Celebrity Chef Amanda Freitag Celebrates New Year in Maine

If you're a fan of Food Network, there's a certain group of celebrity chefs that have been hanging out in your living room for years now.

That could be anyone from Bobby Flay to Guy Fieri, to Alex Guarnaschelli to Maneet Chauhan.

While those names are among the most prominent in the celebrity chef universe, Food Network has made a star out of many other successful chefs by putting them front and center on popular shows.

And one of those celebrity chefs decided to celebrate the new year right here in Maine.

Amanda Freitag Shares Her Maine Adventure on Social Media

Celebrity chef Amanda Freitag took to social media to start 2026 by sharing a series of photos about her holiday adventure. The captions accompanying the photos read "a little Maine does big things for the soul".

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While Freitag didn't specifically mention where in Maine she was staying, amongst her photos appeared to be a stop at Harbor Fish Market in Portland or Scarborough to grab some fresh seafood.

And while Freitag isn't a native Mainer, she definitely used a classic Maine trick of chilling her champagne outside in the snow.

Amanda Freitag Has Been One of Food Network's Longest-Running Personalities

If you love the show Chopped, you're well aware there's a few judges that have been consistently on the show since it debuted.

Freitag has stepped into plenty of competition on the network as well, competing against Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America and more recently making multiple appearances on Tournament of Champions hosted by Guy Fieri.