American chef and a teacher at The Art Institute of Philadelphia.
He graduated with an associate’s degree from the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College in Philadelphia.
Immediately following graduation he began his career cooking in legendary fine dining restaurants such as Chanterlles and Le Bec Fin.
By the age of Twenty-two Rocco has had the privilege and honor of preparing food for such culinary icons such as, Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, & Paul Bocuse.
Chef Lugrine is the recipient of many local awards such as 6 best of Philly awards, people’s choice, and he has also been selected as one of the top people to watch in the new millenium.
In addition, to cooking Chef Lugrine has written articles and has been featured in magazines such as Bon Appetite, Pastry Art & Design, Chocolatier, & Fine Cooking.
After receiving all of this notoriety at such an early age Chef Lugrine decided to give up pastry making for a few a years and moved to San Francisco to learn the art of Bread Baking.
He is the son of Jadwiga Lugrine and Rocco T. Lugrine, both of Philadelphia.
His mother is a section head in the retail payments department at the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia.
His father is an electrician.
Rocco Lugrine and his wife Tamala tied the knot in September 2006.
How Tamala Edwards and her husband Rocco Lugrine met
Tamala Edwards and Mr. Lugrine met when she noticed an advertisement for classes in Valentine’s Day chocolate-making at one of his patisseries.
She decided to do a segment on the class on her show.
She said she expected the teacher to be “a sweaty bald guy with a European accent who would help you make chocolates, get frustrated and walk away.” To her surprise, she found “the executive chef to be a young handsome man, tall, with dark hair and the most beautiful, kind smile. I immediately went into reporter mode and noticed he had no wedding ring.’’
A neighbor Tamala Edwards describes as “the Will to my Grace,’’ urged her to ask Mr. Lugrine out, and she invited him first to dinner and then to the opera, invitations to which he did not immediately respond. (He did have a girlfriend, but she did not initially know that.)
But a few days later he asked her to dinner, and besides sharing a meal, he said, “I gave her a ton of chocolates.’’
Within two weeks, the girlfriend was gone, and their relationship proceeded from there.
“We met in February, our first date was in March, we started talking about marriage in April, we bought a house in Philadelphia in June, moved in July, got engaged in August and are getting married in September,” Ms. Edwards said the other day. “Every day has been a red letter day.’’
