Celebrity Chef Molly Baz Is ‘Grateful’ to Be Safe After Family Home Is Destroyed in L.A. Fires: 'I Lived a Nightmare'

Mar. 15, 2025

Molly Baz, Los Angeles fires.Photo:Molly Baz/Instagram; PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty

Molly Baz and LA fires

Molly Baz/Instagram; PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty

Molly Bazis sharing her “nightmare” account of theLos Angeles wildfires.

The celebrity chef, 36, revealed in a newsletter sent out on Saturday, Jan. 11 that she lost her home in the ongoing blaze but her family is “safe.”

“On Wednesday night, the unthinkable happened, and along with thousands of others in Los Angeles, we lost our home to the fires,” Baz wrote, adding, “I lived a nightmare.”

“I am safe, Ben is safe, Mr Boots and Toons are safe, and nothing matters more than that,” she continued, referring to her husband Ben Willett, their 7-month-old sonGioand dog Tuna.

Baz said she “experienced a broader and deeper range of emotions than I knew was possible” in the days since losing her family home. “I am grateful for that. In some moments I am able to see the value and the lessons in this loss. In others, I see darkness,” she reflected.

“Cooking is my life’s work. The Club gives me purpose and the fires did not take that,” she continued in the newsletter. “It will be a moment before I’m back on my feet but I promise you there’s plenty more joy and deliciousness to come in this little space we have created.”

Baz shared that she won’t be “releasing a recipe this week” although she knows what the next recipe will be. Since losing her home, she has been “continuing to carve out space and find time to do what I love” which “will be so important in the coming months” as she rebuilds her life with her family.

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Molly Baz’s home before it was destroyed by Los Angeles wildfires

Molly Baz/Instagram

“The last photo I took before we lost it all,” she wrote. “We’ll recover someday. Thank you to the village ❤️ .”

In July 2023, Baz described the property as her “favorite place” as she sharedphotosof her and Willett in their L.A. home which he designed.

The chef joins several celebrities who lost their homes and 80,000 people who have been displaced since the fires started in the Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7.

At least 16 people have died, according to theLA County Medical Examiner.

source: people.com