Chef Marguerite Bottorff is one of Roof Terrace Restaurant at The Kennedy Center’s newest additions to the team, bringing a wealth of experience and a deep rooted love for Washington, D.C. As a fourth generation native Washingtonian, Chef Marguerite has enjoyed many Kennedy Center shows and programs since early childhood, making her new culinary role feel like a full circle moment. Chef Marguerite brings over fifteen years of experience in kitchens in D.C., having worked as a private chef and caterer for dignitaries and ambassadors, local and national TV personalities and politicians. Her impressive culinary career began while working on famed Chef Bobby Flay’s production team, where she quickly learned her way around a professional kitchen and became inspired to pursue cooking as her career. She soon realized working in kitchens is what she was meant to, and has since dedicated her life to all things food. Since 2018, Chef Marguerite has been featured on Good Morning Washington as a regular on a segment notably called, “Cooking with The Five Foot Chef”, which primarily focused on the joys and ease of entertaining with allergies. In her free time, Marguerite is an avid painter, devoted aunt, and cat mom to Beans, Peanut Butter, and Jelly.