Normally, it would seem impossible to imagine that someone like Isabella Potí could conjure up any sort of New Year’s resolution. At 24, she has accomplished more than many do in their entire careers. She’s trained under several professional chefs, including Claude Bosi at his two-Michelin-starred restaurant in London, Martin Berasategui at his three-starred restaurant in Lasarte-Oria, Spain, and Paco Torreblanca, who is considered the father of modern pastry. She was named one of Europe’s most outstanding emerging chefs on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in 2017, and she appeared as a celebrity guest judge on MasterChef Italia that same year. And—perhaps her greatest professional accomplishment—her ambitious contemporary restaurant Bros’, which she co-owns with boyfriend Floriano Pellegrino in Lecce, Italy, received a Michelin star in 2018.

Yet Potí still has goals, and refreshingly, none of them are centered on a soufflé. “I really would like to learn as much as I can about rugby,” she says. “I would like to grow personally. I’m training already with our local team.”

Potí, who looks like she would be as comfortable on a runway as she is in a kitchen, has taken quickly to the fastest growing women’s team sport (both in Europe and in the United States), and with reason. “I knew something about it because my boyfriend played for 11 years. It’s a little bit different than soccer; I prefer it,” she offers. Her main objectives, besides the obvious of just elevating her own skill, are to be a better teammate and leader on the field.