Mackenzie Smith

MacKenzie Smith is a cookbook author, blogger, and executive chef from New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She has won two Food Network cooking competitions and has been creating and sharing delicious cheesy recipes for over 9 years. She is also widely known for her work in food photography, food styling, content creation and live cooking demos. MacKenzie is the creator of GrilledCheeseSocial, the world's largest grilled cheese blog. She has just released her first cookbook - Grilled Cheese Social - Super Fun Recipes For Super Fun Times. Additionally, MacKenzie is the executive chef at Black Dolphin Inn which is rated the #2 bnb in the USA by Trivago. MacKenzie is also widely known as a cheese expert and has won first place on two cooking competition shows on Food Network. Watch her compete on The Cheesier Episode of Guy's Grocery Games and the All Star Bigger Better Burger Battle of Guy's Grocery Games. In addition to this, she has hosted 15 episodes of Food Network's Facebook Live and is also a regular on many morning shows across the country. She and her husband, professional surfer Jeremy Johnston, have a food & travel web series with Visit Florida called Florida Foodie Road Trip. Her future goals include renovating her 1970's beach bungalow and focusing more on her youtube channel. Before going into food world, MacKenzie was becoming a psychologist. She received a double major from FSU in Psychology and aging studies. After that, she received her masters degree in Counseling Psychology and Social Justice from Columbia University in New York City. After grad school, she became an editorial assistant for Saveur Magazine. She then became the sandwich expert for The Spruce Eats,. Two years later, she became the executive chef and head food stylist at ACME Brooklyn. She has also functioned as the website director and cheesemonger for Depanneur Brooklyn and has also managed social media clients such as Grander Rum, SW Basics, AHeirloom, Depanneur Brooklyn, Brooklyn Slate, and Simple Squares.