Most brides spend the morning of their wedding day sitting stoically in a hair and make-up chair, rehearsing their vows, but Stephanie Nass is not most brides. As chef and founder of the culinary lifestyle brand Chefanie , Stephanie gave her wedding day the same treatment she gives all her events, with a devoted approach so hands-on that, per the bride, “Even the morning of the wedding, I woke up early to bake cookies and get the meal in order!” On 2 June 2024, Stephanie wed David Ulevitch, general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, in a backyard wedding at her childhood home in Westchester, New York. With a bespoke toile fabric featuring personalised illustrations of people and places of significance to the couple, customised embroidered linens, and hand-painted dinner menus – all in a summery, colour-splashed alfresco aesthetic – guests of the wedding were surprised to learn that the couple had but 10 weeks to plan their big day.
The couple got engaged while skiing in Montana in March and the wedding arrived less than a year after Stephanie and David met because, as the saying goes, when you know, you know. There was no reason to waste a moment before exchanging their I dos. Stephanie, who is the author of the forthcoming cookbook, Swing By! , published by Rizzoli, also just so happened to be prepping a meal when she first met David at a party in Easthampton on 14 July 2023.
“I had come from another dinner but kept my appetite for this second one.