Sitting in his mother’s garden at the Swan House, Alex Hitz looks right at home. Perhaps it’s because this is a homecoming of sorts. Although he’s been living between New York and Los Angeles for some time, the clothing designer, HSN personality and classically trained chef is an Atlantan at heart. He was born in Piedmont Hospital and attended Trinity School and The Westminster Schools before heading to boarding school in Connecticut, and on to the Sorbonne and Le Cordon Bleu

He has cooked for Reagans and royals, but Atlanta-born chef Alex Hitz still likes his shrimp and grits—albeit in a creamy velouté Click for full article AT THE START of his new book, Alex Hitz presents a quote by the Roman lyric poet Horace: "A host is like a general; calamities often reveal his genius." If that is the case, Mr. Hitz is a five-star general. Even when faced with serving first ladies and movie stars, he manages to be cool as a cucumber. Raised in Atlanta, Mr. H