Famous Chefs, Famous TV Chefs

Famous Chefs and Fabulous Recipes: Lessons Learned at One of the Oldest Cooking Schools in America
During its operation, the Western Reserve School of Cooking has hosted many of the nation's chefs, including Hugh Carpenter, Shirley Corriher, David Hirsch, and Michael Symon. This volume contains recipes from all of them. But the feast doesn't stop there. Learn how to bake a cake from White House chef Roland Meisner. Knead some dough with master baker Carl Hitz. If you can't wait for dessert, Emily Luchetti, the Executive Pastry Chef for Waterbar and Farallon Restaurants in San Francisco, will help you out. This truly unique volume covers the gamut with exquisite recipes from the schools own chefs to mouth-watering dishes from international chefs who have pass through the school's kitchen.

Chef Jeff Mauro - The Sandwich King
Comedian-turned-chef Jeff Mauro won Season 7 of Food Network Star. Now he's bringing his passion for sandwiches to Sandwich King. 32 (Elmwood Park, Ill.), a private chef at the Chicago corporate headquarters for a large mortgage company, graduated from California’s Hollywood Kitchen Academy and has worked in the food industry since high school in various roles including line cook, caterer and chef instructor. After pursuing a career as an entertainer and comedian in Los Angeles, Jeff returned to Chicago to spend time doing what he loves: cooking. Jeff’s down-to-earth personality coupled with his comic relief make a great combo in the kitchen. Here are his Facebook Fan Page And his Twitter page.

Iron Chef Marc Forgione - The Newest Iron Chef
Chef Marc Forgione bested nine rivals to win his spot in Kitchen Stadium. As the winner of The Next Iron Chef Season 3, Marc Forgione is now a part of an elite pantheon of culinary talent: the Iron Chefs. Kitchen Stadium's newest face sat down with us at his New York City restaurant to chat about the whirlwind he's just experienced. See what he had to say here.

Official Website of Chef Sunny Anderson - Cooking for Real
Chef Sunny Anderson's Official Website. Sunny offers real food for real life on her new series Cooking for Real on the Food Network. Chef Sunny Anderson is one of the newest additions to Food Network's popular "In the Kitchen" weekend block with her series, Cooking for Real. Combining her approach to classic comfort foods along with her passion for unique flavors inspired by her many travels, Sunny offers real food for real life. She also understands the need for uncomplicated dishes with affordable, easy to find ingredients.

Famous TV Chefs: The Dish on the Stars of Your Favorite Cooking Shows

TV Chefs covers the whole spectrum of cooking shows---from PBS to TVFN to other cable outlets, and from the venerable (Jacques Pepin's Kitchen) to the wacky (Dinner and a Movie). It also features interviews with and/or profiles of twenty-five of today's most popular TV Chefs and food folks, including Mario Batali ("Mediterranean Mario), Julia Child (Baking with Julia Child). Graham Kerr (The Gathering Place), Martin Yan (Yan Can Cook), Micharl Lomonaco (Michael's Place), Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken (Tamales World Tour), Emeril Lagasse (Emeril Live), Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright (Two Fat Ladies), David Rosengarten (Taste), Amy Coleman (Home Cooking with Amy Coleman), Caprial Pence (Cooking with Caprial), Ming Tsai (East Meets West), Jaques Torres (Dessert Circus) and many others!

Chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli
There are few American chefs, much less female chefs who can boast staying power in Michelin-starred restaurants. Chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli can boast indeed — she embarked on a culinary journey in France and ended up working in some of the country’s top restaurants including esteemed chef Guy Savoy’s eponymous three-star kitchen. Not surprising for the daughter of esteemed cookbook editor Maria Guarnaschelli, who spent her childhood surrounded by food. Guarnaschelli learned to eat according to whatever book her mother was working on at the time: one year was devoted to Indian with Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni; another year was devoted to Italian with The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. Chef Guarnaschelli has appeared on Food Network’s Iron Chef America as both a challenger and a judge, a reoccurring judge on the popular primetime series Chopped, along with her own shows, The Cooking Loft, as well as Alex’s Day Off.

Sandra Lee - "Semi-Homemade Cooking"
In an atmosphere as inviting as her recipes, Sandra Lee, author of the best-selling cookbook Semi-Homemade Cooking, shares her techniques for combining fresh ingredients with specially selected store-bought items. The result? Mouthwatering meals and desserts, prepared in minutes, that taste like they were made from scratch. Now you can see why consumers, viewers, and celebrities from Katie Couric to Nathan Lane have made Sandra Lee one of America’s most sought-after culinary experts! Sandra Lee is also the internationally-acclaimed Lifestylist, New York Times bestselling author and CEO of Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade© Inc.

Cat Cora - "Kitchen Accomplished"
Cat Cora was raised in a small Greek community in Jackson, Miss. by a family who held strongly to their Greek and Southern heritage. Cora realized there was much more to food then she could ever imagined. She is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. She has studied in France under three-star Michelin chefs such as George Blanc of Vonnas and Roger Verge. She has also worked at Arcadia and Beekman Tavern in New York City. Cora relocated to Northern California as the Chef de Cuisine in Napa Valley’s Bristro Don Giovanni. She has hosted shows on the Food Network and has appeared on several network programs.

Chef Scott Conant - 24 Hour Restaurant Battle
24 Hour Restaurant Battle host and renowned chef Scott Conant. One of New York’s most beloved and respected chefs, Scott Conant brings a deft touch and unwavering passion to creating food that is unexpected and soulful. After 15 years of cooking some of the city’s favorite Italian cuisine, he opened Scarpetta in New York and Miami in 2008. Both received rave critical reviews, an enthusiastic following and established Scott as one of the country’s preeminent Italian chefs. In 2010, he opened Scarpetta Toronto at the Thompson Hotel, Scarpetta Beverly Hills at Montage Beverly Hills and Scarpetta and D.O.C.G. Enoteca at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Chef Jeff Henderson (The Chef Jeff Project) - Official Website
Executive chef and bestselling author Jeff Henderson developed a passion for cooking while incarcerated. In his new show, The Chef Jeff Project, he puts six at-risk youth to work at his catering company to help turn their lives around. Chef Jeff Henderson is an award-winning chef, bestselling author and popular public speaker — and an ex-offender, having served nearly a decade in prison for drugs. Having run kitchens as Executive Chef at the renowned Café Bellagio and Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, he has become one of the most inspirational African-American chefs in the country. In 2001, Jeff made history in Las Vegas, when he became the first African-American named "Chef de Cuisine" at Caesars Palace. He eventually became an executive chef at several top restaurants including Café Bellagio, where he worked until 2006. Jeff currently lives in Las Vegas with his wife and three children.

Chef Lisa Lillien - The Hungry Girl
Lisa considers herself a “foodologist," not because she has a fancy degree, but because she's obsessed with food — how wonderful it is, and how much of it she can eat and still fit into her pants. A typical woman battling the same food issues many women struggle with every day, Lisa has tried the latest fad diets, chomps on low-calorie foods and, of course, orders everything on the side. Lisa also reaches millions more regularly with weekly columns on WeightWatchers.com and Yahoo!, regular contributions to Redbook magazine and recurring appearances on television. Lisa is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of five cookbooks.

Chef Robert Irvine, Dinner Impossible - Official Blog
With more than 25 years in the culinary profession, Chef Robert Irvine has cooked his way through Europe, the Far East, the Caribbean and the Americas, in hotels and on the high seas. He brings his experience to Food Network as host of Dinner: Impossible, Worst Cooks in America and Restaurant: Impossible.

Jamie Oliver "The Naked Chef"
Restaurants and cooking are in Jamie Oliver's blood, having grown up around the successful pub/restaurant owned and operated by his parents in Cambridge, England. At 8 years old, Jamie was peeling potatoes and podding peas with the rest of The Cricketers staff and by 11, he could julienne vegetables as fast as any of them. At 16, Jamie completed his formal training at Westminster Catering College. Now 27, Jamie continues his work as consultant chef at Monte's, an advisor for top British supermarket chain Sainsbury's, and design consultant for quality cook and tableware for Royal Worcester. In 2001, Jamie took his live cookery show on the road: His Happy Days Tour packed theatres in Cambridge, Bournemouth and London as well as in seven cities in Australia and New Zealand. Jamie's cooking is even in demand by the British government: In 1999, Jamie was invited to 10 Downing Street to prepare a lunch for the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who was entertaining the Italian Prime Minister.

Las Vegas Celebrity Chefs & Restaurants
Las Vegas Restaurants.com - Las Vegas restaurant dining guide. Online reservations, reviews, photos, menus, famous celebrity chef chef profiles (Wolfgang Puck Emeril Lagasse, Todd English, Bobby Flay), recipes, jobs and reservations for best restaurants in Las Vegas. Group services private room events discounts coupons gift certificates.

Official Website of Marcela Valladolid - Mexican Made Easy
Growing up around expert and traditional cooks in Tijuana, Mexico, Marcela was raised to be passionate about food. She jumped straight into a culinary life by working her first job at her aunt’s cooking school in Baja, Mexico. She realized she too wanted to pursue this growing love for food full time and enrolled in the Los Angeles Culinary Institute, and later graduated from the Ritz Escoffier Cooking School in Paris as a classical French pastry chef. She hosted her own cooking show, Relatos con Sabor, on Discovery en Español channel and earned a spot as a contender on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. Marcela is a mother to a wonderful son, Fausto, who doubles as her sous chef at just 5 years old!

Chef Aaron McCargo, Jr. Official Blog
Aaron McCargo, Jr. competed on and won season four of The Next Food Network Star in 2008, beating out thousands of culinary hopefuls for the ultimate dream job — his own Food Network show. Big Daddy’s House premiered August 3, 2008, and ranked as the number one “In the Kitchen” weekend show during its initial six-episode run. With the show’s continued success, Aaron consistently films new episodes of Big Daddy’s House with Follow Productions outside Philadelphia. On Big Daddy’s House, Aaron shares his passion for big, bold flavors and fun, family cooking, from comfort foods to barbeque favorites to breakfast delights, Aaron whips up mouth-watering recipes inspired by many years of culinary experience and his fun-loving family while bringing a down-to-earth vibe and warm smile to the kitchen. Whether cooking with his children, relatives, friends, or even by himself, big food and big fun reign supreme.

Chef Govind Armstrong of Table 8 - Los Angeles
Chef of LA's Table 8, Judge on ABC's "Great Domestic Showdown". Govind Armstrong broke the mold even as a youth. This native of Los Angeles was not consumed with surfing expeditions and rock concerts, as one would expect. As a teenager, while his friends were hanging out on the beach, Armstrong spent the summer of 1982 working in the kitchen of the then-newly opened Spago in West Hollywood. Armstrong spent three summers working in Spago’s legendary kitchen under the tutelage of Wolfgang Puck. His career continued to accelerate when he assisted celebrity chefs Mary Sue Miliken and Susan Feniger in opening City Restaurant, the cutting-edge le Brea Avenue eatery that would have a long-lasting influence on the local dining scene. Three years later, he left to become tournant at the Hotel Bel-Air before moving to San Francisco to attend college. While in college, he supported himself by working as a sous chef at Postrio, the fashionable Wolfgang Puck restaurant near Union Square.

Bobby Flay - "Boy Meets Grill"
The recognition that Bobby Flay has gained at Mesa Grill for his mouthwatering dishes has built his reputation as a major force not only in New York's culinary scene but also nationwide. In May 1993, Bobby was voted the James Beard Foundation's Rising Star Chef of the Year, an award that honors the country's most accomplished chef under the age of 30. The French Culinary Institute, his alma mater, honored him in 1993 with its first-ever Outstanding Graduate Award, which recognizes the school's most accomplished alumni.

Chef Aarti Sequeira - Official Blog
The Next Food Network Star Season 6 Winner! In August 2010 Aarti Sequeira competed on and won Season 6 of Food Network's number-one series, The Next Food Network Star, landing the ultimate dream culinary job: her very own Food Network show. A dedicated foodie all her life and a journalist by education and trade, Aarti successfully combines these passions in her entertaining blog and online cooking-variety show, Aarti Paarti. Now she takes her food knowledge, love for cooking, and enthusiasm for sharing information to the masses in her Food Network cooking series, Aarti Party. On this show she surprises viewers with unexpected flavors and techniques to expand their palates and culinary repertoire by imparting her knowledge of Indian cuisine and putting an approachable spin on all-American classics.

Chef Ann Cooper
Ann Cooper works as a consultant for school administrators revamping their school lunch program to provide healthy food and nutritious choices for students, author of "A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen" and "Bitter Harvest", former Executive Chef of the "Putney Inn" in Vermont. Ann was formerly the executive chef of The Putney Inn in Vermont, and has authored two books, Bitter Harvest: A Chef’s Perspective on the Hidden Dangers in the Foods We Eat and What You Can do About It, and A Woman’s Place is in the Kitchen: The Evolution of Women Chefs. She was one of the first fifty women to be certified as an executive chef by the educational arm of the American Culinary Federation. Ann’s career has taken her from positions with Holland America Cruises to Radisson Hotels to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the Telluride Ski Resort where she catered parties of up to 20,000. She has been featured in Gourmet, Food Arts, Chef, Restaurants & Institutions, Nation’s Restaurant News, National Culinary Review, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston Globe, Woman’s Day, Newsday and has been on both local and national radio and television shows. Ann is president of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, former member of the Executive Committee of Chefs Collaborative, former president of The American Culinary Federation of Central Vermont and is currently serving on the United States Department of Agriculture’s Organic Standards Board.

Chef Guy Fieri Official Blog
Only two short years ago, Guy Fieri competed on and won season two of The Next Food Network Star. Today he hosts three popular shows on Food Network, including Guy's Big Bite, where he teaches viewers how to make creative dishes with bold flavors, Ultimate Recipe Showdown, where he showcases home cooks' best recipes and Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, where he travels across America to find the most unique food America has to offer. From daytime to primetime, Guy brings his unique personality to Food Network multiple times a week.

Chef Jose Garces Official Website
Since opening his first restaurant, Amada, in 2005, Chef Jose Garces has emerged as an enormous talent and one of the nation's most gifted young chefs. He has opened five additional restaurants, in both Philadelphia and Chicago; authored a stunning cookbook, Latin Evolution (Lake Isle Press, September 2008); won James Beard Foundation's prestigious Best Chef Mid-Atlantic award 2009; and appeared on Food Network's Iron Chef America. Plans for other Garces Group restaurants are in the works including a gourmet eat-in or carry-out BYOB restaurant in Philadelphia.

Famous Chef Gordon Ramsay - Hell's Kitchen
Scottish by birth, Gordon Ramsay was raised in England after his parents moved south to Stratford-Upon-Avon. His first career break came while playing football for Oxford United, where he was spotted by a Glasgow Rangers scout in an F.A. youth club match. After completing trials he was signed by the Scottish champions at the age of 15. Three years later he had given up professional football and gone back to college to complete a course in hotel management. Ramsay moved to London, where he joined Marco Pierre White in the early days of Harvey's in Wandsworth. After a couple of years Ramsay moved to Le Gavroche to work alongside chef Albert Roux. This was followed by three years of working in France in the kitchens of Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon. Here he was able to enhance his expertise in classic French cooking.

Wolfgang Puck - Official Home
Wolfgang Puck represents the ultimate in the culinary arts and restaurant hospitality. His name also refers to the gastronomic empire the famous chef has built since the early 1980s, the group of fine dining restaurants developed in partnership with Barbara Lazaroff, Tom Kaplan, Lee Hefter, David Robins and Joe Essa through which he first rose to prominence. Come see my newest WOLFGANG PUCK EXPRESS in HOUSTON! We just opened our first restaurant in Texas so everyone there can enjoy my favorite pizzas, salads and entrees in an informal atmosphere with friendly service and prices.

Chef Beau MacMillian (‘Beau Mac') OIfficial Website
Ask executive chef Beau MacMillan the secret to kitchen success and his answer in straightforward. Let the ingredients speak for themselves and appreciate their natural beauty. Simplicity is perfection. Chef MacMillan's distinctive style of American flavors with Asian accents has propelled him to international acclaim. A native of Plymouth, MA, he began his culinary career at 16. After graduating from the prestigious Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island, he spent a year working with world renowned Chef Francois de Melogue. Sous chef positions at some of America's best restaurants followed, including La Veille Maison in Boca Raton, Florida; Hotel Bel Air, Los Angeles, CA; Shutters on the Beach, Santa Monica, CA. Executive Chef Beau MacMillan returned to Food Network in 2010 for Worst Cooks in America, a primetime elimination series.

Chef Curtis Aikens
A native Georgian, Curtis' attraction to produce began as a small boy, as he followed his Grandfather Curtis through the garden. His interest grew during high school, when he worked at the Conyers, Georgia A&P Market. "I was supposed to be in the grocery department," he recalls, "but I hung out in produce because that's where all the action was." His enthusiasm soon became a career. He has been with the Food Network since its inception, previously as the host of Pick of the day, From My Garden, Meals Without Meat, and Food IN A Flash. Curtis is Quick to point out that his expertise with produce does not mean that he is "anti-meat." "I just love fruits and vegetables," he says.

Chef Daniel Patterson - Coi Restaurant
The chef/owner of San Francisco's celebrated Coi Restaurant. There aren’t a lot of self-taught chefs out there who’ve accomplished a lot at a young age and are still on the rise. Daniel Patterson, a cerebral chef if there ever was one, isn’t your ordinary chef. He skipped culinary school and opened his own restaurant, Babette’s in Sonoma, at age 25. He was awarded Best New Chef by Food & Wine magazine in 1997 and Rising Star Chef by San Francisco Focus that same year. His success at Babette’s led him to open Elisabeth Daniel in San Francisco in 2000 with his wife and business partner Elisabeth Ramsay.