Alison Roman has announced she’s pregnant with her first child. On September 9, the celebrity chef shared on Instagram that she was expecting her first baby with husband Max Cantor. The 39-year-old used the couple’s first wedding anniversary to announce they were becoming parents.

“Yesterday was our anniversary and I wore the same dress I wore to our after party,” Roman, known for her viral recipes, began her caption. The cookbook author was photographed wearing a white silk strapless gown, which showed off her growing baby bump, and joked that she “still fit into it, sort of.” “We went back to Keens and took photos underneath the tiger portrait since we forgot to on the day of our wedding,” Roman said, referring to the New York City steakhouse where the couple hosted their wedding.

“I cried on and off all day thinking of how lucky I am to have found such a big, outrageous love in my lifetime with the best, most wonderful person I have ever had the privilege of knowing. How lucky is this baby to have you as their dad? Crying again now, thinking how we both are so, so lucky.” She added: “Thank you for taking care of me and for learning to cook when I couldn’t, sort of (keeping me in cold fruit and beige starch was the directive and you did great).

I love you the most most most.” The Brooklyn-based chef and the director were married on September 9, 2023. Roman announced the pair had tied the knot on Instagram , sharing a Polaroid photo of the couple wi.