Early Life
Christina, the daughter of Rick and Leasa Machamer, was born and raised in St. Louis, and began working in restaurants at age 16. She graduated from Lafayette High School in 2000 and after some time in college, she dropped out of pre-law and decided that cooking was her calling in life. After an apprenticeship with chef Larry Forgione at An American Place, she began her formal training at Forest Park Community College in 2003. She moved on to the The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, in the spring of 2006 and graduated on February 29, 2008.
At the Culinary Institute, she graduated at the top of her class.
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